Comparison

dodot vs Return Today

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

dodot

Features
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Dodot is a private productivity app for organizing tasks, plans, reminders, important dates, and everyday commitments at your own pace. Start with the Inbox: capture an idea, task, note, or link first, then decide later whether it belongs in Today, a project, a tag, or Someday. Each card can include start times, due dates, repeating reminders, priority, and notes, so you can keep the details you need without turning your task list into noise. Core features include: • Inbox, Today, Calendar, Completed, and Deleted lists • Local iOS notifications for tasks and reminders • Home Screen widgets for quick access to your day and lists • Share extension for adding text and web links from other apps • Notes, priorities, dates, deadlines, and recurring tasks • Theme and text size settings • iCloud sync through Apple CloudKit across your own devices With optional Dodot Pro, you can unlock the complete workflow, including unlimited task cards, projects and folders, tags, subscription tracking, countdown and count-up days, additional views, and special themes. Dodot is designed with privacy in mind. The content you create, including tasks, countdowns, subscriptions, categories, and reminders, is stored on your device and in your personal iCloud account through Apple CloudKit. Dodot does not operate its own server and does not use third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs. The developer does not collect, upload, or store your personal data. Notification content is generated locally on your device, and Dodot Pro purchases and subscriptions are handled by Apple StoreKit. Dodot is for people who want a calm, private, long-term place for the things they need to do, remember, review later, or look forward to. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://quilled-harp-771.notion.site/dodot-36fd7a7354f18023b6f2f1f76469abff?pvs=74

About

Return Today

Organize your day with tasks, events, habits, and reminders in a single, calm view. Plan flexibly, build routines, and find focus with a dedicated timer. Keep track of important dates and access key features on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly planning views
  • Flexible habit creation and tracking
  • Focus timer for deep work
  • Brain dump for capturing thoughts
  • Task and event reminders
  • Apple Calendar and Reminders sync
Features
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Make today feel lighter. Return brings tasks, events, habits, reminders and your next small step into one calm daily view. Capture what is on your mind, decide what matters now and reshape the day when plans change. PLAN WITHOUT OVERLOAD • See Today, Week and Month in clear visual views • Capture tasks first and schedule them when you are ready • Rebalance plans when your available time changes • Compare planned time with actual focus time • Sync selected items with Apple Calendar and Reminders BUILD FLEXIBLE HABITS • Start with editable everyday habit templates • Create named routines with ordered steps • Track complete or partial progress • Pause, edit or remove routines whenever you need • Schedule habit reminders and calendar entries FIND FOCUS IN SMALL STEPS • Start an editable Focus timer • Turn distracting thoughts into a private Brain Dump • Break larger tasks into clear next actions • Use on-device intelligence to organize thoughts and suggest routines • Review every suggestion before it is saved REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS • Add flexible reminders to tasks, events and habits • Attach places and open directions in your preferred maps app • Track document expiry dates with photos or files • Choose when and how often expiry alerts appear • Check your next action and Focus session from Apple Watch PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your core Return data is stored locally on your device. Return does not use an iCloud database in this version. Apple Calendar, Reminders and Health integrations are optional and only use the information you choose to connect. Advanced on-device intelligence requires a compatible device with Apple Intelligence enabled. Essential planning, habit, reminder and Focus features remain available on other supported devices. Return is free to begin, with an optional one-time Premium unlock. No recurring subscription.

Screenshots

dodot4 screens
Return Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

dodot and Return Today are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. dodot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Return Today sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

dodot ships an update every 4 days, Return Today every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
dodot versus Return Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdodotReturn Today
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLEE HAN HSIANGGustavo Venzon

In-app purchases

3 purchases

dodot

Subscriptions2
  • dodot month$0.991 Month
  • dodot year3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dodot Pro Life$11.99
1 purchases

Return Today

One-time1
  • Return Premium Lifetime$1.99

Questions

Is dodot free?
dodot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Return Today free?
Return Today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do dodot or Return Today have ads?
Neither dodot nor Return Today shows ads.
Which is updated more often, dodot or Return Today?
dodot ships an update every 4 days, and Return Today every 3 days. Most recently, dodot was updated on October 31, 2026 and Return Today on October 31, 2026.

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