Current vs Donut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Current
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Your brain doesn't focus in a straight line. Every 90 minutes, it cycles through a natural recovery window โ a dip in attention, retention, and resilience. Most people push through it. Current gives you something better to do with it. Current is a guided reset app for people at work. Not meditation. Not a productivity timer. A short, narrated pause โ 3 to 6 minutes โ matched to exactly where you are in your day. SIX COLLECTIONS. ONE FOR EVERY MOMENT. Arrive โ for getting started with intention before the first move. Flow โ for threading into deep focus and staying there. Unstuck โ for working around a wall when pushing harder isn't working. Reflect โ for processing what just happened and giving it its weight. Together โ for bringing people in and actually seeing them. Create โ for loosening the stakes and letting ideas arrive. Each collection holds a handful of narrated sessions. A few grounding lines, a closing mantra, and you're back โ clearer than before. BUILT AROUND YOUR RHYTHM. Tell Current your work hours and it schedules gentle reminders at 90-minute intervals โ right at the natural break points in your focus cycle. Not to interrupt you. To catch you before the dip does. PERSONALIZED TO HOW YOU WORK. A short onboarding asks about your type of work, your rhythm, and the moments in your day that create the most friction. Current uses those answers to surface the sessions most relevant to you โ no browsing required. AMBIENT MUSIC. BACKGROUND PLAYBACK. Choose from two original ambient tracks to play under the narration, with volume levels tuned for each. Sessions continue on your lock screen with full media controls, so you can close your eyes without losing your place. NO DATA COLLECTED. NO NOISE. Everything in Current lives on your device. Your name, your preferences, your favorites โ none of it goes anywhere. There's nothing to sign up for and nothing to track. Born out of a grounding practice in Bali among developers, Current is for the people who already know what focus feels like and want to get back there faster. Current is not a medical app. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please contact a qualified healthcare professional.
Donut
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Donut is a fasting timer that explains itself. Pick a plan (12:12, 16:8, 18:6, 20:4, OMAD, or your own custom window) and start the timer. While you fast, Donut shows your current metabolic stage, glycogen burning, fat burning, ketosis, autophagy, in plain language, plus a running calorie estimate. No jargon, no clinical countdown. Just a clear read on what your body is doing right now. Going long? Donut has a dedicated mode for 24, 36, 48, and 72 hour fasts, with hydration and electrolyte reminders and honest check-ins along the way. Your Fasting Diary keeps a full history of every fast, short or long, so you can see your patterns build over time. Weight tracking works the same way. Log a weigh-in or sync from Apple Health, and Donut smooths out the daily noise with a real trend line, the way a good coach would. Set a goal weight and get an honest, updating estimate of when you will get there. Fasting with a friend keeps you both on track. See who else in your circle is fasting right now, and once a fast ends, Donut prompts you to plan a meal together. Apple Watch support means you can start, check, and end a fast right from your wrist, with milestone haptics and a dashboard for sleep, heart rate, steps, and wrist temperature. Donut requires no account and no sign-up. Your fasting history, weight log, and settings sync through your own private iCloud account, the same way Apple's own apps do. Nothing leaves your device to a company server. Donut is not a medical device and does not replace advice from a doctor. If you have a health condition, take medication, are pregnant or breastfeeding, or have a history of disordered eating, talk to a doctor before starting any fasting plan. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Current at none against Donut's 2. Donut's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Donut sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Current asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Current | Donut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jose Angelo Sibayan | Ernesto Pacheco |
In-app purchases
Current
No in-app purchases
Donut
- donut+ Monthly$3.991 Month
- donut+ Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year









