Comparison

Differently vs Atelier Libretto

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

Head to head
About

Differently

This app helps individuals with ADHD overcome common productivity challenges. It offers a focus timer, task management, and brain-warming exercises to aid in starting and completing tasks. Visual tools and ambient sounds support sustained attention and task organization.

Highlights
  • Micro-step task timers
  • Brain-warming warm-up puzzles
  • Four-quadrant priority board
  • Calendar with task integration
  • Notebooks and thought boards
  • Body doubling feature
  • Customizable themes and fonts
Features
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Most productivity apps assume you can just start. Differently doesn't. It's a focus timer and task manager built around the three things that actually stall an ADHD brain: starting, staying, and knowing where the time went. FOCUS ONE MINUTE AT A TIME One task, a shrinking timer, and a buddy drawing beside you. Micro-steps turn "reply to that email" into three steps small enough to feel silly — each with its own small timer. STUCK? WARM UP YOUR BRAIN FIRST An arrow puzzle or a brain maze — thirty seconds of motion before the real work. Can't choose? Let the wheel pick your next task. KNOW WHAT MATTERS FIRST A four-quadrant priority board that answers "what first?" before you can spiral. Sort once, then do the top-left box. EVERY DEADLINE IN ONE PLACE A calendar with dots on the days, overdue folded away, and a task you can add right on the date. Reminders reach you even when the app is closed. EMPTY YOUR HEAD INTO NOTEBOOKS Brain dump, two ways: notebooks for writing, a board for spreading thoughts out and connecting them — switch with one tap, on phone and desktop. Lock private notes with a 4–6 digit PIN: titles and bodies are encrypted on your device before they sync, so only ciphertext ever reaches the server. SEE WHAT YOU ACTUALLY GOT DONE Focus time, completion rate and the week in one glance. A graph view turns your tasks into a small constellation. STAY WITH IT Body doubling — see when friends are focusing. Status only, never your tasks and never your screen. Eleven ambient sounds, breaks with a game or with nothing at all. MADE TO BE LOOKED AT FOR HOURS Light, dark, and three neurodivergent moods — Neon Sign, Maple, Forest. Accent colors, a font choice, and a reduce-motion switch. YOUR ACCOUNT Sign in with Apple or Google. Your work syncs across phone, desktop and web, and the app keeps running offline. Delete your account and everything in it from Settings at any time. Available in English, 한국어, 日本語, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Português, हिन्दी, and Bahasa Indonesia. Differently is a focus and planning tool. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition.

About

Atelier Libretto

Features
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Word processing for your Word documents, Markdown, and source code. Libretto opens Word documents (.docx and .docm), Markdown, plain text, and source code, and saves them back in the format they came from. Write, review, and export on iPhone and iPad. Documents - Open and save .docx, .docm, Markdown, plain text, and source code files in place - Export as .docx or PDF - Source code is set in a code font and colored by its syntax - Find text, and undo or redo any change - Read on a phone-sized reflow of the page, with text set at your Dynamic Type size Text and Layout - Styles, and list styles with bullets, numbers, and outlines - Tables, with header rows that repeat at the top of each page they run across - Pictures, symbols, and special characters - Sections, headers, and footers, with page numbers and other fields - Cross-references to headings and bookmarks, and a table of contents - Office Math equations, written and edited on one line - Footnotes and endnotes, numbered as they appear in the text - Links Review - Record tracked changes, step through them, and accept or reject them one at a time or all at once - Comments in threads, with replies and resolving

Screenshots

Differently4 screens
Atelier Libretto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Differently at 15.0 against Atelier Libretto's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Differently versus Atelier Libretto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDifferentlyAtelier Libretto
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerko young hyeonJustin Xin

In-app purchases

None

Differently

No in-app purchases

None

Atelier Libretto

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Differently free?
Differently is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Atelier Libretto free?
Atelier Libretto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Differently or Atelier Libretto have ads?
Neither Differently nor Atelier Libretto shows ads.

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