# DAYBREAK CITY — App limits. Real-life effort.

> App limits. Real-life effort. (iPhone/iPad app by Atsushi Hashimoto.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daybreak-city/id6801967461 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Atsushi Hashimoto](https://appshunter.io/developer/6801967463)
- Category: Productivity, Games, Simulation
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 92 MB
- Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Spanish, Chinese and 1 more
- Released: 2026-09-02
- Data updated: 2026-10-14

## What is DAYBREAK CITY?

Feel like your phone took up the whole day again?
DAYBREAK CITY helps you put it down, start a small real-world action, and grow a town from the effort you record.

Put one thing away. Read a little.
Choose something manageable and put your phone down. When you return and record your effort, you earn resources for roads and homes. You do not have to finish the whole task.

You can begin with the suggested action: put one nearby thing away. Change it to your own task whenever you like, or save something for later in your to-do list.

Build a town with homes and shops, then walk along the roads you made. Your town stays safe when you take a day off.

If you want help taking a break from other apps, you can set daily limits or scheduled breaks. A short pause before opening an app is also available. These features are optional.

No account or ads. Game data stays on your device, and you can create a backup. App limits require Screen Time permission. Opening pauses require initial setup in iPhone Shortcuts. Other apps' names and exact usage times are not sent to the developer.

Town Conversations offers eight short stories with Nagi and Toma. Explore everyday approaches to thoughts and feelings, preparing what you need, and connecting actions. You can simply read and close. Takeaways, sources, and optional practical examples are also available.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.3 — 2026-09-27

• Fixed the first town to use 3D by default. You can still choose 2D in Settings.
• Fixed skipped stories during the introductory guide and an overlapping language selector.
• Added News in Settings. You can reread missed stories from the beginning without resetting your town.
• Improved first-action guidance, construction-site controls, widgets, and other details.
• Improved saving as town data grows.

### 1.1.2 — 2026-09-23

• Plan forest or rocky-land clearing together with a building as one construction project.
• Place harbor warehouses and markets within a wider coastal area.
• Improved road appearance, construction guidance, and story reading and navigation.
• Verified saving and restoring towns, action records, and construction progress, with small display refinements.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-09-21

• Added eight optional Town Conversations with Nagi and Toma. Read without starting an action, with takeaways, sources and optional practice examples.
• Added optional support for choosing a first movement and a stopping point for an action.
• Revised the town story through dialogue about Nagi's memories of Grandfather, Toma's clock and Mio's return.
• Added character portraits and illustrations, with Story and Talks entries at the top of town.
• Added Vietnamese and translated the latest story and interface text into all eleven supported languages.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-13

Now available in 10 languages, with improvements to everyday use.

• Added Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Italian alongside Japanese and English.
• Choose your top menu in Settings. Your choice stays the same after the tutorial.
• Improved construction placement and fixed a problem that could prevent progress after choosing a position outside the map.
• Improved town-view controls and guidance for entering and recording actions.
• Added a final chapter about restoring the old record hall, with new music unlocked after reading the ending.
• Made suitable sites for coastal buildings easier to find in the 3D town.

### 1.0.6 — 2026-09-10

It is easier to start a small action and keep track of your effort.

• Start by putting one nearby thing away. You can explore the town guide later.
• Add a task to your to-do list with one text field, and save an action you have just edited without typing it again.
• Break a hard-to-start task into a smaller action.
• Record partial effort separately from completion, with a resume note for each action.
• Read action names more easily and return directly to the remaining actions after recording.
• Building previews now match the completed buildings, and completed construction appears in the town diary.

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## More apps by Atsushi Hashimoto

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All apps by Atsushi Hashimoto: https://appshunter.io/developer/6801967463

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