# dayGLANCE: Daily Planner — Planner, goals & habit tracker

> Privacy-first planner for Apple devices, syncing tasks and goals across platforms. (iPhone/iPad app by Jason Krellner.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dayglance-daily-planner/id6771540599 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jason Krellner](https://appshunter.io/developer/6771540601)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Ukrainian
- Released: 2026-07-24
- Data updated: 2026-11-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dayglance-daily-planner/id6771540599/reviews.md

## What is dayGLANCE?

dayGLANCE is a privacy-first day planner for people who want a powerful planning tool without giving their data to someone else's server. Native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

No accounts. No analytics. Your tasks, goals, and schedule stay on your device and only leave it when you choose.

A 14-day free trial is included. After that, subscribe or buy a lifetime unlock. Cancel anytime in your App Store subscription settings.

See your day clearly

dayGLANCE gives you a clean, focused view of your day with a timeline that shows exactly what's ahead. Home Screen widgets keep it in view without opening the app, including the Day Dial, which draws your whole day as a ring and stays live to the minute. Control Center controls on iOS 18 add a task or start voice input from anywhere, and on Mac a menu-bar tray keeps dayGLANCE a click away with a live focus countdown. When it's time to execute, Focus Mode clears everything but the task in front of you.

Built for your Apple devices

Buy once, use everywhere: one purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac through Universal Purchase. iCloud keeps your tasks, habits, and plans in sync automatically. Your tasks are indexed in Spotlight, and Quick Actions on the app icon add a scheduled or inbox task, start a focus session, or queue voice input in one gesture.

Goals and projects, connected to your day

Build goals, break them into projects, connect them to the tasks on your timeline. dayGLANCE bridges long-term planning and daily execution.

Voice-powered task management

Create, reschedule, and edit tasks by speaking. Voice input needs no AI provider: dayGLANCE uses Apple's speech recognition to turn what you say into a task, and reads the dates, times, and repeats out of it. No audio is sent to an AI provider.

Add your own AI provider (bring your own API key) and it handles the looser phrasing instead. Either way, no AI backend is operated by dayGLANCE, all AI features are optional, and the app is fully functional without AI. Speech recognition availability depends on your language and region.

Integrates with the tools you already use

Apple Calendar: Your device calendars (iCloud, Google, Nextcloud/CalDAV) surface color-coded on your timeline
Obsidian: Two-way task sync, an agenda sidebar inside your vault, tasks written into daily and project notes, folders and tags as task sources, and links between tasks and any note. Live two-way sync uses the free dayGLANCE Bridge plugin with a GLANCEvault account.
Apple Health: Read steps and sleep to track habit progress automatically
TRMNL: Display your day on an e-ink dashboard

Cloud sync on your terms

Optional cloud sync and remote backup keep your data under your control. GLANCEvault (a sync backend you can self-host for free) always encrypts your data client-side with AES-256-GCM (PBKDF2 key derivation) before it leaves your device, so the server stores only encrypted content. Prefer WebDAV? Bring your own server and turn on sync encryption for the same client-side protection, or leave it off if you wish. Or sync through iCloud Drive, kept in your personal iCloud account under Apple's encryption.

Connects to other GLANCE apps

dayGLANCE can talk to lastGLANCE (and other GLANCE apps as they ship) through GLANCEintents, a cross-app protocol that flows through your own WebDAV or GLANCEvault server, or iCloud Drive. Send a chore from lastGLANCE to your dayGLANCE timeline; complete it in dayGLANCE and lastGLANCE knows. Optional end-to-end encryption keyed to your sync passphrase. Off by default.

Self-hostable and open

dayGLANCE is open source and self-hostable via Docker. It can run entirely on your own infrastructure. Either way, your data stays yours.

## Key features

- Privacy-first design, no accounts or analytics
- Native integration on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Home Screen widgets and Control Center integration
- Goals and projects linked to daily tasks
- Optional voice-powered task management
- Integrations with Apple Calendar, Obsidian, and Apple Health
- User-controlled cloud sync options (GLANCEvault, WebDAV, iCloud Drive)

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dayGLANCE Pro | $19.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dayGLANCE Pro | $79.99 | one-time |


## Is dayGLANCE safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess dayGLANCE.

## Is dayGLANCE legit?

dayGLANCE: Daily Planner appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for dayGLANCE is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dayglance-daily-planner/id6771540599/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Foul

*2026-10-06*

The service can be hosted from home and accessed locally via browser. Using the app to view this on your phone without using a browser is a predatory subscription service. There is no issue with trying to make money, but disguising an annual subscription service for a Free host-at-home platform with a Free app is simply disrespectful.

**Developer response:** dayGLANCE is an open-source app. The iOS app is a paid app for people who want to support ongoing development. Users are free to run the PWA on their phones if they don’t want to pay and they can live with the compromises that come with PWAs. The bottom line is no one is forced to pay, so if you don’t want to, just don’t.

## Frequently asked questions about dayGLANCE

### Does dayGLANCE have ads?

No, dayGLANCE does not contain advertisements. It is a privacy-focused application designed without ads.

### What is the pricing for dayGLANCE?

dayGLANCE offers a 14-day free trial. After the trial, users can subscribe to dayGLANCE Pro for $19.99 per year or purchase a lifetime unlock. This one-time purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

### How does dayGLANCE handle user data privacy?

dayGLANCE is designed with privacy as a core feature. It requires no accounts or analytics, and your data stays on your device unless you choose to sync it. Optional cloud sync features like GLANCEvault offer client-side encryption.

### On which Apple devices can I use dayGLANCE?

dayGLANCE is built natively for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, supporting Universal Purchase for a single purchase across all devices.

### How often is dayGLANCE updated?

The latest version of dayGLANCE is 4.1.0, released on July 29, 2026. Updates are frequent, ensuring ongoing improvements and compatibility.

### Can I sync my data across devices with dayGLANCE?

Yes, dayGLANCE offers optional cloud sync through iCloud Drive, WebDAV, or GLANCEvault. This ensures your tasks, habits, and plans are automatically kept in sync across your Apple devices.

### What integrations does dayGLANCE offer?

dayGLANCE integrates with Apple Calendar, Obsidian for two-way task sync, and Apple Health to track habit progress. It can also display your day on TRMNL e-ink dashboards.

### Is voice-powered task management available in dayGLANCE?

Yes, dayGLANCE supports voice-powered task management, allowing you to create and edit tasks by speaking. This feature is optional and requires you to bring your own AI provider API key, with no AI backend operated by dayGLANCE.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.12.0 — 2026-11-08

Tasks that cross midnight
• A task that runs past midnight now shows its after-midnight part on the next day, marked with the day it started.
• Times read as real clock times: a task from 23:00 for two hours shows "23:00–01:00 +1", not "23:00–25:00".
• Today's agenda and the widgets know that last night's task is still running after midnight, and a task is overdue from its real end.
• Moving or resizing a calendar event so it ends after midnight now saves instead of snapping back.

Frame sets
• Group frames into sets that are active for a range of dates, such as a term-time week and a holiday week. Switch a set on or off for today, or plan its dates.

Task editor
• A Tags row under the title: tap a tag to add or remove it, or type to add a new one.
• The project picker groups projects by area and goal, and pins the last project you used at the top.
• With a keyboard, Command-Return saves the task from any field.

Calendar filter
• Hide projects as well as tags, per device. The filter button shows how many tasks it is hiding.
• The filter only changes what the calendar shows: free time, scheduling, focus mode and the Day Dial count every task.

Obsidian
• dayGLANCE Bridge 1.1 turns a selection or line in Obsidian into an Inbox task.
• Linked descriptions and task notes now reach devices without the vault folder, through GLANCEvault.

Fixes
• A frame ending at midnight is no longer drawn past the bottom of a zoomed timeline.
• Opening plan history for an Inbox task no longer crashes.

### 5.11.0 — 2026-11-02

SEARCH
• Search with several words, "exact phrases", * and ? wildcards, and -word to leave things out. Results highlight what matched.

TASKS
• Any duration, plus an End time field. "Custom…" takes 22, 1:30, 90m or 1.5h.
• The clock picker sets any minute: drag the minute hand, or tap the keyboard button and type the time.
• Task threads: when three or more tasks link to each other, see the whole chain in date order.
• Rename is in the task menu.
• "Go to task" works from the Project Planner and the task form.
• Tags work in any language's letters.

REMINDERS
• Remind up to 12 hours ahead (30 minutes and 1, 2, 4, 8 or 12 hours).

PROJECTS & INBOX
• Restoring an archived project brings its tasks back, and you can review an archived project before restoring it.
• The Inbox filter groups projects by area and goal, with sections that fold.
• "Manage tags…" sits at the top of the tag filter.

NOTES
• Markdown tables and strikethrough, and notes show formatted as soon as you leave the editor.

SYNC
• GLANCEvault Pro: sign in with just your account key.
• Household members sync over GLANCEvault and are shared across GLANCE apps. iCloud no longer syncs the household list, since it can't reach other people's Apple IDs.
• Edits made during a WebDAV sync are no longer undone.

PLUS
• An "All done for today" line when your routines are finished, and assorted fixes.

### 5.10.0 — 2026-10-26

Goals & Projects
• Projects can have a target date, like goals. It shows on project cards, in the day summary and weekly review, and on the Project widget.
• The "+" on the Goals tab asks whether to add a project to the goal on screen or a new goal.
• Project Planner: rename tasks in place and resize the notes sidebar.
• Search finds goals, projects and areas.

Tasks
• Tag manager: rename, merge or remove a tag across every task.
• Link tasks from notes: Copy link, type @@ to pick a task, and see backlinks.
• Reorder subtasks by dragging or long-pressing the grip.
• Tasks show when they were created and completed.

Storage and sync
• Stays quick with thousands of Inbox tasks, and saving writes only what changed.
• Daily notes move to the device's database, freeing space.
• The Recycle Bin can empty itself after 7, 30 or 90 days.
• Storage Breakdown forecasts when storage will fill, with a warning before it does.
• Editing one occurrence of a recurring task on two devices keeps both edits.
• Auto-backup skips unchanged backups.

Calendars and more
• Calendar feeds show recurring events as the server defines them.
• JOBO: skip a recurring occurrence from today's Check.
• Many smaller fixes.

### 5.9.0 — 2026-10-16

A new Settings panel
- Settings is organized into topics: General, Appearance, Features, AI Features, Sync, Integrations, Notifications, Backup & Restore, and About & Help.
- Search finds any setting, even one tucked inside a card.
- Theme: choose Light, Dark or System. System follows your device.
- Every section is a card with its own switch or status, including iCloud sync and Direct Access.
- Sync settings save card by card, and turning GLANCEvault off pauses it without forgetting your connection.
- A sync problem marks Sync in red and takes you straight to the setting that explains it.
- About & Help has your version, help links, the Getting Started checklist and storage use.
- Each page opens at its top, and going back returns you to where you were.

AI
- AI features start switched off and stay off until your provider has an API key. With no key, nothing AI-related appears.

Undo
- Undo says what it undid, offers a way back, and stays up long enough to read.
- Undo now restores Frames.

Fixes and improvements
- WevDAV sync works again.
- Goals have a notes box.
- Linked notes refresh after a sync.
- On iPad, disconnecting Obsidian now fully clears the vault.
- Restoring a backup from its history asks for confirmation first.
- WebDAV: a missing remote file can no longer be overwritten by the first sync.
- Many smaller fixes.

### 5.8.0 — 2026-10-13

This update fixes a problem in 5.7.0 that stopped sync on iPhone and iPad. Please update.

• GLANCEvault, WebDAV, the Obsidian bridge and calendar subscriptions work again. In 5.7.0 their requests were blocked, and GLANCEvault could wrongly say the server needed an update.
• Your GLANCEvault token is no longer written to the developer console when a request fails.
• The Obsidian bridge only sends changes under a key it has checked against your GLANCEvault account.
• The notes editor keeps a long note's height when you tap to edit, instead of shrinking to a small box.

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## More apps by Jason Krellner

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All apps by Jason Krellner: https://appshunter.io/developer/6771540601

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