DayCape vs TimeFinder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DayCape
This app provides a visual schedule for families, helping children and individuals feel prepared for their day. Parents and teachers can create and manage schedules using images, timers, and checklists, with options for group planning and progress tracking.
- Create activities with images
- Visual timers
- Checklists
- Notification reminders
- Image library
- Group planning
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DayCape is your visual schedule for the whole family. With images, timers, and Cape-friends, it’s easier to feel prepared for the day! If you are a parent, teacher, or support person, you can create and manage schedules for your children, students, or individuals. Add events with images and follow up on progress in the app. App features include: - Create activities with images - Notification reminders - Visual timers - Checklists - Image library - Plan-B - Groups - Invite and manage Cape-planners DayCape offers free use for children in and an auto-reenable subscription feature for Parents and Teachers to easily plan the day for their children and students. - Parent subscription enables you to plan the day for 3 children and invite more people to help to plane the day. - School subscription enables you to plan for up to 15 students and invite teachers and parents to help to plane the day. – DayCape offers 30 days free trial for parents and teachers from when you start your account without any need to start a subscription. Only after the 30 days trial, you need to subscripts to continue access Parent and Teacher features. The subscription charges every month from when you decide to start a subscription. – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period – The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto -renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase – Privacy Policy: https://www.daycape.com/privacy-policy/ - Terms of use: https://www.daycape.com/terms-of-use/
TimeFinder
This app helps you create flexible, color-coded daily schedules by time blocking tasks. It's designed for individuals who struggle with traditional planning, offering features like drag-and-drop task management and adaptive scheduling that adjusts to life's changes. Syncs with calendars and reminders across devices.
- Drag & Drop task scheduling
- Flexible time block intervals
- Color-coded task organization
- Schedule shifting and task rollover
- Split view for lists and schedule
- Focus Mode timer
- Calendar and Reminders sync
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Finally, a planner that works the way your brain does. 400,000+ people use TimeFinder to build flexible, color-coded plans that bend—not break—when life happens. The #1 time blocking app on the App Store—refined over 8 years of user feedback. Whether you have ADHD, a packed schedule, or just a brain that resists plans, this is planning that finally clicks. "This app allows me to brain dump all my tasks into a list and then decide each day which ones to slide into my schedule. It's reduced my stress because I frequently overfill my day. Now I can realistically see what I can do." — LynnProgrammer SEE YOUR DAY. SHAPE YOUR DAY. - Drag & Drop: Pull tasks from your lists into your schedule—or back again - Flexible Time Blocks: Plan in 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60-minute chunks - Color-Coded Clarity: Every task gets a color so your day makes sense at a glance - Multiple Views: Day, week, month*, and agenda*—see your schedule your way PLANS CHANGE. THAT'S THE POINT. - Schedule Shift: Running late? Shift your tasks earlier or later with a single tap - Task Rollover*: Roll unfinished tasks into available time slots—nothing gets lost - Task Bucket*: Commit tasks to a date without locking them to a specific time - Zero Friction: Stretch, shrink, and rearrange by dragging—no menus needed "PRECISELY what I have been looking for, as if it were tailored for me! For ADHD persons—it is just so dang helpful!" — Summitmarlene LISTS. SCHEDULE. FOCUS. - Split View: See your lists and schedule side by side—drag between them - Focus Mode: A guided timer that helps you work through your plan, task by task - Apple Watch: See your upcoming schedule on your wrist with complications - Subtasks: Break big tasks into steps and track progress as you go SYNCS WITH YOUR LIFE - Calendar Sync*: Import events from Apple Calendar, Google, and Outlook—and export your TimeFinder schedule back - Reminders Sync*: Two-way sync with Apple Reminders—changes update in both apps - Widgets: Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities - iPhone, iPad, Mac & Apple Watch: Your schedule stays in sync across all your devices "I 'touch' my todo items just once—to put them on a time block to execute. These tasks aren't 'living' with me anymore. They're actually getting done." — Kurt4i MAKE IT YOURS - Color Palettes: Choose from dozens of presets—or build your own in the Palette Editor* - Schedule Templates*: Save your best routines and reapply them in one tap - Custom Intervals: Break up your day however works for you BUILT OVER 8 YEARS. SHAPED BY REAL USERS. TimeFinder started as one developer's answer to his own ADHD and procrastination. 8 years and 400,000+ downloads later, it's still independently built and personally supported by its founder, Luke—no faceless corporation, no VC playbook. Every update reflects real feedback from real people. - Direct support from the developer - Share ideas at feedback.timefinder.app - Regular updates driven by your feedback Eligible new subscribers can try TimeFinder Premium free for 7 days and discover why so many say it's the planner they've been looking for. * Full access to features marked with an asterisk requires TimeFinder Premium, available through an in-app subscription or lifetime purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TimeFinder at 70% against DayCape's 13%. TimeFinder also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). DayCape's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. DayCape sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and TimeFinder sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DayCape ships an update every 2 months, TimeFinder daily. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DayCape | TimeFinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 70.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daymonic AB | TimeFinder, LLC |
Customer experience
DayCape
TimeFinder
Bugs and requests
DayCape
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TimeFinder
Reported bugs
5 issues- Disappearing data
- Freezing and crashes
- Subscription issues
- Calendar sync problems
- Unresponsive navigation
Requested features
5 requests- Recurring tasks
- Subtasks and checklists
- Monthly/weekly calendar view
- Apple Watch integration
- Improved sync with other apps
In-app purchases
DayCape
- Family package$8.991 Month
- Schul-Paket$25.991 Month
TimeFinder
- TimeFinder Premium2 variants$4.991 Month
- TimeFinder Premium3 variants$7.991 Month
- TimeFinder Premium$9.991 Year
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- TimeFinder Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- TimeFinder Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- TimeFinder Premium$19.991 Year
- TimeFinder Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- TimeFinder Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- TimeFinder Premium$29.991 Year
- TimeFinder Premium1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- TimeFinder Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- TimeFinder Premium Lifetime$29.99
- TimeFinder Premium$79.99
- TimeFinder Premium Lifetime$119.99









