RoutineFactory vs Thruday
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RoutineFactory
This app helps users establish structure and focus by creating clear daily and weekly schedules. It offers digital assistants with step-by-step instructions, pictograms, and timers to manage tasks and activities effectively.
- Daily and weekly schedule overviews
- Digital assistants for tasks
- Step-by-step instructions
- Timers for tasks
- QR code integration for assistants
- Pictograms and visual aids
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Do you need structure? Do you not always know what to do or when? Do you get side-tracked and could use some focus? RoutineFactory can help you. With RoutineFactory, you will see what needs to be done, every day. Use the RoutineFactory online tool to create clear day- and week schedules and easy-to-use digital assistants. The Schedule Wizard helps you to set up a morning routine or get your household chores organized in minutes. Together with your supervisor, caretaker and/or family members. Use checklists with detailed step-for-step instructions to split up complex tasks and keep focus & progress. Pictograms, photos, colors and instruction texts help make activities recognizable and help with overview. Digital assistants can be called at any time to help with a specific task or in a specific situation. With this app you can: - Use schedules created with the RoutineFactory online tool - Clear daily and weekly overviews - Create digital assistants to help with a task or situation - Simple scheduling of daily, weekly or monthly tasks and activities - Shows timers to keep track of how much time is left on a task - Receive a signal when it is time to start an activity or task - Link digital assistants to QR codes
Thruday
This app provides a visual planner and support tools designed for individuals with ADHD and Autism. It offers features like routines, mood tracking, journaling, and to-do lists to aid executive functioning, emotional regulation, and daily organization. The interface is customizable for sensory preferences and includes collaborative planning options.
- Visual routines and schedules
- Mood tracking and journaling
- To-do lists and notes
- Focus mode
- Printable schedules and PECs cards
- AI-assisted planning
- Customizable interface
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A visual daily planner for routines, tasks, reminders and mood tracking, designed for anyone who benefits from more structure and less overwhelm. Thruday is especially useful for ADHD, autism, AuDHD, executive-function challenges and forgetful brains, as well as families, carers and anyone who prefers visual planning. Created by a neurodivergent founder, Thruday is more than just another scheduling or calendar app. Its a flexible visual planner that looks after your wellbeing and is used by people who need flexible planning, routines, task lists and mood tracking to stay focused, feel less pressure and keep going when life does not go to plan. Add your day, routines, habits and goals, and Thruday can send gentle reminders to help you stay focused throughout the day. VISUAL DAILY PLANNING • Plan your day with a calm visual timeline • Add activities, to-dos, notes and reminders • Use colours, icons, images and visual cues • Support time blindness with clearer daily structure • Import external calendars and sync across devices • Use home screen widgets and the web app to keep your day visible ROUTINES & EXECUTIVE FUNCTION • Build ADHD, autism and AuDHD-friendly routines • Create morning, evening, school, work or care routines • Break big tasks into smaller steps • Use recurring activities and reminders • Brain-dump tasks before they disappear • Stay focused with priority planning and focus tools MOOD & WELLBEING • Track your mood with a traffic-light mood system • Journal how your day is going • Use breathing tools when things feel overwhelming • Notice emotional patterns over time • Plan around energy, overwhelm and emotional regulation CARERS, FAMILY & SUPPORT • Invite carers, family members or support assistants • Share plans with trusted people • Help parents, carers and support workers support daily routines • Use Thruday in education, supported living, family life or independent planning PRINTABLE & VISUAL SUPPORTS • Create printable visual schedules • Make visual cards for activities, routines and communication support • Use picture-based communication cards where appropriate • Choose from thousands of activity images CUSTOMISATION • Customise colours, icons, activities and avatars • Personalise the app for sensory preferences • Build a planner that works with your brain, not against it EXTRA SUPPORT • Use AI-assisted planning to help organise your day • Access helpful neurodivergent planning and wellbeing resources • Use Thruday online or offline when you need it Thruday is useful for adults, parents, carers, support workers and neurodivergent families who need more than a standard calendar or to-do list. Use it for ADHD planning, autism visual schedules, AuDHD routines, executive function support, time blindness, emotional regulation, school routines, work routines, care routines, supported living, independent living and everyday structure without pressure. Your data is private. We do not train AI on your data. Start free with core visual planning and to-do tools using just an email and password. Website: https://thruday.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Thruday at 4.6 against RoutineFactory's 4.0. Thruday also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (72 vs 4). RoutineFactory's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 72%). 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. RoutineFactory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Thruday sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Thruday holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thruday has 72 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of RoutineFactory's written reviews are positive against 72% of Thruday's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
RoutineFactory ships an update every 4 months, Thruday every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RoutineFactory | Thruday |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.6 (72 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZelfstandigmetZorg B.V. | Thruday LTD |
Customer experience
RoutineFactory
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In-app purchases
RoutineFactory
- RoutineFactory subscription, one year$34.99
Thruday
- 1 Month Premium7 Days trial$10.001 Month
- 1 Year Premium Subscription7 Days trial$50.001 Year
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