Comparison

RoutineFactory vs Thruday

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Thruday

This visual planner helps neurodivergent individuals manage their day with customizable routines, tasks, and mood tracking. It breaks down activities into manageable steps and allows trusted assistants to help with planning and progress updates.

Highlights
  • Visual daily timeline planning
  • Task breakdown into smaller steps
  • Customizable routines and habits
  • Mood and journal tracking
  • Assistant invites for support
  • Focus timers (Pomodoro)
  • AI-assisted decision making (Plus)
Features
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An award-winning visual day planner created for forgetful people — used by 40,000+ neurodivergent humans. Build your day as a visual timeline on the go using images, break your tasks down into smaller steps and build new routines that are easy to follow and stick to, all with the help of those you trust. Built by a team with lived experience of ADHD, autism and epilepsy, it includes visual routines, mood tracking, to-do lists, a journal and support from someone you trust with assistant invites. Thruday is an app for those that need more than just another to-do list or calendar app. Brain-dump your to-dos, decide what matters first, then turn them into scheduled tasks when your energy allows - The perfect ADHD planner. Flexible visual planning, habit tracking and routines for the neurospicy brains - neurodivergent productivity that adapts when your day changes. FREE INCLUDES — Visual Daily Planner: accessible time-blocking with colors, images and visual cues. — Priority To-do Lists: Brain-dump tasks and organize them by priority. — Focus Timers: Use Pomodoro timers to pause, extend or finish tasks early. — Mood Tracker: Track moods with shapes and color, add thoughts and emotions. — Journal & Notes: Write down your thoughts, reflect on your day and save the moments you want to remember. — Invite assistants: Get assistants, coaches or caregivers to help you plan your day. — Receive reminders: configure notifications to keep focused when the day slips. Do you have an assistant, ADHD coach or caregiver? Lower your mental load and get them involved with scheduling, task tracking and reminders - they can opt-in to updates in real time about your mood and progress. INCLUDED WITH PLUS — Print daily agendas on the go. — Create unlimited extra planners for you or your family. — AI-assisted to reduce decision fatigue. — Import and sync Thruday with your device calendar. — Custom repeat pattern for routines and habits. — Use custom tags and folders to organize tasks and notes. — Create printable PECS cards for communication support. — Access to all future Plus+ features. WHY THRUDAY EXISTS — Make time blindness and executive function support accessible. — For students navigating college life and studying. — Support independent living environments and caregivers. — Accessible everyday planning tools without ads. — Neurodivergent-friendly tools that help reduce overwhelm. — Ensure ADHD planning is visual and goal orientated. Thruday was created without investment and is managed and supported by an unpaid neurodivergent team with lived experience of ADHD, AuDHD, autism and epilepsy and neurodivergent life. Privacy matters to us. We do not use your data to train AI systems. Terms of Use: https://thruday.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

RoutineFactory1 screens
Thruday4 screens

Verdict

The call

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 (75 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thruday holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thruday has 75 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RoutineFactory ships an update every 4 months, Thruday every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RoutineFactory versus Thruday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutineFactoryThruday
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.6 (75 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better71.8% of reviews
Number of ratings475 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZelfstandigmetZorg B.V.Thruday LTD

Customer experience

RoutineFactory

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Thruday

All ratings75 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive71.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative20.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RoutineFactory

One-time1
  • RoutineFactory subscription, one year$34.99
2 purchases

Thruday

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Premium7 Days trial$10.001 Month
  • 1 Year Premium Subscription7 Days trial$50.001 Year

Questions

Is RoutineFactory free?
RoutineFactory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thruday free?
Thruday is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RoutineFactory or Thruday?
Thruday is rated higher. RoutineFactory averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Thruday averages 4.6 from 75 ratings.
Do RoutineFactory or Thruday have ads?
Neither RoutineFactory nor Thruday shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RoutineFactory or Thruday?
RoutineFactory ships an update every 4 months, and Thruday every 3 days. Most recently, RoutineFactory was updated on November 2, 2026 and Thruday on November 12, 2026.

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