Comparison

Dayless vs Time Capsule

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

Head to head
About

Dayless

This app offers a straightforward and intuitive platform for journaling your thoughts and memories. It focuses on speed and simplicity, allowing you to quickly jot down notes, organize them by date, and revisit your past entries with ease. The interface is designed to be distraction-free, making it ideal for capturing daily life or planning for the future.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Intuitive writing
  • Past, present, and future diary entries
  • Quick time stamping
  • Monthly and yearly navigation
  • Adjustable content size
Features
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'Dayless' my own story 'Dayless' pursues simplicity, intuition, speed. Make a your own note briefly and simply! 'Dayless' collects notes and makes your own memory collection. Write about life with 'Dayless' - - - - - - - - - - - - Essential Features - - - - - - - - - - - - QUICK AND EASY WRITE • A simple distraction free interface •Intuitive writing is possible. •Past, present and future diary writing is easy •It is easy to add the current time. •Various types of time can be set. •Adding alarms is fast and easy SIMPLE AND QUICK READ •Monthly reading is possible. •Easy to move by month, year •Automatically moves to today's date. •It is possible to enlarge or reduce the contents of the diary list. •Day of the week can easily be distinguished by color. - - - - - - - - - - - - ADVANTAGES OF THE APP - - - - - - - - - - - - 1. I can keep my memories. 2. You can see when and what he did. 3. I can describe the life of the day in detail 4. I can leave it impressively. 5. Creativity is abundant 6. I can talk about the discussion 7. Your language skills will increase. 8. I can explain what I did and what I did when I spoke. 9. There are more things to think about 10. I can learn about the subject. - - - - - - - - - - - - HOW TO USE - - - - - - - - - - - - ■ Press the + button at the bottom of the main screen to create or edit today's diary. ■ You can create or edit the day's diary by tapping the main screen date. ■ On the main screen, you can select the year month by pressing the 'month' and 'year' buttons. ■ Pressing Expansion Mode in the setting will enlarge or reduce the main screen. ■ Press Future Mode in the settings to create a future one-year diary. ■ When creating a diary, pressing the time stamp button automatically takes the current time. ■ If you lower the main screen, you can see today's date. ■ You can insert the current time by pressing the clock on the diary writing screen.

About

Time Capsule

Securely store photos, videos, voice memos, and notes in an encrypted vault. Set a future unlock date for your memories, from days to decades away. Protect your private moments with biometric security.

Highlights
  • Encrypted memory vault
  • Future unlock dates
  • Store photos, videos, voice memos, notes, files
  • Biometric security (Face ID/Touch ID)
  • Countdown timer to unlock
  • Share encrypted files
Features
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Time Capsule Pro requires a separate in-app purchase to access the vault and capsule features described below. Downloading the app and completing onboarding are free. Purchase options and prices are shown in the app before payment. Time Capsule lets you lock your most meaningful photos, videos, voice memos, notes, and files inside an encrypted capsule — then open them on a date you choose. Pick an unlock date. Add what matters. Press and hold to seal it. When the time comes, your capsule unlocks and everything is waiting for you, exactly as you left it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Name your capsule and choose an unlock date — one month, one year, or decades from now. 2. Add photos, videos, voice memos, written notes, or files. 3. Hold to lock. Your capsule is sealed until the date arrives. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Your memories stay on your device. Optional accounts do not upload or synchronize your vault. Usage analytics and session recordings with masking configured help improve the app; you can turn analytics off in Profile. Analytics use a random installation identifier and technical device information. Advertising attribution SDKs are not included in this version. See the Privacy Policy for account and analytics processing. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Lock photos and videos from your camera or library - Record voice memos directly inside a capsule - Write letters to your future self - Attach any file type - Set unlock dates from one day to decades away - Watch a live countdown to each capsule's unlock moment - Protect your vault with Face ID or Touch ID - Share capsules with friends and family as encrypted .ltc files - View your full capsule history WHO IT'S FOR - Write a letter to yourself on New Year's and open it next December - Save your child's first words and photos for their 18th birthday - Preserve a friendship group's memories from a trip - Capture a personal goal and revisit your progress in a year - Create a graduation, wedding, or anniversary capsule Time Capsule is not a social feed, a cloud diary, or a photo album. It is a private vault that keeps your memories sealed until you are ready to revisit them. NOTE: Time Capsule does not provide legal, financial, or mental health advice. Always back up important capsules by exporting encrypted .ltc files. Questions or ideas? Email austinhfrankel@gmail.com - we read everything. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://gettimecapsule.com/privacy-policy.html Opening dates rely on the app and device clock. Exported files do not guarantee a tamper-proof future release.

Screenshots

Dayless4 screens
Time Capsule4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Time Capsule at Free against Dayless's $1.99. Dayless's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Time Capsule is free to download; Dayless costs $1.99 up front. Time Capsule sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Dayless asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dayless holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Dayless's written reviews are positive against 67% of Time Capsule's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dayless ships an update every 2 months, Time Capsule every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dayless versus Time Capsule: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaylessTime Capsule
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (44 ratings) — better3.9 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings44 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerminhee choiAustin Frankel

Customer experience

Dayless

All ratings44 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%

Time Capsule

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Bugs and requests

Dayless

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Lost the entry as couldn’t save it
  • Entry disappears behind the keyboard
  • Cannot find legend for color dots
  • Does not scroll adequately
  • Too hard to use beyond a few initial entries
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  • Getting error messages when trying to save
  • All my entries were erased after update
  • Update erased all my entries
  • The update wiped out two year’s entries
  • My first two days of notes simply disappeared
  • Awful bug: Every time I write an entry, I have to copy it. As soon as I hit the centre button to save, the whole thing disappears.
  • Functions are fail (expansion mode and future mode)
  • Backup seems to have issues
  • Cannot sync to iCloud?
  • Unreliable: Typed a whole paragraph, but once I hit the enter button it didn't input the entry and I had to write it again

Requested features

15 requests
  • Option to zoom into dates
  • See all entries of the month/year
  • Switch between dates easily
  • See iOS events together with app entries
  • Dark theme and/or ability to change color scheme
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  • Ability to add pictures
  • Backup function or data transfer to another iOS device
  • Ability to change background colors
  • Capability to put photos into the days
  • Ability to add photos into the entries
  • Add videos too
  • A separate section for to-do list
  • Notifications for reminders
  • Setting for time format (e.g., military time)
  • Quick select for days of the week to jump between days

Time Capsule

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Dayless

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Time Capsule

Subscriptions1
  • Time Capsule Pro (Yearly)3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time2
  • Time Capsule Lifetime$9.99
  • Time Capsule Pro (Lifetime)$19.99

Questions

Is Dayless free?
Dayless costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time Capsule free?
Time Capsule is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dayless or Time Capsule?
Dayless is rated higher. Dayless averages 4.1 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Time Capsule averages 3.9 from 9 ratings.
Do Dayless or Time Capsule have ads?
Neither Dayless nor Time Capsule shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dayless or Time Capsule?
Dayless ships an update every 2 months, and Time Capsule every 8 months. Most recently, Dayless was updated on November 11, 2026 and Time Capsule on November 5, 2026.

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