Octopus Authenticator vs Daylist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Octopus Authenticator
This app eliminates the need for passwords, offering a seamless and consistent login experience for users throughout their workday. Organizations benefit from enhanced security and control over credentials for various accounts and applications.
- Passwordless login
- Seamless user experience
- High assurance security
- Credential control
- Cross-domain authentication
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With Secret Double Octopus, users no longer need to manage passwords and can enjoy a consistent seamless login experience throughout their work day. Organizations gain the benefits of high assurance and credential control across domain accounts, VPN, cloud applications and legacy apps.
Daylist
Create simple daily to-do lists with optional reminders. Tasks can be easily checked off when completed. Enjoy a fresh start each day with a minimalistic and private experience.
- Create daily to-do lists
- Add tasks with one tap
- Set task reminders
- Check off completed tasks
- No ads or signup required
- Daily fresh start
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The simplest and smoothest todo list for daily tasks. - No ads - No signup required - No subscription or payments How do you use Daylist? 1. Create lists for today with one tap - Grocery shopping, work tasks or anything else. 2. Write down the tasks you’d like to get done 3. Want to be reminded of a task? No problem, just another tap for that. 4. When you’re done with your task, check it off in the app. You’re going to love this step ;) You’ll have a fresh start each day - no need to manage long term lists. That’s it, nothing more, nothing less. Daily lists, as minimalistic and smooth as it gets. NO SIGNUP OR SPAM You just get right into the app. We don’t need to know your email or anything else for that matter. Also, anything you enter in the app stays right there, we don’t send your data to god knows where. Privacy first! NO SUBSCRIPTIONS Try the app for a week, and if it’s what you’re looking for, then you can continue using it forever with a one time purchase. Oh yea, no ads either. If you’re not sold by now, just give it a go. The app does a way better job of showing how wonderful todo lists can be than I can describe in text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daylist at 69% against Octopus Authenticator's 23%. Daylist also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Octopus Authenticator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Daylist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Octopus Authenticator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daylist holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 163 and 88 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Octopus Authenticator's written reviews are positive against 69% of Daylist's.
Octopus Authenticator ships an update every 2 months, Daylist every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Octopus Authenticator | Daylist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (163 ratings) | 4.7 (88 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 69.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 88 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Secret Double Octopus | Buddy Budgeting AB |
Customer experience
Octopus Authenticator
Daylist
Bugs and requests
Octopus Authenticator
Reported bugs
19 issues- Bluetooth notification impossible to get rid of
- App pops up asking for Bluetooth access even when not needed
- Update wiped out all account info
- Constant issues: connection problems, app locks up, pings but won't respond
- Apple Watch app hangs 90% of the time
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- Psychotic notification sound
- Apple Watch notification only works sometimes
- App crashes on launch
- Push notifications for Apple Watch broken for months
- Cannot accept request from phone Lock Screen
- Apple Watch component stuck at 'Loading...'
- Must manually launch Watch app before prompt
- Apple Watch app does not work
- Clicking notification does not open app
- Not receiving welcome email or setup email
- Apple Watch app has never worked
- App will not send authentication to new phone
- No Apple Watch app
- App crashes immediately on startup after OS update
Requested features
12 requests- Fix Bluetooth notification issue
- Allow opting out of Bluetooth notifications
- Improve Apple Watch app reliability
- Allow authentication from notification
- Fix watch app hanging issue
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- Fix push notifications for Apple Watch
- Allow accepting requests from phone Lock Screen
- Set time limit for facial recognition
- Provide instructions for new phone registration
- Allow users to supply their email address for setup
- Fix app crashes on launch
- Fix app not opening after OS updates
Daylist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Octopus Authenticator
No in-app purchases
Daylist
- Daylist Lifetime Unlocked$4.99
