Comparison

Sub vs SameDay Journal

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

Head to head
About

Sub

This app enhances your kitchen experience by guiding you through recipes from websites and a curated collection. It allows remote control and monitoring of Sub-Zero refrigeration, Cove dishwashing, and Wolf appliances, ensuring optimal performance and convenience.

Highlights
  • Guided cooking from online recipes
  • Chef-tested recipes optimized for Wolf appliances
  • Remote dishwasher control and monitoring
  • Refrigerator settings and alerts
  • Filter recipes by cooking mode
  • Bookmark and share recipes
Features
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Elevate your kitchen experience with the Sub-Zero Group Owner’s App. Connect your Wi-Fi-enabled appliances and enjoy greater control, personalized cooking, and now, integrated wine inventory management. • Build and manage your wine collection • Scan bottles to quickly add wines to your inventory • Track where each bottle is stored across locations • Organize your collection with filters, groups, and tags • View inventory history as wines are enjoyed over time • Enjoy a guided cooking experience with recipes tailored to your appliances • Set timers and view oven status directly from recipe steps • Monitor and control your appliances from anywhere • Receive notifications for appliance status, maintenance, and more The app also gives you powerful control over your Sub-Zero refrigeration and Cove dishwashing appliances. Start your dishwasher remotely, monitor cycles, and manage supplies Wine Inventory transforms a traditionally manual task into a simple, intuitive experience. Manage your collection, understand where your wines are stored, and stay connected to your kitchen in one place. Download now and get more from every Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove appliance.

About

SameDay Journal

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SameDay Journal is a daily journal with one idea behind it: what you write today is more interesting when you can see what you wrote on this same day a year ago, and the year before that. Open the app and today's entry is waiting at the top. Below it, the same calendar day from every previous year you've written — Thursday, August 6, 2025, and the one before that, each with its photo if it had one. Some days that's a quiet reminder of an ordinary week. Some days it isn't. WRITING • One entry a day, with an optional photo • A gentle daily prompt if you want one, or a blank page if you don't • Swipe between days, or use the calendar to jump to any date • Search everything you've written • An optional daily reminder at a time you choose THE SAME DAY, ACROSS YEARS • Today's entry sits above the same date from every earlier year • Past entries show their full date and weekday, not just the year • Tap any photo to view it full screen • The calendar marks the days you've written on • Play a slideshow of your photos over any range of dates, and an optional year-end recap on December 31 WEATHER, IF YOU WANT IT Turn it on and each day's entry records the city and the day's weather alongside what you wrote. It's optional, off until you enable it, and the app works exactly the same without it. YOUR JOURNAL IS YOURS There is no account and no sign-up. Nothing you write is uploaded to a server, because there is no server. No ads, no analytics, no tracking, no subscription, nothing to unlock. Your entries and photos live on your device. That also means backups are worth taking seriously, and the app helps: export your whole journal — entries and photos — to a single file you save wherever you like, import it back on a new phone, and get a nudge every couple of months if it's been a while. SameDay Journal is a small personal project, shared as-is with people who might like it. It does the things above and deliberately not much else.

Screenshots

Sub4 screens
SameDay Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SameDay Journal at every 8 days against Sub's every 5 weeks. Sub's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sub ships an update every 5 weeks, SameDay Journal every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sub versus SameDay Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubSameDay Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (788 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings788 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSub-Zero and WolfAlexandra Tinker

Bugs and requests

Sub

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes after recent updates
  • Unable to log in or register account
  • Appliances disappear from the app
  • Firmware update failures brick appliances

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add support for Celsius temperature units
  • Provide real-time temperature and energy consumption data
  • Integrate with smart home platforms like Apple HomeKit

SameDay Journal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sub

No in-app purchases

None

SameDay Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sub free?
Sub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SameDay Journal free?
SameDay Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sub or SameDay Journal have ads?
Neither Sub nor SameDay Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sub or SameDay Journal?
Sub ships an update every 5 weeks, and SameDay Journal every 8 days. Most recently, Sub was updated on November 6, 2026 and SameDay Journal on November 5, 2026.

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