Comparison

Dementia Caring Response vs Day Clock

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

Head to head
About

Dementia Caring Response

This app helps caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's and related dementias understand and manage challenging behaviors. It offers educational content, coping strategies, and relaxation exercises to reduce stress and improve the quality of life for both the caregiver and the person with dementia.

Highlights
  • Understand difficult dementia behaviors
  • Cope with agitation and aggression
  • Manage confusion and anxiety
  • Learn about repetition and wandering
  • Relaxation exercises for caregivers
  • Video lessons on dementia behaviors
Features
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Caring Response is designed to help caregivers of someone with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia to understand and deal with the difficult behaviors of a person with dementia, alleviate stress, and improve quality of life. This self-paced program also contains calming relaxation exercises that may help during stressful moments. Our educational curriculum covers the common difficult behaviors that may overwhelm caregivers and explains possible approaches for coping with these challenging situations. The app has short video lessons about difficult behaviors, including: * Agitation * Aggression * Anxiety * Confusion * Hallucinations * Irritability * Not recognizing Family * Repetition * Suspicion * Wandering The program incorporates simple practices based on Virtual Patient strategies (role-playing cases of people with dementia and caregivers). The Caring Response curriculum is based on past research by Photozig, Inc. and Stanford University, with the participation of Dr. Gallagher Thompson, Dr. Thompson, and associates. We hope that our curriculum may teach skills and help families dealing with caregiving, as it has helped many caregivers in our past research studies. This project was supported by Award Number R44AG057272 from the National Institute on Aging. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Aging or the National Institutes of Health. This app does NOT explain how to provide care for a person with Alzheimer’s Disease or related dementia. For example, the app does NOT cover: how to bath, dress, feed, and treat an individual. Our policies: * Privacy Policy: https://photozig.com/policies/privacy2.htm * Terms of Use: https://photozig.com/policies/terms2.htm IMPORTANT: please consult with your doctor before doing any exercise on this app. This is an informational app only. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, legal, financial, or other professional services advice. We hope that enjoy your app! Caring Project Team

About

Day Clock

This app provides a clear display of the time, day of the week, and time of day (morning, afternoon, evening, night) for individuals who benefit from simple, easy-to-read information. It also features an on-screen button to speak the time and date aloud.

Highlights
  • Day Name display
  • Day Part indicator (Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night)
  • Date display
  • Spoken Time & Date
  • iPad-only interface
  • Guided Access compatibility
Features
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The Day Clock app is a simple iPad-only "Dementia Day Clock" that can be useful for an elderly loved one who needs an easy way to see the time & date with "Day Name" and "Day Part" (Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Night") as well as the Date displayed. There is also an on-screen button for the Time & Date to be spoken If this is to be used as a full-time plugged-in display, here are the suggested iPad settings: Settings- Display & Brightness- Auto-Lock- "Never" Settings- Display & Brightness- "Night Shift" Settings- Accessibility- Display & Text Size- Auto-Brightness If you are worried about you elderly loved one exiting the app, here is the suggested setting: Settings- Accessibility- "Guided Access"

Screenshots

Dementia Caring Response4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Day Clock at 50% against Dementia Caring Response's 0%. Day Clock also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Dementia Caring Response's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. Dementia Caring Response sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Day Clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dementia Caring Response holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Dementia Caring Response's written reviews are positive against 50% of Day Clock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dementia Caring Response ships an update every 4 months, Day Clock every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dementia Caring Response versus Day Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDementia Caring ResponseDay Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better4.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPhotozig, Inc.Technology4Seniors LLC

Customer experience

Dementia Caring Response

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Day Clock

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dementia Caring Response

Subscriptions1
  • Full Access Subscription$4.991 Month
None

Day Clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dementia Caring Response free?
Dementia Caring Response is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Day Clock free?
Day Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dementia Caring Response or Day Clock?
Dementia Caring Response is rated higher. Dementia Caring Response averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Day Clock averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Dementia Caring Response or Day Clock have ads?
Neither Dementia Caring Response nor Day Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dementia Caring Response or Day Clock?
Dementia Caring Response ships an update every 4 months, and Day Clock every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dementia Caring Response was updated on October 13, 2026 and Day Clock on October 5, 2026.

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