Comparison

Selene vs dayli.

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

Head to head
About

Selene

Manage rotating work schedules with custom alarms, widgets, and sharing options. Compare calendars, view shift statistics, and export data to system calendars or files. Offers 30 themes and iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Shift alarms with automatic scheduling
  • Home screen widgets for quick viewing
  • Compare multiple schedules
  • Shift statistics and export options
  • Share schedules with others
  • Export to system calendar
  • Notes and reminders
Features
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Selene is a shift calendar for people who work rotating or irregular shifts. No ads. No sign-up. Every feature is free, with nothing to unlock through in-app purchases. All 30 themes included. SHIFT ALARMS Set an alarm time for each shift type. Alarms are scheduled automatically around your shifts. Requires iOS 26 or later. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS View upcoming shifts and events without opening the app. COMPARE SCHEDULES Add multiple calendars to compare your shifts with other people's. SHIFT STATISTICS View shift statistics for a selected date range. SHARE SCHEDULES Share your schedule with family, friends, or colleagues. EXPORT SCHEDULES Export shift calendars as PDFs or images, and multi-person schedules as CSV spreadsheets. Share or print your schedules. EXPORT TO SYSTEM CALENDAR Add your shifts to the system calendar. NOTES AND REMINDERS Record notes and shift swaps, and set event reminders. THEMES AND LAYOUTS Choose from 30 themes with an illustrated classic layout. DARK MODE All themes support light and dark mode, with the option to follow your device's settings. HOLIDAYS Display U.S. federal holidays in your calendar. ICLOUD SYNC Sync and back up your schedule across your devices using iCloud. DEVICE SUPPORT Available on iPhone and iPad, with adaptive layouts for iPhone Duo. Launched in 2018, Selene is now in its ninth year and still regularly updated. Thank you to every user, longtime and new, for your support and feedback. Feature requests and reports of issues are welcome. Contact us in the app: Settings > Contact Developer.

About

dayli.

Features
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Your personal podcast. Built from everything you actually follow. You subscribe to great newsletters. You just never get round to reading them. Dayli fixes that. Every morning, it reads your newsletters, Substacks, blogs and RSS feeds — and turns them into a personalised daily briefing you can read or listen to. On the tube. Getting ready. Offline. Whenever works for you. No algorithm deciding what matters. No one else's curation. Just your sources, distilled. What you get: A daily briefing built from the newsletters and feeds you actually chose Read it or listen to it — your choice, every day Offline mode so it's there even without signal Ask follow-up questions on anything in your briefing Available in the app or via WhatsApp — no extra download needed The more you use it, the more it feels like yours.

Screenshots

Selene4 screens
dayli.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: dayli. at none against Selene's 3. Selene's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Selene sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. dayli. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Selene ships an update every 3 days, dayli. every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Selene versus dayli.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelenedayli.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (32 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiawen SunLong Yin Chan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Selene

One-time3
  • A Cookie$0.99
  • A Latte$2.99
  • Coffee and Cake$4.99
None

dayli.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Selene free?
Selene is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is dayli. free?
dayli. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Selene or dayli. have ads?
Neither Selene nor dayli. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Selene or dayli.?
Selene ships an update every 3 days, and dayli. every 10 days. Most recently, Selene was updated on November 6, 2026 and dayli. on October 28, 2026.

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