YoLink vs One Day Closer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YoLink
Control a wide range of smart home devices, including lights, switches, thermostats, and cameras, through a central hub. This application enables comprehensive home automation and management.
- Control smart lights
- Manage smart switches and sockets
- Automate watering systems
- Monitor IP cameras
- Integrate with YoLink hub
- Home automation management
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YoLink APP is released by YoSmart Inc. This APP can control all YoSmart equipment through YoLink hub, including the LED strip lights, smart switch, smart socket, Thermostat, automatic watering system, IP camera and so on. Smart Home is also called smart house, intelligent home, and home automation. It is some application of Internet of Things
One Day Closer
This app visualizes your career progress towards retirement with a Home Screen widget. It focuses on how far you've come, not just how much time is left. Setup is quick, with customizable widgets available.
- Home Screen progress bar widget
- Focus on completed progress
- Customizable widget sizes
- No account or sign-up required
- Offline functionality
- Ad-free experience
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For anyone looking across a long stretch of working life — whether retirement is 3 years away or 30. One Day Closer turns your retirement date into a quiet progress bar on your Home Screen. Instead of how many days are left, you see how far you have already come. Made for: • You started work in 2017 and plan to retire in 2053 — see that your career is 21% complete, not that 27 years remain. • You are two years out and want a calm daily reminder that there is an end in sight. • You have already arrived, and want that day to stay visible. • You want setup to stay short — one date, then a default widget, in under a minute. • Small, Medium, Large, and Lock Screen widgets (Extra Large on iOS 27), ready by default • Today's date and a fresh line each day, so the widget never feels like a sticker • Completed progress first, remaining days off unless you turn them on • Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no uploads, no ads, no notifications, no in-app purchases There is an end in sight, and you are getting closer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: One Day Closer at 100% against YoLink's 43%. One Day Closer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3). YoLink's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
One Day Closer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YoLink has 55 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of YoLink's written reviews are positive against 100% of One Day Closer's.
YoLink ships an update every 3 weeks, One Day Closer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YoLink | One Day Closer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (55 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YoSmart | 玉婉 祝 |
Customer experience
YoLink
One Day Closer
Bugs and requests
YoLink
Reported bugs
5 issues- App not working with iOS 15
- Frequent disconnections of hub and sensors
- Inability to save temperature alert ranges
- Alerts not working as expected
- Offline sensor issues
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve temperature/alarm setting controls
- Implement Apple Shortcuts support
- Add iPad app version
- Allow custom notification sounds
One Day Closer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
YoLink
No in-app purchases
One Day Closer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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