DayBand vs PGfit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DayBand
Track your daily activity, including steps, calories burned, and exercise duration. Monitor your sleep patterns and record your movement routes with GPS. Set personal fitness goals and receive intelligent reminders to stay active and healthy.
- Step and calorie tracking
- Exercise timeline
- GPS route recording
- Sleep pattern analysis
- Goal setting
- Silent alarm reminders
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Provide you with accurate sports records, a unified and convenient experience, detailed sleep and exercise analysis. Enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle, more exciting waiting for you to experience. [Step] - Record the number of exercise steps per day and calculate the daily calories burned, exercise distance and time. - The smart exercise timeline tells you the amount of exercise during each exercise session. - Statistics your daily, monthly data, historical data at a glance. [Trajectory] - GPS map positioning, record your movement route, and keep track of your own movement. [Sleep] - Record daily sleep patterns and inform you of daily deep sleep, light sleep and sobering data. [Goal] - You can set goals and encourage yourself to complete daily exercise. [Reminder] - Intelligent silent alarm vibration reminder. - Information push reminder Tips: - This app supports HealthKit apps on iOS 8 and above. You can view your health data through HealthKit - Continuous GPS in the background may reduce your battery life
PGfit
This app syncs with your smartwatch to track key health metrics. Monitor your heart rate, sleep patterns, steps, and calorie burn. Gain insights into your daily activity and well-being.
- Heart rate monitoring
- Sleep tracking
- Step counting
- Calorie monitoring
- Smartwatch integration
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PGfit connects to the smart watch app: - Monitoring of Heart rate - Monitoring of sleep - Monitoring of steps, calories, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PGfit at 3.7 against DayBand's 2.6. PGfit also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). DayBand's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 24). On price, review sentiment, 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.
PGfit holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DayBand has 1.4K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of DayBand's written reviews are positive against 13% of PGfit's.
DayBand ships an update monthly, PGfit every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DayBand | PGfit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (1.4K ratings) | 3.7 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.7% of reviews | 13.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Ultra Easy Technology Co., Ltd. | Pinguanda |
Customer experience
DayBand
PGfit
Bugs and requests
DayBand
Reported bugs
3 issues- Watch time drifts and loses accuracy
- App crashes when trying to access certain features
- Firmware updates remove existing functionality
Requested features
4 requests- Add customizable watch faces
- Improve sleep tracking functionality
- Allow manual adjustment of step length
- Provide better customer support
PGfit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DayBand
No in-app purchases
PGfit
No in-app purchases
