Sometime vs Daily Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sometime
Easily track and manage recurring tasks with flexible reminders and visual habit tracking. Never forget to take medicine, pay bills, or care for your plants again. Organize tasks by category and view completion history with informative charts.
- Recurring task tracking
- Flexible reminder scheduling
- Habit visualization charts
- Task categorization
- iCloud sync
- Home screen widgets
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
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Sometime lets you easily track and complete recurring tasks in your daily life. People have used it to: - Know when to take medicine and remember the last time they did it - Keep their plants alive by being gently reminded - Be on top of paying their bills every month - Check when and where they got their last haircut - Replace their Brita water filter on time before the inevitable algae domination - And more! ——— YOUR TASKS AT A GLANCE - See all of your tasks with reminders for Today and in the Future. - Organize your tasks into categories and quickly switch between them. - Sort by Last Done to see tasks you haven't done in a while. - Sort by Upcoming to see reminder times more clearly. SET FLEXIBLE REMINDERS - Set a reminder that occurs minutes/hours/days/weeks/months after your task is completed. - Set a daily reminder that occurs at the times you specify. - Set a weekly, monthly or yearly reminder at the days and times you specify. - Set a one-off reminder at a date and time you specify. - Choose a custom notification sound. - (Pro) Get notified after your task is past deadline with overdue reminders. VISUALIZE YOUR HABITS - Get a better sense of how often you complete a task with informative charts. - See your average, shortest and longest time interval between completions. - Easily add, edit and remove completions from history. OTHER FEATURES - (Pro) Add notes when you complete a task to remember additional context. - iCloud sync: Keep your data private and in sync across your devices. - Notification and Spotlight search actions: Quickly complete a task or set a one-off reminder without opening the app first. - Home screen widgets - Task: See the next reminder date or the last completion for a task. - Today: See upcoming reminders for all tasks or tasks in a category. - Support for Siri and Shortcuts with actions like: - Get tasks for today - Complete a task - Get last completion date for a task - Get the next reminder date for a task - Remind me later for a task - Export your task completions as CSV. Have feedback, suggestions or questions? Contact us at support@irisation.com
Daily Planner
Organize your day with a comprehensive planner that includes task management, habit tracking, and event scheduling. Capture thoughts, ideas, and photos to create a personal diary. Stay on track with reminders and progress views.
- Add and reorder tasks with reminders
- Form healthy habits and track progress
- Import events and create notifications
- Journal thoughts, ideas, and photos
- Countdown timer for events and life
- Personalized daily summaries
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■ Tasks: add todos, set reminders, hold and drag to reorder your list ■ Habits: form cool healthy habits, view your weekly and monthly progress ■ Schedule: import events from Apple Calendar, create notifications, plan your day down to a minute ■ Day Summary: your personal diary that is always in your pocket ■ Thoughts and Ideas: never lose important ideas amidst multiple notes ■ Photos: add photos that made your day ■ Calendar: beautiful background images for every season ■ Countdown timer: see how much's left till the end of day, month, week, year and "life". This feature is optional and can be switched off in app settings ■ LifeViewer - Daily Planner will help you be more productive! ■ Your feedback matters, please email us at: acydapp@gmail.com Join our community on Twitter, Reddit, Telegram, Fb. Please find links in app settings at the bottom of the screen Terms of Use: https://www.termsfeed.com/terms-conditions/569862d2409e5ea352012edb31756c16
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sometime at 4.6 against Daily Planner's 4.4. Sometime also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 73%). Daily Planner's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Sometime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Daily Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sometime holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 119 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Sometime's written reviews are positive against 73% of Daily Planner's.
Sometime ships an update every 2 months, Daily Planner every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Sometime | Daily Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (76 ratings) — better | 4.4 (119 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better | 73.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 | 119 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Irisation Lab | Victor Khodalov |
Customer experience
Sometime
Daily Planner
User reviews
Sometime
From 76 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for ADHD/memory
- 💡 Can log things, not just reminders
- 🚀 Developers listen to feedback
- 👍 One-time purchase, not subscription
- 👍 Encouraging timeline view
Room to improve
- 😞 Unintuitive terminology/design
- 😞 Frustrating to figure out
- 😞 Lost all reminders (multiple reports)
- 😞 No way to set relative/interval reminders
- 😞 Lacking measurable metrics
Daily Planner
From 119 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 All-in-one planner
- ✨ Beautiful design
- 💡 Life expectancy feature
- 🤩 Great for ADHD
- 👌 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 💰 Overpriced subscription
- 🚫 No landscape view on iPad
- 💸 Limited free functionality
- ⚠️ Shady subscription practices
- ⏳ Slow loading times
Bugs and requests
Sometime
Reported bugs
4 issues- Lost all reminders (multiple reports)
- Widget sometimes doesn't update
- Reminders are late (iOS widget)
- Daily tasks with '1 day' after completion setting don't work as expected
Requested features
15 requests- Archive tasks feature
- Relative reminders (e.g., every 6 hours)
- Ability to cap daily reminders
- Measurable metrics
- Widget UI update
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- Quicker category swapping
- Color coding for categories
- Option to hide reminders until due date
- Disable notifications for specific tasks
- French localization
- Add own symbols to custom actions
- Custom notification sound
- Dark mode
- Apple Watch app
- Keyboard ready on '+' press
Daily Planner
Reported bugs
7 issues- App frequently crashes
- App crashes when adding new event
- Subscription prompt appears when typing
- Cannot restore purchase after buying
- Date of birth setting is broken
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- All Day events take up entire schedule
- Cannot go back to main screen from Settings
Requested features
18 requests- Add subtask option
- Add widgets for home screen
- Track habits for past months
- Customize section headings
- Landscape view for iPad
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- Add recurring tasks
- Pomodoro widget
- Ability to rearrange tasks
- Mood tracker
- Timer countdown feature
- Health integrations (Apple Watch)
- In-app search
- Manage subscription within the app
- Choose app icons
- Google Calendar integration
- Delete subscription option
- Add more space for notes
- Add more events/tasks without subscription
In-app purchases
Sometime
- Sometime Pro$4.99
Daily Planner
- LifeViewer Pro Monthly$7.491 Month
- LifeViewer Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.491 Year
- LifeViewer Pro Lifetime$41.99
Questions
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