Loop vs Dayward
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loop
Enhance your productivity with a distraction-free countdown timer. Customize your work and study sessions with over 10 themes to improve focus and avoid procrastination. Achieve your goals efficiently by planning and managing your time effectively.
- Distraction-free focus
- Customizable work/study timers
- Over 10 themes
- Avoid procrastination
- Effective time planning
- Improve productivity
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Get Things Done! Distraction-free focus and time managment app for users who want to improve on their productivity and ability to get work done in shortest possible amount of time. Customize your work and study time with this easy-to-use countdown timer. Practice work-life balance in daily tasks. Choose your own theme for the background of your countdown timer. 10+ themes for your choosing. - Focus when you need to - Work effectively - Avoid procrastination - Plan your time - Tackle work and study with ease - Get the results you want Work email：jerry.wu6@hotmail.com
Dayward
This app helps you track important dates by counting down to future events or counting up from past milestones. Easily add events with titles, dates, and emojis, and view them on your home screen with customizable widgets. All your data is stored locally for privacy.
- Unlimited event tracking
- Countdown and count-up modes
- Calendar date selection
- Natural language date input
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Event reordering
- Local data storage
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Dayward keeps track of the days that matter to you — count down to an upcoming event, or count up from a meaningful date. - Add unlimited events with a title, date, and optional emoji - Count "since" a date (e.g. days sober, days at a new job) or "until" one (e.g. days to a trip) - See your count at a glance from your Home Screen with a widget that updates automatically - Give each widget its own event, and stack several to swipe between them - Enter a date from the calendar, or just say how many days away it is - Drag your events into whatever order suits you - Get a reminder on the morning a countdown arrives - Milestone days look the part — reaching one changes how the event reads - Everything stays on your device — no account, no tracking, no ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dayward at 100% against Loop's 0%. Dayward also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Dayward holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Loop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dayward's.
Loop ships an update every 69 months, Dayward daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loop | Dayward |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 69 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NEXTLINK PTY LTD | LEE IOLANA RICHARDSON |
Customer experience
Loop
Dayward
In-app purchases
Loop
No in-app purchases
Dayward
No in-app purchases
