Comparison

Desktop Journey vs arc.app

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

Head to head
About

Desktop Journey

Transform your phone into a useful desk companion. It displays your calendar and reminders at a glance, and features a gamified element where you complete small tasks to defeat enemies during your workday. An optional subscription unlocks weather information.

Highlights
  • At-a-glance calendar and reminders
  • Time and date display
  • Gamified task completion
  • Customizable tasks
  • Optional weather display
  • Ad-free experience
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The perfect app to run while your phone is in its charging stand at your desk! Aside from an optional subscription to additionally show the current temperature and weather (to help cover the app author's cost of access to a weather API), Desktop Journey is completely free, and ad-free! Make your phone's screen useful while you're working on other things by having it show a dashboard of at-a-glance views of the current time and date, and current and upcoming items from your iOS calendar and reminders. At the bottom of the screen, a hero accompanies you, walking along through various biomes as you journey through your own work day. A few times a day, an enemy character will confront the hero. You can defeat the enemy by doing a task, from a set that you customize, such as doing a few push-ups, standing up and stretching, or tidying your workspace. Or, just skip the encounter if it's not a convenient time. Enjoy your Desktop Journey!

About

arc.app

Features
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Designed to be the perfect mobile application companion to the Arcstone Operations Platform, arc.ops(TM), the arc.app(TM) is dedicated to putting real-time visibility, control and optimization power of Arcstone's solutions onto the mobile devices of management, engineers and factory floor personnel. Designed with quick dashboards and KPI monitoring to a full fledged Mobile Workstation Control system for production floor operations, this arc.app provides rapid notification and real-time production operations and helps factory floor personnel easily and quickly track work and perform workflows. This makes the arc.app a must have for rapid work flow monitoring to ensure higher productivity and quality across manual and automated manufacturing operations.

Screenshots

Desktop Journey4 screens
arc.app4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: arc.app at none against Desktop Journey's 1. arc.app also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Desktop Journey's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Desktop Journey sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. arc.app asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Desktop Journey ships an update every 8 days, arc.app every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Desktop Journey versus arc.app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesktop Journeyarc.app
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB129 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJonathan SchneiderArcstone Pte. Ltd.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Desktop Journey

Subscriptions1
  • Full Unlock1 Month trial$0.991 Month
None

arc.app

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Desktop Journey free?
Desktop Journey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is arc.app free?
arc.app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Desktop Journey or arc.app have ads?
Neither Desktop Journey nor arc.app shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Desktop Journey or arc.app?
Desktop Journey ships an update every 8 days, and arc.app every 2 months. Most recently, Desktop Journey was updated on November 3, 2026 and arc.app on October 25, 2026.

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