Comparison

Dayfall vs Griddy

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

Head to head
About

Dayfall

Never forget important dates again. This app helps you track upcoming events with customizable widgets and a stylish overview. Set reminders for birthdays, holidays, and more, all from your home screen.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets for direct tracking
  • Stylish overview of all countdowns
  • Countdown to event start
  • Customizable countdown colors
  • Reminders for various life events
Features
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Dayfall turns every date you're looking forward to into something you actually want to look at. Birthdays, trips, weddings, launches, the last day of school: watch the days fall away on beautiful countdowns that live on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Dynamic Island and Apple Watch. No ads. No account. No tracking. Ever. MAKE EVERY COUNTDOWN YOURS • 30 themes, your own photo backgrounds, custom colors, fonts, rings and layouts • Count down, count up ("days since") or repeat automatically for birthdays and anniversaries • Start from ready-made templates for holidays and life moments • Group countdowns into collections, like "Summer trip" or "Wedding" SEE IT EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets in small, medium, large and extra large • Lock Screen widgets and StandBy • Live Activities and Dynamic Island for the days that matter most • Full Apple Watch app and watch face complications • Siri and Shortcuts: "How long until my trip?" CELEBRATE THE JOURNEY • Milestone alerts at 100, 50, 30, 7 and 1 days to go • Reminders that stay on your phone, no server involved • Dates that are right: all-day events count calendar days, time zones are respected (New Year arrives first in Tokyo) • Countdown Room: full-screen live digits for your desk or nightstand SHARE THE EXCITEMENT • Turn any countdown into a card or a ready-to-post story video for Instagram, TikTok and Messages • Invite friends with a link or QR code BUILT FOR PRIVACY • Your countdowns stay on your devices and in your iCloud • No third-party ads, no tracking, no sign-up FREE TO START, PRO WHEN YOU WANT MORE Unlimited countdowns, count-up, repeating events, calendar view, small and medium widgets, 6 themes, templates, backup and Siri are free forever. Dayfall Pro unlocks photo backgrounds, all 30 themes, fonts and layouts, Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, the full Apple Watch app, Countdown Room, story videos without watermark, multiple reminders, milestone alerts, calendar import, iCloud sync and alternate app icons. Dayfall Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Griddy

This app helps you create precise drawings by overlaying customizable grids onto your images. Adjust grid properties, remove backgrounds, and pin your image to focus on your artwork. Save and share your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Customizable grids (size, color, opacity)
  • Background removal and custom backgrounds
  • Device kept awake while working
  • Pinning feature to lock image
  • Save and share designs
  • Pre-made app icons
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Welcome to Griddy - the ultimate grid drawing app that helps you unleash your creativity! In a nutshell, it adds grids to images. With Griddy, you can create beautiful and precise drawings by simply drawing on a customizable grid. Whether you're an artist or designer or love to doodle, Griddy is the perfect app for you. Griddy features a sleek and intuitive interface that makes it easy to create your own grids. You can adjust the line width, colour, and opacity to suit your needs, and even remove or fade in/out the background from your portrait image so you can focus entirely on the subject. Once you've finished adding grids to the image, you can easily save and share it with others on social media or use Griddy’s Zen Mode to outline. With Griddy, the possibilities are endless! Features: - Customizable grids (rectangle, square row only, square column only) with adjustable size, color, and opacity - Able to keep your device awake while you are working - Pinning feature to lock your image from accidental scrolling or zooming in/out while drawing - Powerful background removal and custom background colour for portrait images - Save and share your designs with others on social media or via email - A variety of pre-made app icons Get started with Griddy today and do hyperrealistic artwork!

Screenshots

Dayfall4 screens
Griddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Griddy at none against Dayfall's 2. Griddy also leads on ads (none vs shown). Dayfall's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 5). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dayfall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Griddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Dayfall against 4.8 for Griddy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dayfall ships an update monthly, Griddy every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dayfall versus Griddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayfallGriddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSenol CagirKyaw Zay Ya Lin Tun

Customer experience

Dayfall

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Griddy

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dayfall

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Subscription + No Ads$2.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription$14.991 Year
None

Griddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dayfall free?
Dayfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Griddy free?
Griddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dayfall or Griddy?
Griddy is rated higher. Dayfall averages 4.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Griddy averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Dayfall or Griddy have ads?
Dayfall shows ads; Griddy does not.
Which is updated more often, Dayfall or Griddy?
Dayfall ships an update monthly, and Griddy every 3 months. Most recently, Dayfall was updated on October 24, 2026 and Griddy on October 8, 2026.

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