Comparison

TodaysList vs JotDay

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

Head to head
About

TodaysList

This app helps manage your daily life with features like to-do lists, expense tracking, calorie counting, and reminders. It also includes a Pomodoro timer, news snippets, and data analysis to boost productivity and healthy habits.

Highlights
  • Daily to-do lists
  • Expense tracking
  • Calorie and exercise logging
  • Reminders and Pomodoro timer
  • News and quotes
  • Data analysis and sharing
  • Customizable themes and dark mode
Features
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TodaysList,小某书百万博主推荐的轻量高效一日生活管理神器。 集清单、账单、饮食热量、运动量记录、便签 、备忘录、事项提醒、番茄钟、时间管理、资讯为一体,无论是工作、学习、生活计划,还是每日消费账单记录,一个 app 满足您所有的需求。 「极简待办 轻松记账 饮食热量 海量资讯」 - 一日清单:简单明了的清单,工作、生活井井有条 - 一日账单:几步搞定收支记录,让您从此爱上记账 - 一日饮食:每天记录饮食热量,培养健康饮食习惯 - 一日运动:每天记录运动时间,培养健康运动习惯 - 一日资讯:每日名家名言、诗词,一日要闻全掌握 - 桌面组件:支持桌面小组件,随时查看一日清单 - iCloud同步:支持设备间数据共享,防止数据丢失 - 提醒事项:在约定的时间、约定的地点提醒您 - 专注番茄:25分钟专注时间,帮您利用好番茄时间 - 预设清单:提前设置预设清单,可一键导入一日清单 - 清单模板:可自定义清单模板,每日系统自动导入清单模板 - 清单列表:精美清单、账单、饮食列表,随时分享社交平台 - 数据分析:统计分析单账、单数据,方便您自我分析 - 个性主题:丰富的主题图片,让您每天都有好心情 - 深色模式:全局适配深色模式,视觉舒适不刺眼 如有问题或建议,请联系开发者 微博:土味文艺开发者 微信:YandeNie 邮箱:yande18@126.com 感谢支持,生活愉快。

About

JotDay

Effortlessly track your time with automatic exercise and sleep data retrieval from Apple HealthKit. Monitor app usage, view your day in a clear timeline, and analyze time distribution with daily, weekly, and monthly views. Includes a minimalist focus timer with Live Activity support.

Highlights
  • Automatic sleep and workout tracking
  • App usage tracking via Shortcuts
  • Minimalist focus timer with Live Activity
  • Concise timeline view
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly time views
  • Data analysis for time distribution
Features
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JotDay is a time tracking app designed to simplify your recording experience and enhance efficiency. It can automatically retrieve your exercise and sleep time, track app usage through Shortcuts, eliminating the need for manual input. The concise timeline, time blocks, weekly view, and monthly view allow you to have a clearer understanding of your time allocation. Key Features: 1. Sleep and Workout Tracking: Automatically fetches sleep and exercise data from the Apple HealthKit health app for convenient daily life statistics. 2. App Tracking: Configure Shortcuts to track app usage. 3. Minimalist Focus Timer: Supports Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and flip timing, allowing you to start timing quickly at any time and check the timing progress. 4. Timeline: Presents your day in an intuitive timeline, allowing you to easily view activity records and add notes. 5. Time Views: Clean day, week, and month views for easy comparison of time 6. Data Analysis: Easily understand the distribution of different types of focused time. Monthly and Annual Membership Subscription Terms: 1. Upon confirmation of purchase and payment, your subscription will automatically renew through your iTunes account.。 2. Your Apple iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period, and the subscription period will be extended by one subscription period upon successful payment. 3. To cancel the renewal, please manually disable the auto-renewal feature in the iTunes/AppleID settings management at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. 4. During the trial period, if the iTunes account does not cancel the subscription, the subscription will be automatically activated and billed at the end of the trial period. Any unused trial time will be forfeited upon purchase of the subscription. 5. This service is optional for you to cancel. If you choose not to cancel, the renewal service for the next billing cycle will be activated for you. Privacy Policy: https://jotday.super.site/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TodaysList4 screens
JotDay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: TodaysList at free against JotDay's freemium. TodaysList also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). JotDay's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 76%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. TodaysList sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and JotDay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JotDay holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of TodaysList's written reviews are positive against 86% of JotDay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TodaysList ships an update fortnightly, JotDay monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TodaysList versus JotDay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodaysListJotDay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16 ratings)4.7 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1621 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer延德 聂Remix Design Studio

Customer experience

TodaysList

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative17.2%

JotDay

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative5.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TodaysList

One-time2
  • 优惠专业版$0.99
  • 高级版$2.99
4 purchases

JotDay

Subscriptions2
  • JotDay Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • JotDay Pro Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • JotDay Pro Annual to Lifetime$5.99
  • JotDay Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is TodaysList free?
TodaysList is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JotDay free?
JotDay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TodaysList or JotDay?
JotDay is rated higher. TodaysList averages 4.6 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while JotDay averages 4.7 from 21 ratings.
Do TodaysList or JotDay have ads?
Neither TodaysList nor JotDay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TodaysList or JotDay?
TodaysList ships an update fortnightly, and JotDay monthly. Most recently, TodaysList was updated on October 22, 2026 and JotDay on October 20, 2026.

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