Comparison

CellPointer vs DayByDay Circular Life Planner

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

Head to head
About

CellPointer

Features
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Record the key information of the current state casually through CellPointer, because with the information anchor point, you can safely empty the current brain, enter a new state, and build a new process. The key is the information anchor point, which can be traced back at any time and reduce the burden on the brain. → One-click demo: Auto-play voices of connected nodes sequentially with dynamic subtitles, no manual review needed. Every day, there are a lot of new ideas and scenes come to mind and inadvertently become fragments of information, sprinkled in an unknown corner of the deep sea of memory, and quickly forgotten as if they had never appeared. Letting these small fragments leave traces in the real world so that they can be quickly recovered is one of the daily tasks of the little pointer. In the fantasy stage, remember it casually. When a new idea appears, it should be converted into a text record through voice, keyboard, scanning, etc. and placed on a branch line of the small pointer. This conversion process should run like a sketch of painting. Fast-generated transcript can retrieve the meaning which you’ve known. → The little pointer can switch between different branches through the previous button and the next button of the text input menu. In order to speed up this progress, a large number of backup branches can be generated in advance on a node. It is time to enter the carefully selected stage after a large number of ideas, scenes leaving a fast-generated transcript in the small pointer. → The synthetic speech of branch text can be set through the voice setting menu. The text label in the cellpointer supports attribute text. → In the setting text menu, click the corresponding switch to switch between plain text and attribute text. → The menu in the upper left corner can insert a picture for the node, and you can search for the corresponding node by specifying content. → In the settings menu, you can set whether the background is follow mode or fixed mode. → In setting mode, you can change the size of the background. The corresponding sliding bar can be pulled to the end, which can double its sliding range. The background can be two gradient colors or three gradient colors. → The sliding page can also be set to browsing mode, normal mode and compound mode. There are other setup functions, and I look forward to your attempt. In the dynamic presentation stage, the small pointer automatically shuttles through the traces left in the small pointer of memory fragments, helping you quickly retrieve ideas or situations that fall in an unknown corner of the deep memory. → In the small pointer browsing state, click the full-screen button in the upper right corner to enter the dynamic rendering stage. → The dynamic graphics in the center can be set as text or emoji in the dynamic rendering settings menu, and the emoji is recommended. → Select the node or slide the node to the center of the screen, and click the startup button in the upper left corner to automatically shuttle through the traces left by the small fragments in the cellpointer. Regarding the selection status of the node, one is to click the corresponding node, and the other is to slide the node to the center of the screen. Click the button to automatically select the node. Click on the blank area to deselect the status. → In the edit curve state, double-click the screen to enter the state selected by the previous node. For gestures, long press can restore the default size of the page and the angle of rotation. → One-finger or two-finger sliding, two-finger zoom, two-finger rotation. → Move the node, touch the screen with two fingers, the other finger can move the node on the horizontal axis, three fingers touch the screen, and the other finger can move the node on the vertical axis. Regarding the sliding bar of the menu, click the area where the sliding bar is located, and the numeric input menu can pop up and set the relevant properties.

About

DayByDay Circular Life Planner

Visualize your 24-hour day with a unique circular schedule or traditional timetable. This app helps you understand your time flow, manage events, and set focused reminders. It offers customizable themes and seamless iCloud sync for a lighter daily plan.

Highlights
  • Circular and timetable daily views
  • Home screen widgets
  • Reusable daily templates
  • Customizable reminders
  • iCloud CloudKit sync
  • JSON backup export
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DayByDay is a personal schedule app built to make one day easier to read. Instead of keeping every plan in a long list, DayByDay lays out your 24-hour day as a circular schedule so you can understand the flow of your time at a glance. Switch between the circular view and timetable view, check today's schedule, and keep reminders focused on the events that matter. Key Features - View your day as a circular schedule or timetable - Home Screen widgets for today's schedule, current event, time left, and daily overview - Add, edit, and delete events - Save reusable daily templates and apply them to any day - Premium read-only Apple Calendar import with an automatic backup before sync - 10-minute, 5-minute, and start-time reminders - Turn reminders on or off for each event - Alarm screen that keeps ringing until stopped - Theme styles, fonts, guide rings, and label rotation settings - Localized language options with RTL and LTR layout direction support - SwiftData storage with iCloud CloudKit sync - JSON backup export - In-app email drafts for bug reports and feature requests DayByDay is not trying to replace every calendar workflow. It focuses on helping you read the shape of a single day, understand the space between events, and keep a lighter daily plan. Your schedule data is stored on device. When you are signed in to iCloud, app data can sync through your private CloudKit database across devices using the same Apple ID. This app uses the Apple Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CellPointer3 screens
DayByDay Circular Life Planner1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DayByDay Circular Life Planner at Free against CellPointer's $0.99. DayByDay Circular Life Planner also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). CellPointer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On 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

DayByDay Circular Life Planner is free to download; CellPointer costs $0.99 up front. CellPointer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DayByDay Circular Life Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CellPointer ships an update every 10 days, DayByDay Circular Life Planner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CellPointer versus DayByDay Circular Life Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellPointerDayByDay Circular Life Planner
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer冠宇 龚Zrindy LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CellPointer

One-time1
  • Plus Editing Features$0.99
None

DayByDay Circular Life Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CellPointer free?
CellPointer costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is DayByDay Circular Life Planner free?
DayByDay Circular Life Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CellPointer or DayByDay Circular Life Planner have ads?
DayByDay Circular Life Planner shows ads; CellPointer does not.
Which is updated more often, CellPointer or DayByDay Circular Life Planner?
CellPointer ships an update every 10 days, and DayByDay Circular Life Planner every 3 days. Most recently, CellPointer was updated on September 24, 2026 and DayByDay Circular Life Planner on September 16, 2026.

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