Progress Checker vs Day Dial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Progress Checker
Monitor remaining time for tasks directly on your home screen. This productivity tool offers a simple way to visualize time left for ongoing activities.
- Home screen time tracking
- Visualize remaining time
- Task management aid
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You can check the rest of time in your home screen.
Day Dial
Visualize your progress through daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly time periods with intuitive circular progress bars. See how much time has passed and how much remains at a glance, even from your home screen with widgets.
- Circular progress bars
- Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly tracking
- Home screen widgets
- Time management
- Goal monitoring
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Day Dial is a simple and intuitive time tracking app that helps you visualize your progress throughout the day, week, month, quarter, and year. With its unique circular progress bars, you can easily monitor how much time has passed and how much remains in each time period. The app features widgets that allow you to view your progress at a glance, directly from your home screen. Whether you want to stay on top of your daily tasks, manage your monthly goals, or keep track of your yearly achievements, Day Dial is the perfect companion for anyone looking to make the most of their time. Day Dial is free to use with a limit on color customization. Upgrade to Day Dial Premium to unlock color customization. Terms of Service: https://daydial.ginkgolabs.dev/daydialterms.html Privacy Policy: https://daydial.ginkgolabs.dev/privacypolicy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Day Dial at 100% against Progress Checker's 25%. Day Dial also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8) and ads (none vs shown). Progress Checker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Day Dial sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Progress Checker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Day Dial holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Progress Checker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Day Dial's.
Progress Checker ships an update every 8 months, Day Dial every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Progress Checker | Day Dial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takahiko Nakade | Ginkgo Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Progress Checker
Day Dial
In-app purchases
Progress Checker
No in-app purchases
Day Dial
- Day Dial Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Day Dial Premium - Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
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