Comparison

ByDesign vs Forums@Work

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

Head to head
About

ByDesign

This app combines tasks, calendars, and notes with an AI assistant to help you plan your day. It allows for seamless scheduling, powerful note-taking with attachments, and collaborative features for teams. Syncs across devices for comprehensive organization.

Highlights
  • AI-powered task scheduling
  • Integrated calendar and notes
  • Attachment support for notes
  • Collaborative page editing
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Search functionality
Features
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Plan your day with an AI assistant that turns your to-do list into a schedule. ByDesign brings your tasks, daily planner, calendar, and notes together — synced across all your devices. AI assistant - Just type or say what you need: "Clear my Friday", "When am I free tomorrow?", "Add gym every Mon, Wed and Fri at 7am". - Create, reschedule, and complete tasks and events, including repeating ones and many at once. - Find free time, push work forward, lock items in place, and undo any change. - Add subtasks, notes, and details, answer invitations, and manage pages right from chat. Calendar - Connect as many calendars as you want - personal, work or school. - Manage and time box the tasks from ByDesign in the same calendar. - Use colors to organize your calendar. - Create all-day events and tasks and drag them to a specific time to plan efficiently. Powerful note-taking - Add attachments - PDFs, photos, audio, web links, and more. - Create checklists. Make a grocery list, a wish list, or a to-do list, then tap to check off items as you go. - Apply different text styles, such as heading or body, bulleted lists, and more. - Add tables to quickly organize information. Organize and search - Search for text in notes, your tasks, and tables. - Link from one page to another to connect ideas, content, or any information. Try typing "/" for a shortcut to add links and pages while writing in your pages. - Keep your notes in pages and folders, and sort them in the order you prefer. - Use drag and drop as a fast and flexible way to categorize and organize your pages. Collaborate - Collaborate on entire pages or sub pages. - Mention friends to notify them of important updates. - Select and add comments on a particular text and have a full conversation in the thread. - Use page comments to discuss anything related to that page. - See what others updated in a shared page while you were away with alerts. Download ByDesign and plan your first day in 2 minutes.

About

Forums@Work

Features
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Used by tens of thousands of CEOs globally, P2P Learning Groups (also known as “Forums”) are carefully curated peer groups that meet regularly for shared learning and personal development. No longer an exclusive perk for CEOs, forums@work has developed a framework and process map for companies to bring this valuable benefit to its employees. Without fail teams come out vigorized and ready to take on any challenge!

Screenshots

ByDesign4 screens
Forums@Work4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Forums@Work at none against ByDesign's 6. Forums@Work also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ByDesign sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Forums@Work asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ByDesign ships an update every 2 weeks, Forums@Work weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ByDesign versus Forums@Work: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterByDesignForums@Work
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (111 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings111 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size341 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWHITEBOARD Limited Liability CompanyCore Work Capital LLC

Bugs and requests

ByDesign

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cannot edit notes on iPhone (end of page not visible, no spaces, does not save)
  • Bugs when signing in with school account
  • Setapp subscription sign-up not working

Requested features

3 requests
  • Display days until an event/project due
  • Customize notifications
  • Import and export from other apps

Forums@Work

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

ByDesign

Subscriptions6
  • Month$2.991 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • ByDesign Pro (Month)$8.001 Month
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  • Year$23.991 Year
  • Yearly7 Days trial$47.991 Year
  • ByDesign Pro (Year)$69.001 Year
None

Forums@Work

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ByDesign free?
ByDesign is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forums@Work free?
Forums@Work is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ByDesign or Forums@Work have ads?
ByDesign shows ads; Forums@Work does not.
Which is updated more often, ByDesign or Forums@Work?
ByDesign ships an update every 2 weeks, and Forums@Work weekly. Most recently, ByDesign was updated on November 7, 2026 and Forums@Work on November 8, 2026.

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