Comparison

Bear Tracks Time vs dayby

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

Head to head
About

Bear Tracks Time

Easily manage your productive time with a simple interface for starting and stopping timers. Organize your work with customizable categories and visualize your daily progress. Import and export your data for comprehensive record-keeping and backups.

Highlights
  • One-tap timer start/stop
  • Organize by color, category, emoji
  • Visualize daily work
  • Edit, merge, delete records
  • Weekly, monthly, yearly review
  • Data import and export
  • Time block intervals
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Bear Tracks Time is a simple solution for managing productive time. Start and stop timers with a single tap or shortcut. Organize timers by color, category, and emoji. Visualize the day's work at a glance. Edit, merge, and delete existing records. Review past work by week | month | year. Full data import and export. Bring in old records or save complete backups to csv. Improve focus with time blocks, dividing productive time into work / break intervals. Subscription Details: - Bear Tracks Time is offered as a $4.00 yearly subscription (or $16.00 one time purchase) which unlocks all app functionality. - Without purchasing you are still able to create, view, modify, and export all of your records. You just cannot create more than three (3) timers, or import data. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of the purchase or after the free trial period if offered. - Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user, and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. - Privacy Policy: https://www.beartrackstime.com/privacy - Terms of Service: https://www.beartrackstime.com/tos

About

dayby

A straightforward visual planner designed to help users organize and accomplish their daily tasks. It offers a simple interface for tracking activities and ensuring completion.

Highlights
  • Visual planning interface
  • Daily activity tracking
  • Task completion monitoring
  • Simple and intuitive design
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A fun & simple visual planner to help you track and complete your daily activities

Screenshots

Bear Tracks Time4 screens
dayby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bear Tracks Time at Free against dayby's $0.99. dayby's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On 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

Bear Tracks Time is free to download; dayby costs $0.99 up front. Bear Tracks Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per year. dayby asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bear Tracks Time against 5.0 for dayby. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bear Tracks Time ships an update every 2 months, dayby every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bear Tracks Time versus dayby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBear Tracks Timedayby
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMursus, LLCZorrotheo Technologies LLC

Customer experience

Bear Tracks Time

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

dayby

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bear Tracks Time

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription$4.001 Year
One-time2
  • Tip$2.99
  • Purchase$16.00
None

dayby

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bear Tracks Time free?
Bear Tracks Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is dayby free?
dayby costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bear Tracks Time or dayby?
Bear Tracks Time and dayby are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Bear Tracks Time or dayby have ads?
Neither Bear Tracks Time nor dayby shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bear Tracks Time or dayby?
Bear Tracks Time ships an update every 2 months, and dayby every 8 days. Most recently, Bear Tracks Time was updated on September 20, 2026 and dayby on October 15, 2026.

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