Comparison

Dayzen vs Hjarni Notes

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

Head to head
About

Dayzen

Features
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Dayzen is a different kind of day planner. Tell it about the jobs you need to get done, and the things you do for fun, and every day it will build a schedule that keeps your day in balance: as energising as possible, with the draining tasks at a pace you can handle. Dayzen learns how to better schedule your day over time, by learning which times work for you or not.

About

Hjarni Notes

This app acts as a persistent memory for AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT, allowing them to retain context across conversations. It functions as a Markdown knowledge base, organizing notes, folders, and tags to ensure your AI always remembers your preferences and information.

Highlights
  • Persistent AI memory
  • Markdown knowledge base
  • Note organization (folders, tags)
  • Cross-assistant context sharing
  • Plain Markdown notes
  • Versioned changes and export
  • Team collaboration features
Features
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Your AI starts from zero every conversation. Hjarni fixes that. Write a note on your phone. Ask Claude or ChatGPT about it on your laptop, and it already knows. Hjarni is a Markdown knowledge base with an official MCP server. Notes, folders, tags. That is the whole product. MCP is not a plugin bolted on afterwards. The app was built around it. HOW IT WORKS Save a note once. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client. Your AI reads your notes, follows your instructions, and writes new notes that fit your system. Stop re-explaining your stack, your customers, or your style guide at the start of every conversation. Write once. You both remember. ON YOUR IPHONE Capture a note in seconds from the New tab. Triage it later from the Inbox. Search everything you have written. Read anywhere. This is the capture and read-anywhere companion. The long editing sessions happen on the web. That is on purpose. ONE BRAIN, EVERY ASSISTANT Claude and ChatGPT each keep their own memory, and neither one shares. Hjarni sits outside both. Switch assistants, keep your context. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, and anything else that speaks MCP. MEMORY YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ Assistant memory is a black box. Hjarni is not. Every note is plain Markdown you can open, search, and edit. Every change is versioned, so you can see what your AI wrote, diff it, and revert it. Export everything, any time, in a format that opens anywhere. SHARE A BRAIN WITH YOUR TEAM Team folders give everyone the same context. Your conventions, your decisions, your onboarding docs. Every teammate's AI reads the same thing, so nobody has to be the person who remembers. YOU OWN THE INSTRUCTIONS Set instructions per folder and per team. Tell your AI how to format notes, which tags to use, what tone to write in. Your AI works the way you work. SIMPLE ON PURPOSE We left features out on purpose. No databases. No kanban boards. No page builders. Hjarni is a place to write and organize. The constraint is the feature. WHO IT IS FOR Developers, teams, founders, researchers, writers, travelers. Anyone who has typed the same context into a chat window twice. HJARNI PRO Hjarni is free to use, with a limit on how many notes you can keep. Pro removes the limit and adds file attachments, imports, email capture, and folder collaborators. Pro is an auto renewing subscription, monthly or annual. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews unless you turn off auto renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours before that. Manage the subscription and turn off auto renew in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://hjarni.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://hjarni.com/privacy

Screenshots

Dayzen4 screens
Hjarni Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dayzen at none against Hjarni Notes's 2. Hjarni Notes's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hjarni Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Dayzen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dayzen ships an update every 5 days, Hjarni Notes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Dayzen versus Hjarni Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayzenHjarni Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoo Huttonevert van den bruel

In-app purchases

None

Dayzen

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Hjarni Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Hjarni Pro Monthly$11.991 Month
  • Hjarni Pro Yearly$119.991 Year

Questions

Is Dayzen free?
Dayzen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hjarni Notes free?
Hjarni Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dayzen or Hjarni Notes have ads?
Dayzen shows ads; Hjarni Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Dayzen or Hjarni Notes?
Dayzen ships an update every 5 days, and Hjarni Notes every 4 days. Most recently, Dayzen was updated on October 27, 2026 and Hjarni Notes on October 31, 2026.

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