Comparison

HyFlow vs Across

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

Head to head
About

HyFlow

This app combines calendar, tasks, and notes into a single, organized platform. It offers smart scheduling, versatile note-taking with various media, and intuitive task management. Easily track important dates and customize your daily view with widgets and dark mode.

Highlights
  • Smart scheduling with voice input
  • Multi-format note-taking (text, photo, sketch, voice)
  • Flexible calendar views
  • Intuitive task management
  • Anniversary countdowns and reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Data import from Awesome Note
Features
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Your whole day. Plan it. Capture it. Calendar · Tasks · Notes · Anniversaries, and Flow. Your day writes itself. What you plan today becomes what you remember tomorrow. Photos and notes, plans and moods gather day by day. This isn't four separate apps stacked in one place. They are stitched into each other along one line of time. So HyFlow isn't somewhere your days are stored. It opens them back up — what your day was actually like. That is what the name means: HyFlow, from Hybrid + Flow — the separate streams of your day, woven into one. And the last stream that name promised is Flow. A Flow is everything that happened in your day, in order. On top of what you planned and wrote down, the day you actually lived is added. You don't have to work at keeping a record — and the only person who can see it is you. ■ Notes Capture anything. Write your way. Text, photos, video, sketches, voice recordings, locations, links. Write as freely as you would on paper, and fold long pieces into collapsible groups. Jot ideas down the moment they come, then organize them by topic with folders, folder groups and #tags. Find and replace inside a note, export to PDF or images, and import Markdown or plain text. Notes in HyFlow stand on their own as a complete notes app. ■ Calendar Move freely between year, month, week and day views. Your month at a glance, and plans that span several days in one seamless view. In the day view, events, tasks, notes and anniversaries appear together on their day, and unfinished tasks from past days gather at the top of today. Drag and drop to reschedule, lunar calendar support, and smart input that reads "meeting tomorrow at 3pm" the way you would say it. ■ Tasks Today / Tomorrow / Upcoming — see what to do, and when to do it. Categories, priority, repeat rules. Completed tasks don't vanish. They stay as what you got done that day. ■ Anniversaries D-day counts and custom alerts for birthdays, anniversaries and memorials. Birthdays show the age, anniversaries the number of years. ■ Flow (iPhone only) · Photos, places you've been, workouts, events and tasks gather in Flow in the order they happened · Works with Apple Health: workouts, sleep, and steps are read and gathered in Flow (read-only — nothing is written to Health) · When a thought passes, one line is enough — Flow remembers the time and the place · Link a memo to a photo or a place, and a moment becomes a story · Where you've been, mapped for you in "My Journey" · At the end of the day, one tap turns today into a journal entry ■ Privacy For an app that records your day on its own, privacy isn't a feature. It is the premise. Your records stay in two places: your iPhone and your iCloud. No servers of our own, no sign-up, no analytics or tracking — not even we can see them. Face ID lock, and hiding for anything you would rather not keep. What stays is always your decision. ■ Widgets · Quick Access Notes and plans, right on your Home Screen. One tap from anywhere to see today and add to it. ■ iPad A sidebar and split-view layout built for the larger screen. ■ Design A clean, modern interface, with Dark Mode. Bring everything you wrote in Awesome Note. One backup file restores folder structure, text color and formatting, images, sketches and voice memos — without loss. Keep the notes you know. Move into a wider day. Calendar · Tasks · Notes · Journal · Life log · Planner — all of it done properly, and all of it on one timeline. Hybrid + Flow. HyFlow. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.bridworks.com/privacy

About

Across

A minimalist schedule planner that seamlessly integrates with Apple Calendar and Reminders. It offers a fast, intuitive, and distraction-free experience for organizing events and tasks, promoting a more mindful life. The app provides elegant views, deep customization, and offline capabilities.

Highlights
  • Apple Calendar & Reminders integration
  • Fast and intuitive experience
  • Elegant and customizable views
  • Serverless and offline-capable
  • Event templates and natural language input
  • Widgets for at-a-glance planning
Features
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Across is a calendar you can start using right away, then customize as much as you like. With a wide range of views and deep customization, it becomes more your own every day. Across doesn't lock you in. Your events stay safely in Apple and Google, while Across helps you view and manage them the way you want. Our goal is simple: not to keep you locked in, but to be the calendar you'll want to keep using. Across works seamlessly with Apple Calendar, Reminders, and Google Calendar, and stays in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No ads. Any data we collect is never linked to your identity. What Across offers: * 12+ calendar views * Monthly view with up to two lines per event and adjustable spacing * Weekly and multi-day views with continuous day-by-day scrolling * Deep customization of tabs, views, fonts, colors, and themes * Routine and recurring event management * Event templates, natural language event creation, and more * Anniversary and D-day countdowns * Widgets that show your upcoming events at a glance * Events and tasks managed in one place For those who love to plan, a precise planning tool. For those who don't, a simple way to stay on top of your days. Contact: support@daymore.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HyFlow4 screens
Across4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: HyFlow at none against Across's shown. HyFlow also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). Across's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 60%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. HyFlow sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Across sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Across holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Across has 505 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of HyFlow's written reviews are positive against 86% of Across's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HyFlow ships an update every 5 days, Across weekly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
HyFlow versus Across: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHyFlowAcross
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17 ratings)4.8 (505 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.8% of reviews86.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17505 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS1815.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBRIDDayMore Corp.

Customer experience

HyFlow

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive59.8%
Neutral14.7%
Negative25.5%

Across

All ratings505 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews276 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral6.2%
Negative7.6%

Bugs and requests

HyFlow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Across

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Calendar events not syncing properly across devices
  • Recurring tasks not working as expected
  • Holidays calendar keeps reappearing
  • App freezing when adding/editing events

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to connect to Google Tasks
  • Improve widget functionality and customization
  • Implement lunar calendar support
  • Add ability to add participants to events
  • Enhance task management with sub-tasks and sections

In-app purchases

4 purchases

HyFlow

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • 7-Day Free UsageFree
  • One Time Purchase$29.99
5 purchases

Across

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tips$0.99
  • Color Premium$3.99
  • Premium Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is HyFlow free?
HyFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Across free?
Across is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HyFlow or Across?
Across is rated higher. HyFlow averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Across averages 4.8 from 505 ratings.
Do HyFlow or Across have ads?
Across shows ads; HyFlow does not.
Which is updated more often, HyFlow or Across?
HyFlow ships an update every 5 days, and Across weekly. Most recently, HyFlow was updated on November 7, 2026 and Across on November 7, 2026.

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