Comparison

Embarkz vs Day by day

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

Head to head
About

Embarkz

Features
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Your life is more than one habit. Embarkz helps you build healthier routines and create balance across six dimensions of wellness: Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual, Intellectual and Occupational. Start small. Build habits that fit your life. See where you're thriving and where you need more attention. Features: Habit Management: Create weekly goals to build new habits, choose from the recommended list of tiny habits, or create your own. Update the status and easily track your progress. Start with tiny changes, set frequency for your habits as per your pace, and make progress with small wins. Recommended goals are categorized based on different aspects of a healthy lifestyle Every category is mapped with one of the dimensions of wellness. Embarkz helps you find balance in life and create healthy habits in all dimensions of your life Journal: Write quick gratitude notes for the day using the guided gratitude journaling format. Embarkz Journal makes this process easy enough to do on the go. Journaling has many benefits that you will see with regular practice, just spend a few minutes jotting down things you are grateful for. Can’t think what to write just choose from our recommended tags and emotions and make a note, it is going to make you feel good. Learn: Grow your knowledge of the holistic approach to wellness, and get information on all aspects of well-being, tips to add healthy habits to your routine, and stay updated on the latest updates in wellness Embarkz ShortReads, learn healthy tips and routines in 2 minutes with short reads Check in-depth articles on topics of your interest to learn more Profile: Track your habits, analyze your progress by building habit chains, and see your longest streak. Track your learning progress using the Learning meter and journal progress using the Gratitude meter. Every Goal is mapped with one of the six dimensions of wellness. Each dimension has an impact on our physical and mental health and to be considered "well," it is imperative for none of these areas to be neglected. Using the Embarkz dimension chart, you can track how you are doing on different dimensions of wellness, and that will help you plan your goals to build a healthy lifestyle. Notifications: Get notifications with positive affirmations, your day's status, reminders to mark your achieved goals as complete, and to take a mental break and do a quick breathing exercise. An in-app breathing exercise will help you practice mindfulness, will help you focus, and work on new habits you want to build. Settings: Manage basic app settings like updating your personal details, adding or changing your app avatar as per your current focus and mood, turn off notifications.

About

Day by day

This app helps you cultivate a mindful approach to mental well-being. Track your daily moods and habits using a calendar, identify behavioral patterns, and build a consistent meditation practice with a simple timer and progress statistics.

Highlights
  • Daily mood tracking with color indicators
  • Comment and tag moods
  • Customizable calendar display
  • Meditation timer and progress tracking
  • Weekly and monthly mood charts
  • AI pattern analysis
  • Data export/import
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Be kind to your mind. «Day by day» helps to take a mindful approach to your mental health. Explore behavior patterns that may affect your mood by tracking them daily. Keep an eye on your moods and habits with an easy to use calendar. Build a stable meditation practice with the help of a simple timer and stats. FEATURES MOOD CALENDAR: – Indicate your daily mental condition with a color (one or two colors per day) – Add comments & tags – Ability to customize what the dot in the top right corner of the calendar displays – Get auto alerts for bipolar/depression dynamics MEDITATION TRACKER: – Set your custom meditation duration – Track your progress and time spent meditating ALSO INCLUDED: – Weekly and monthly mood charts – Monthly meditation chart – Built-in AI pattern analysis has been added – Meditation/tracking reminders DATA & PRIVACY: – Export data as JSON file – Import JSON files with your data – «Day by day» stores data exclusively on your device, with no servers.

Screenshots

Embarkz4 screens
Day by day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Day by day at every 6 days against Embarkz's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Embarkz ships an update every 3 weeks, Day by day every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Embarkz versus Day by day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmbarkzDay by day
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.412.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpsfuseTaras Pashchanka

In-app purchases

None

Embarkz

No in-app purchases

None

Day by day

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Embarkz free?
Embarkz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Day by day free?
Day by day is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Embarkz or Day by day have ads?
Neither Embarkz nor Day by day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Embarkz or Day by day?
Embarkz ships an update every 3 weeks, and Day by day every 6 days. Most recently, Embarkz was updated on November 3, 2026 and Day by day on November 3, 2026.

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