Daily Planner vs LifeBack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Planner
Organize your day by creating to-do lists and blocking time for tasks directly in your calendar. This app helps you manage daily or weekly routines with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. Get timely notifications and mark tasks as complete to boost your productivity.
- To-do list creation
- Calendar integration
- Drag-and-drop time blocking
- Routine management
- Task completion tracking
- Daily/weekly notifications
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Tidify is a simple and user-friendly daily planner that puts together to do lists and a calendar, letting you organize your day by blocking time for your tasks in your day by just drag and drop. It is pretty simple: 1. Add your tasks 2. Block time for your tasks 3. Get notified by Calendar App 4. Complete your tasks and mark the time blocks as done! This is called time-boxing or time-blocking, and it is the most effective productivity method according to Harvard. Additional to this you have "Routines" that let's you create and update complex daily or weekly routines in your calendar the easy way. Feel free to provide some feedback or feature request via marco@tidify.io Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
LifeBack
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LifeBack helps you use apps with intention and take back control of your screen time. HOW IT WORKS Choose why – Decide what you’re opening an app for. Choose how long – Set how much time you want to spend. Check in again – When time’s up, decide whether you need more. FEATURES • Manage the apps you want to control • Track daily and weekly screen time • See your attempts and stops • Understand your usage habits • Make more intentional choices No strict limits. Just a moment to think before you continue. Less screen. More life. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LifeBack at every 2 days against Daily Planner's weekly. Daily Planner's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Daily Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and LifeBack sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Daily Planner ships an update weekly, LifeBack every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Daily Planner | LifeBack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Ildefonso Davalos Mantilla | Xuan Ham Nguyen |
In-app purchases
Daily Planner
- Tidify Premium Monthly Plan7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Tidify Premium Annual Plan7 Days trial$24.991 Year
LifeBack
- LifeBack Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
