Comparison

Deadline Tracker vs JotDay

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

Head to head
About

Deadline Tracker

Stay on top of your tasks with a visual countdown timer and customizable widgets. Organize deadlines with tags, set repeating tasks, and receive timely reminders. Syncs across devices for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Deadline auto-repeat
  • iCloud Sync
  • Notification reminders
  • Tagging system
  • Sort and pin deadlines
Features
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- Customizable Themes: personalize the deadlines and choose your favorite style of design to make deadline tracking more intuitive and interesting. - Home and lock screen widgets: quickly view upcoming deadlines on your home and lock screens. Stay up to date on your progress without opening the app. - Deadline auto-repeat: Easily set up repeating deadlines for tasks that need to be completed on a regular basis. - iCloud Sync: Keep your deadlines synchronized across all your devices with iCloud. Easily access your deadlines wherever you are, switching seamlessly from iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro and Mac. - Notification reminders: Never forget an important deadline again. - Tagging System: Easily organize your deadlines with our powerful tagging system. Use tags to categorize and label tasks, and easily find and manage specific deadlines. - Sort and Pin System: Easily sort and prioritize tasks based on a variety of criteria such as date created, date edited, percent complete and time remaining. Pin important deadlines for quick access and viewing. Terms of Use (End User License Agreement): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

JotDay

Effortlessly track your time with automatic exercise and sleep data retrieval from Apple HealthKit. Monitor app usage, view your day in a clear timeline, and analyze time distribution with daily, weekly, and monthly views. Includes a minimalist focus timer with Live Activity support.

Highlights
  • Automatic sleep and workout tracking
  • App usage tracking via Shortcuts
  • Minimalist focus timer with Live Activity
  • Concise timeline view
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly time views
  • Data analysis for time distribution
Features
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JotDay is a time tracking app designed to simplify your recording experience and enhance efficiency. It can automatically retrieve your exercise and sleep time, track app usage through Shortcuts, eliminating the need for manual input. The concise timeline, time blocks, weekly view, and monthly view allow you to have a clearer understanding of your time allocation. Key Features: 1. Sleep and Workout Tracking: Automatically fetches sleep and exercise data from the Apple HealthKit health app for convenient daily life statistics. 2. App Tracking: Configure Shortcuts to track app usage. 3. Minimalist Focus Timer: Supports Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and flip timing, allowing you to start timing quickly at any time and check the timing progress. 4. Timeline: Presents your day in an intuitive timeline, allowing you to easily view activity records and add notes. 5. Time Views: Clean day, week, and month views for easy comparison of time 6. Data Analysis: Easily understand the distribution of different types of focused time. Monthly and Annual Membership Subscription Terms: 1. Upon confirmation of purchase and payment, your subscription will automatically renew through your iTunes account.。 2. Your Apple iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period, and the subscription period will be extended by one subscription period upon successful payment. 3. To cancel the renewal, please manually disable the auto-renewal feature in the iTunes/AppleID settings management at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. 4. During the trial period, if the iTunes account does not cancel the subscription, the subscription will be automatically activated and billed at the end of the trial period. Any unused trial time will be forfeited upon purchase of the subscription. 5. This service is optional for you to cancel. If you choose not to cancel, the renewal service for the next billing cycle will be activated for you. Privacy Policy: https://jotday.super.site/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Deadline Tracker4 screens
JotDay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: JotDay at 86% against Deadline Tracker's 0%. JotDay also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Deadline Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Deadline Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and JotDay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JotDay holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Deadline Tracker's written reviews are positive against 86% of JotDay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deadline Tracker ships an update every 9 days, JotDay monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Deadline Tracker versus JotDay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeadline TrackerJotDay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10 ratings)4.7 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1021 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZIJIAN CHENRemix Design Studio

Customer experience

Deadline Tracker

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

JotDay

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative5.7%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Deadline Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • 1 Year7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99
4 purchases

JotDay

Subscriptions2
  • JotDay Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • JotDay Pro Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • JotDay Pro Annual to Lifetime$5.99
  • JotDay Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Deadline Tracker free?
Deadline Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JotDay free?
JotDay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Deadline Tracker or JotDay?
JotDay is rated higher. Deadline Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while JotDay averages 4.7 from 21 ratings.
Do Deadline Tracker or JotDay have ads?
Neither Deadline Tracker nor JotDay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deadline Tracker or JotDay?
Deadline Tracker ships an update every 9 days, and JotDay monthly. Most recently, Deadline Tracker was updated on October 4, 2026 and JotDay on October 12, 2026.

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