Comparison

Day vs Dawnboard

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

Head to head
About

Day

Visualize the Earth's day and night cycle with a dynamic world clock. Observe real-time transitions of light and darkness across different regions. Customize the display to show only essential time and date information.

Highlights
  • Live day and night visualization
  • Zoomable world map
  • Real-time light transition effects
  • Dynamic local date and time display
  • Customizable display options
Features
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A beautiful world clock, showing the world as it is between day and night. See the lights show through at dusk and fade away at dawn – something you would see in real life, but is missing from other world clocks. You can also zoom in to the map to get a better view of that area of the map. Try zooming into the area around dawn or dusk to see the transition occur in real time. In addition, a dynamic time display with your local date and time, as you have them defined on your device, are displayed below the map. You can also customize the appearance of the clock to display only date, hours, and minutes if desired. A lot of machine-assisted translations have been added as well, please comment if the translations can be improved!

About

Dawnboard

Transform your Apple TV into a dynamic dashboard. Customize layouts, themes, and widgets like calendars, photos, and music playlists. Control it all from your iPhone for a personalized viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable layouts and themes
  • Widget support (calendar, photos, music)
  • iPhone remote control
  • Animated themes
  • OLED burn-in protection
  • Countdown timers
  • Visual effects
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Dawnboard turns your Apple TV into a dashboard for the things you want to keep in view. Set it up on your iPhone, then send changes to the TV over your local network. Dawnboard is free to use. Layouts and themes Choose from twelve layouts, including original and flipped Gallery Hero, Quad Square and Mixed Gallery arrangements, Centered Hero, Double Landscape, Double Square, Triple Portrait, Cinematic and Ambient. Fill compatible Layout slots with widgets. Dawnboard includes animated themes that play as 4K video on Apple TV: New Dawn, Twilight, Ocean Breeze, Aurora, Outer Space, Enchanted Mist, Underwater Kingdom, Winter Wonder, Golden Hour, Valentine, Tiki Paradise, Moss Cathedral, River Canyon, Moss & Rain, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring Blossoms, Fall, Halloween, and Mountain Pass. Mountain Pass follows the weather location chosen for its Layout. Main Street has Day, Golden Hour, Dusk, and Night scenes; choose a fixed time or let the Layout select automatically. Weather Effects can be set for each Layout. You can also make a theme with a nine-color gradient. Display styles Choose Classic, Cozy, Weather, Day Planner, Countdown, or Minimal to control what appears in the header and footer. Widgets Add countdowns, calendar events, weather, lists, photo albums, notes, Tidbits, or an Apple Music playlist to any compatible slot. Notes and Tidbits Leave a note on the TV with an optional sign-off, set to disappear at a time you choose. Tidbits shows a new word with its definition and an example sentence, or On This Day, a moment from history on its anniversary. Choose how often it changes and hide topics you'd rather skip. Layout schedules Give each Apple TV a schedule of layouts by time of day and weekday. The TV switches on its own, even when your iPhone is away. Calendar Import events from Apple Calendar on your iPhone. Eight agenda and month views preserve your calendar colors, and you can choose whether to show locations and past events. Photos An album can hold up to 50 images. Vision-based auto-cropping handles landscape, portrait, square, and cinematic formats, with a separate crop for each format. Albums play as a crossfade slideshow on the TV. Countdowns Create a countdown with up to 10 photos. Dawnboard can send a daily reminder and another reminder on the day before the event. Effects Use Quick Effects on iPhone to play Confetti, Fireworks, Sparkles, Shooting Stars, Lanterns, Bubbles, Balloons, Butterflies, Petal Breeze, Snow Magic, Parade Lights or Magic Spell. Surprise chooses an available one-shot Effect. Each TV plays one show at a time. Pixie can drift across the screen alongside a show until you turn it off. Apple Music Assign a playlist to each paired Apple TV and control playback from the TV remote. Pairing and sync Scan the QR code on the TV to pair it with your iPhone. Changes are sent over your local Wi-Fi network. You can manage more than one TV and give each one a different layout and theme. Privacy Dawnboard does not require a separate account and does not contain ads. The iPhone app stores your Dawnboard content in your private iCloud account. Paired Apple TVs keep a local copy of the dashboard. Local network sync is encrypted. The iPhone and Apple TV can use different iCloud accounts. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dawnboard.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Day4 screens
Dawnboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dawnboard at Free against Day's $1.99. Dawnboard also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Day's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On 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

Dawnboard is free to download; Day costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dawnboard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day ships an update every 4 months, Dawnboard weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Day versus Dawnboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayDawnboard
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (6 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, Apple TV
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB39 MB
Age rating+49+
DeveloperAustin-Soft.comMoxiebytes LLC

Customer experience

Day

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral30.8%
Negative53.8%

Dawnboard

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Day

No in-app purchases

None

Dawnboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Day free?
Day costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dawnboard free?
Dawnboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Day or Dawnboard?
Dawnboard is rated higher. Day averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Dawnboard averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Day or Dawnboard have ads?
Neither Day nor Dawnboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Day or Dawnboard?
Day ships an update every 4 months, and Dawnboard weekly. Most recently, Day was updated on November 2, 2026 and Dawnboard on October 31, 2026.

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