Comparison

ButterDocs vs Day Blocks

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

Head to head
About

ButterDocs

This word processor helps you develop ideas, structure your work, and write without distraction. Collaborate seamlessly with others, with or without AI assistance, for ambitious writing projects.

Highlights
  • Idea development
  • Work structuring
  • Distraction-free writing
  • Frictionless collaboration
  • AI assistance option
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ButterDocs is the Google Docs Replacement for Ambitious Writing Are you writing with depth and consideration? ButterDocs is your word processor: Develop your ideas, structure your work, write without distraction and collaborate without friction—all in one harmonious app, with or without AI assistance.

About

Day Blocks

Features
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See where your time actually goes. Day Blocks turns every hour into a colored block — the bigger the block, the more of your day it took — so a whole day, or a whole week, reads at a glance. It is a life log, not a timesheet. No clients, no invoices, no timers to babysit. Log what you did in two taps; Health, Calendar, Apple Watch and your Mac fill in the rest. ONE DAY, EVERY DEVICE Your blocks sync over iCloud. An entry made on iPhone, a night recorded by Apple Watch, an hour worked on Mac: all of it lands in the same day, in the right place. Being signed in to iCloud is the only setup. LOG IT IN TWO TAPS Tap +, name it, and pick one of 10 life categories — Mind, Body, Work, Social, Self-Care, Meals, Entertainment, Chores, Commute and Sleep. Each entry becomes a tile sized by how long it took. SEE YOUR BALANCE Work next to sleep next to everything else. The mosaic turns work-life balance into something you can see instead of guess: what grew, what got squeezed, what never happened. Untracked gaps stay visible as gentle reminders, and one tap fills them. YOUR WEEK, SIDE BY SIDE Pinch out to see seven days as mini mosaics. Pinch in to dive into a day. Patterns you would never notice in a list show up as color. IT FILLS ITSELF IN Connect Health for sleep and workouts, Calendar for meetings and events, or Location for place-based logging. Day Blocks keeps your time diary while you live it. ON YOUR MAC A free companion app records what you actually worked on — the project, the site, the hour that ran uninterrupted — and sends it straight into your day. SIRI SHORTCUTS Ten built-in voice commands create blocks, start tracking and read out your daily summary, hands-free. DYNAMIC ISLAND & LIVE ACTIVITY Your current activity, total tracked time and a mini mosaic, right on the Dynamic Island. SHARE YOUR DAY Export an animated video of your blocks building up through the day. PREMIUM - Unlimited blocks per day - All data sources (HealthKit, Calendar, Location) - Week view with pinch-to-zoom - Custom category colors - Export to CSV or JSON - Widgets and Apple Watch app - Advanced insights - Unlimited history YOUR DATA No account, no servers of ours. Your day lives on your device — and, if you want it on more than one, in your own iCloud. Export it or delete it whenever you like. A day is a lifetime. A block is a choice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ButterDocs4 screens
Day Blocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ButterDocs at none against Day Blocks's 3. ButterDocs also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.4). Day Blocks's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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. Day Blocks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. ButterDocs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ButterDocs ships an update every 3 months, Day Blocks every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ButterDocs versus Day Blocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterButterDocsDay Blocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB12 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperArc Studio Labs, Inc.Emre ALICI

In-app purchases

None

ButterDocs

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Day Blocks

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock all features forever$79.99

Questions

Is ButterDocs free?
ButterDocs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Day Blocks free?
Day Blocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ButterDocs or Day Blocks have ads?
Neither ButterDocs nor Day Blocks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ButterDocs or Day Blocks?
ButterDocs ships an update every 3 months, and Day Blocks every 3 weeks. Most recently, ButterDocs was updated on October 12, 2026 and Day Blocks on October 15, 2026.

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