Comparison

Emery vs DayMap

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

Head to head
About

Emery

This daily planner helps you organize your tasks into three categories: Fires, Growth, and Extras. It features time blocking, calendar syncing, and note-taking to provide clarity and focus without judgment.

Highlights
  • 3-Bucket System (Fires, Growth, Extras)
  • Time Blocking
  • Calendar Sync (Google, Outlook, Apple)
  • Meeting Sorting
  • Notes and Projects
  • No Overdue Badges or Streaks
Features
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Emery is the guilt-free daily planner. Every morning starts fresh. No red overdue badges. No broken streaks. No "you completed 47% of your tasks" making you feel like you failed. Open the app, see today, sort in five minutes, work. Miss a day? Miss a week? Come back and the app is still ready. Three empty buckets. No judgment. And it won't become another dead app on your phone. We use Emery every morning and answer every support email ourselves. It's been in active development for years – not built over a weekend and abandoned. The 3-Bucket System Every morning, sort your tasks into three groups: – Fires – will cause real problems if you skip them today – Growth – moves your career, business, or goals forward – Extras – helpful but not critical Fires first. Then protect time for Growth. Extras fill the gaps. The whole sort takes about 5 minutes. You start your day with clarity – not a 30-item list and zero direction. Time Blocking Drag and drop tasks onto your calendar to protect your time: – Block time for Fires so they get done – Reserve focused hours for Growth work – Fit Extras into the gaps Sort Your Meetings Too Sync your Google, Outlook or Apple calendar and apply the same three buckets to meetings. See which ones move things forward – and which ones just fill your calendar. Calendar Sync – Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar support – Connect multiple calendars in one view – Add private notes to meetings Notes and Projects – Capture notes and ideas anytime – Organize tasks and notes by project – Keep meeting context in one place Who It's For Emery is for people who own their schedule – managers, solopreneurs, freelancers, anyone who decides what to work on today. It's not a project management tool. It's not an AI that schedules your day. And it's not another app that punishes you when you stop using it. 5 minutes every morning. A clean page. Real progress by the end of the day. Sort your day. Start today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DayMap

This app integrates tasks, projects, and calendars into a single view to help you manage your life. Organize ideas, schedule tasks, and focus on what's next. It offers features like project boards, task breakdowns, and quick capture to streamline your workflow.

Highlights
  • Integrated task, project, and calendar view
  • Color-coded project organization
  • Task and subtask breakdown
  • Built-in scheduler and calendar
  • Notes and links with tasks/projects
  • Focus mode for daily priorities
  • Quick capture via voice or keyboard
Features
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Most productivity apps make one thing easy. Some manage tasks. Others focus on projects, calendars, or notes. But real life doesn't fit into just one — your projects shape your schedule, and your schedule decides what you get done today. DayMap brings them together — one clear view of where you are, where you're headed, and what to do next: • Capture ideas before they slip away • Organize them into color-coded projects • Schedule them on a built-in calendar • Focus on today's next step FEATURES • Project board — clean, color-coded columns • Tasks & subtasks — break big things into doable steps • Built-in scheduler — drag a task onto the calendar to plan your week, or see everything ahead in Upcoming • Notes & links — keep info (and tappable links) with any task or project • Focus mode — see just what matters for a chosen day • Quick capture — jot to your Inbox by keyboard or voice • Contexts — group projects by area of life • Print or share — a day, a week, or a whole project, as PDF or plain text • On your Home Screen — a Today widget, plus Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight search • Apple Watch — today's tasks on your wrist DAYMAP PRO unlocks iCloud sync across Mac, iPad, iPhone & Apple Watch, calendar mirroring to Apple Calendar, recurring tasks, contexts, and unlimited projects. Free to start with up to 5 projects on one device. Whether you're leading a business, serving in ministry, running a household, or building a side project — know where you are, see where you're headed, and choose your next step. One day at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Emery4 screens
DayMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DayMap at 5.0 against Emery's 4.2. DayMap also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Emery's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Emery sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and DayMap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DayMap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Emery's written reviews are positive against 100% of DayMap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emery ships an update weekly, DayMap every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Emery versus DayMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmeryDayMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (29 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better8
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStaffpass LimitedWhetstone Apps, LLC

Customer experience

Emery

All ratings29 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative26.3%

DayMap

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Emery

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Premium Quarterly3 Days trial$39.993 Months
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
3 purchases

DayMap

Subscriptions2
  • DayMap Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • DayMap Pro (Annual)14 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • DayMap Pro (Lifetime)$119.99

Questions

Is Emery free?
Emery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayMap free?
DayMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Emery or DayMap?
DayMap is rated higher. Emery averages 4.2 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while DayMap averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Emery or DayMap have ads?
Neither Emery nor DayMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Emery or DayMap?
Emery ships an update weekly, and DayMap every 2 days. Most recently, Emery was updated on October 30, 2026 and DayMap on October 30, 2026.

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