Comparison

Emery vs Day Progress Time

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

Day Progress Time

Features
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Define time blocks for work, meals, relaxation, or anything else, and watch your progress come to life through elegant, customizable widgets on your lock or home screen. Create your own rhythm with flexible scheduling and visual feedback designed to keep you aware, balanced, and on track. Key Features: • Create daily or recurring time blocks for any activity • Automatically track your current time block based on day and time • Choose between circular or linear progress indicators • Customize text, colors, backgrounds, and widget layouts • Display elapsed or remaining time with optional messages • Works beautifully on lock and home screens, with all widget sizes supported • Preloaded examples to help you get started instantly • Cloudkit sync accross all your devices Day Progress combines structure with design freedom — making time management not just useful, but visually satisfying.

Screenshots

Emery4 screens
Day Progress Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Emery at Free against Day Progress Time's $3.99. Emery also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Day Progress Time's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). On 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

Emery is free to download; Day Progress Time costs $3.99 up front. Emery sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Day Progress Time asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emery ships an update weekly, Day Progress Time daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Emery versus Day Progress Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmeryDay Progress Time
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.2 (29 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStaffpass LimitedPierre Stanislas

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
None

Day Progress Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Emery free?
Emery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Day Progress Time free?
Day Progress Time costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Emery or Day Progress Time have ads?
Neither Emery nor Day Progress Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Emery or Day Progress Time?
Emery ships an update weekly, and Day Progress Time daily. Most recently, Emery was updated on October 30, 2026 and Day Progress Time on October 25, 2026.

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