Comparison

Funnel vs Dayarc Journal

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

Head to head
About

Funnel

Quickly capture thoughts, tasks, notes, photos, sketches, and songs to your favorite apps. Integrates with popular productivity tools and offers convenient widgets for instant access.

Highlights
  • Capture tasks to multiple to-do apps
  • Send notes and photos to PKM apps
  • Capture sketches and calendar events
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets
  • Shortcuts and Share Sheet support
  • Built-in document scanner
  • Song capture via Shazam integration
Features
Read full description

Funnel allows you to effortlessly capture your thoughts and moments to various apps and services. The inspiration to capture something quickly comes from ideas written by David Allen, in his book Getting Things Done. Features: ======= • Capture tasks to Reminders, Todoist, OmniFocus or Things with due dates in natural language. • Capture notes and photos to a variety of popular note taking and personal knowledge management apps. • Capture sketches and calendar events • Beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets • Shortcuts Support • A built in document scanner. • Use Shazam to capture your songs directly to your apps. • iCloud Sync for your Destinations • A timeline showing your recent captures • A selection of delightful app icons to pick from. • A lock screen widget to easily access Funnel from your lock screen. • Drag and drop images or text from other apps into Funnel. • Once you capture something with Funnel, Funnel also provides you with a link to easily switch to the newly captured item. • Long press the Funnel icon for quick home screen actions. • Integration with the iOS Share Sheet (currently within the Funnel app only) • Dynamic Island/Live Activities Support • Control Center Widgets Creating Destinations: ================ To link Funnel to your note-taking or task management apps, navigate to the 'Destination' Tab, select 'Add New Destination', and choose an app from the provided list. After adding a Destination, you can click on it for further customization. You can also define templates that get appended or prepended along with your capture. Your Destinations and the order of your Destinations are all synced to your private iCloud account. Funnel offers 30 captures for free, and then requires a subscription or a lifetime purchase. All Yearly Subscriptions come with a 1-week free trial. Enjoy Funneling! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dayarc Journal

Features
Read full description

Dayarc Journal is a daily accountability journal built around two short, guided check-ins: one in the morning to set your intentions, and one in the evening to reflect on how the day actually went. Instead of a blank page, Dayarc uses structured AI-guided conversations to help you think clearly, stay honest, and close the gap between goals and action. In the morning, Dayarc helps you define what matters today. In the evening, it remembers what you said earlier and asks about your specific intentions: Did you finish what you planned? What changed? What are you carrying into tomorrow? Each day becomes a clear log of your intentions, reflections, and progress over time. Features: - Guided morning and evening check-ins - AI conversations designed to reduce friction and encourage reflection - Evening reviews that reference your morning goals - Daily summaries of your intentions and outcomes - Chronological log of past days - Customizable check-in reminder times Dayarc is designed for people who want more consistency, better self-accountability, and a lightweight daily system that still works on low-motivation days.

Screenshots

Funnel4 screens
Dayarc Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dayarc Journal at none against Funnel's 4. Dayarc Journal also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. Funnel sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Dayarc Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Funnel ships an update every 6 weeks, Dayarc Journal daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Funnel versus Dayarc Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFunnelDayarc Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (47 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNoteSight Labs ApSKolja Blauhut

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Funnel

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime: Early Discount$39.99
  • Lifetime$49.99
None

Dayarc Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Funnel free?
Funnel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dayarc Journal free?
Dayarc Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Funnel or Dayarc Journal have ads?
Neither Funnel nor Dayarc Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Funnel or Dayarc Journal?
Funnel ships an update every 6 weeks, and Dayarc Journal daily. Most recently, Funnel was updated on November 3, 2026 and Dayarc Journal on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons