Comparison

Columns.app vs Daily Grind

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

Head to head
About

Columns.app

Organize your thoughts and tasks with a unique column-based list manager. Ideal for planning, tracking, and managing projects, ideas, or collections. It offers a structured, linear approach similar to mind maps for clear visualization.

Highlights
  • Organize with linear columns
  • Plan and track progress
  • Manage projects and ideas
  • Create roadmaps
  • Teamwork organization
Features
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Columns is a list manager. Lists are great for organizing things and see the big picture. It's perfect for planning, tracking, noting, managing and thinking. It is like mind maps but organized in a linear, columns structure. What for? Make a list of movies you want to see. Put all your recipes together. Create a roadmap for your project. Organize teamwork. Lists help track progress. Write a novel. So it’s a tool for organizing lists, and lists are a tool for organizing things. If you need the ultimate organizer, you found it.

About

Daily Grind

Features
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Daily Grind is a simple time tracker for freelancers, consultants, and self-employed professionals who work alone. Track on your iPhone, with a full Mac app that stays in sync. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Columns.app4 screens
Daily Grind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Columns.app at 17.0 against Daily Grind's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Columns.app versus Daily Grind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColumns.appDaily Grind
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColumns, inc.Vladislav Likh

In-app purchases

None

Columns.app

No in-app purchases

None

Daily Grind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Columns.app free?
Columns.app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daily Grind free?
Daily Grind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Columns.app or Daily Grind have ads?
Neither Columns.app nor Daily Grind shows ads.

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