Comparison

Dodos vs DayOne

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

Head to head
About

Dodos

Countdown to important dates like birthdays, holidays, and personal events. This app offers customizable countdowns with a fun, nostalgic theme and home screen widgets to keep track of your special days.

Highlights
  • Customizable event countdowns
  • Pre-set holiday calendar
  • Home screen widgets
  • Nostalgic 'dodos' counting
  • Event celebration feature
Features
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Encore combien de dodos avant…. L'anniversaire de vos enfants ? De votre mariage ? De l'arrivée d'un nouveau né ? Ou tout simplement de Noël ? Nouvel an ? La galette des rois ? Carnaval ? Pâques ? Halloween ? La Saint-Nicolas ? Plus besoin de compter les jours (ni les dodos), Dodos le fait à votre place. Dodos est une application de compte à rebours d'évènements et de fêtes. Que ce soit des fêtes proposées par l'application ou des évènements personnalisés que vous configurez dans l'application, Dodos vous offre un widget pour suivre votre décompte de près. Habillez votre écran d'accueil avec une belle icône et un design sympa. Retournez en enfance avec une touche de nostalgie et d'insouciance en parlant de « dodos » restants plutôt que de « jours » restants avant le jour J. Fonctionnalités :  • Configurez votre propre date personnalisée ou laissez le calendrier proposé par Dodos • Installez le compte à rebours du prochain évènement en date ! Votre date ou Noël, Epiphanie et galette des rois, Saint-Valentin, Pâques… • Placez le widget rigolo où vous le souhaitez sur votre écran d'accueil pour que les dates de vos évènements soient le plus visibles possibles (et puissent vous redonner du baume au coeur :) ) • Célébrez votre évènement à la fin de votre compte à rebours !

About

DayOne

Easily track upcoming game releases and manage your personal game library. Get timely alerts for new titles, organize your backlog by progress, and discover your next favorite game with detailed information.

Highlights
  • Track upcoming game releases
  • Organize game backlog by progress
  • Receive release date alerts
  • Filter and sort games for discovery
  • View detailed game information
  • Add releases to calendar (Pro)
  • Home screen widgets (Pro)
Features
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DayOne is the easiest way to track upcoming game releases and manage your backlog. Stay informed, stay organized, and always know what to play next. Track every game release: follow upcoming titles across your favorite platforms and keep a clear view of key launch dates. Get essential alerts: enable notifications to be reminded before a game releases or when a release date changes. Organize your backlog: sort your games into Not Started, In Progress, or Completed. Keep a clear view of what you want to play and your progress. Set a game aside without deleting it: the Abandoned Games section preserves its status and lets you resume it at any time. Add releases to your calendar with DayOne Pro: add a precise release date from a game’s details in just a few seconds. View upcoming releases from your home screen with DayOne Pro: DayOne widgets support multiple sizes and display key dates from your watchlist. Find your next game: filter by platform or genre, sort by popularity or release date, and quickly discover what to play next. Accurate and up-to-date information: access detailed game data including summaries, trailers, screenshots, ratings, average playtime, and more. DayOne Pro also enables cloud backup and unlocks unlimited backlog and watchlist entries. DayOne supports 18 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Hindi, French, Spanish, Arabic, Bangla, Portuguese, Urdu, Indonesian, Russian, Japanese, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, and Turkish.

Screenshots

Dodos4 screens
DayOne4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DayOne at Free against Dodos's $0.99. DayOne also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). Dodos's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

DayOne is free to download; Dodos costs $0.99 up front. DayOne sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dodos asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dodos ships an update monthly, DayOne every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dodos versus DayOne: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDodosDayOne
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenoit DeldicqueColin Golberg

Customer experience

Dodos

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DayOne

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dodos

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DayOne

One-time1
  • DayOne Pro — one-time purchase$2.89

Questions

Is Dodos free?
Dodos costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayOne free?
DayOne is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dodos or DayOne have ads?
DayOne shows ads; Dodos does not.
Which is updated more often, Dodos or DayOne?
Dodos ships an update monthly, and DayOne every 11 days. Most recently, Dodos was updated on November 4, 2026 and DayOne on November 5, 2026.

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