Comparison

Day Dial vs Shiftring

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

Head to head
About

Day Dial

Visualize your progress through daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly time periods with intuitive circular progress bars. See how much time has passed and how much remains at a glance, even from your home screen with widgets.

Highlights
  • Circular progress bars
  • Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly tracking
  • Home screen widgets
  • Time management
  • Goal monitoring
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Day Dial is a simple and intuitive time tracking app that helps you visualize your progress throughout the day, week, month, quarter, and year. With its unique circular progress bars, you can easily monitor how much time has passed and how much remains in each time period. The app features widgets that allow you to view your progress at a glance, directly from your home screen. Whether you want to stay on top of your daily tasks, manage your monthly goals, or keep track of your yearly achievements, Day Dial is the perfect companion for anyone looking to make the most of their time. Day Dial is free to use with a limit on color customization. Upgrade to Day Dial Premium to unlock color customization. Terms of Service: https://daydial.ginkgolabs.dev/daydialterms.html Privacy Policy: https://daydial.ginkgolabs.dev/privacypolicy.html

About

Shiftring

Features
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Your shift, at a glance. Shiftring turns your workday into one clear ring. Set your hours once — from that moment, a single look tells you how much of your shift is done, how much is left, and exactly when the next 10% milestone lands. THE RING • Live progress percentage, updated every second • Color that follows your day: red at the start, gold mid-shift, green near the end • Time remaining and the next milestone with exact clock times • Every 10% milestone marked with a subtle animation and haptics YOUR SCHEDULE • Set your weekly rhythm — which days you work, which are free • Working days show red, free days green, in a clean month calendar • Select multiple dates and mark them working or free in one tap • Free days show a calm green ring and point to your next shift OVERNIGHT SHIFTS • 22:00 → 06:00? Shiftring handles shifts across midnight perfectly TIME FAST • Five tiny original one-tap games for breaks: Hop, Ring Rush, Charge, Stacks and Odd Dot • Best scores saved — beat yourself, not ads PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. No tracking. No permissions. Works fully offline. • Everything stays on your iPhone. One job, done properly: know exactly where your shift stands — always one glance away.

Screenshots

Day Dial4 screens
Shiftring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shiftring at none against Day Dial's 2. On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Day Dial sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Shiftring asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Day Dial versus Shiftring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay DialShiftring
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGinkgo Labs LLCNikola Karan

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Day Dial

Subscriptions2
  • Day Dial Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Day Dial Premium - Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

Shiftring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Day Dial free?
Day Dial is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shiftring free?
Shiftring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Day Dial or Shiftring have ads?
Neither Day Dial nor Shiftring shows ads.

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