Comparison

Day Dial vs DIARYit

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

DIARYit

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DIARYit is a private, minimal diary built around one simple design: write your day, then let time collect it in a single spine. Every entry lives in one continuous stream. Open the app, write what matters, and scroll back through your days whenever you want to remember how life was unfolding. WRITE ONE DAY AT A TIME Each day has one clear space for your words. Write a short note, a passing thought, a memory, or a longer reflection. There are no prompts, feeds, followers, streaks, or pressure to perform. Just a calm place to keep your days. Past entries cannot be edited once the day has passed. Like life, they remain as they were written. YOUR DAYS, IN ONE STREAM Start with today and scroll naturally through your past entries. DIARYit keeps the experience as it should be: one day after another, in the order life happened. Older entries remain easy to revisit without folders, tags, or separate pages. FIND ANY PAST DAY Use the built-in calendar to jump directly to any day you have written. Days with entries are easy to spot. Press and hold a past date to mark it green, yellow, red, or leave it unmarked—a quiet visual record of how that day felt. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No login. No ads. No social features. No cloud sync. No internet connection required. Your diary stays on your device. You remain in control of what you write and where it lives. DIARYit is for people who want a personal diary that feels clear, private, and easy to return to for years. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Day Dial4 screens
DIARYit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: DIARYit at 15.0 against Day Dial's 17.0. 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. Day Dial sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and DIARYit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Day Dial versus DIARYit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay DialDIARYit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGinkgo Labs LLCSeunghoon Baek

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Day Dial

Subscriptions2
  • Day Dial Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Day Dial Premium - Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
2 purchases

DIARYit

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Day Dial free?
Day Dial is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DIARYit free?
DIARYit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Day Dial or DIARYit have ads?
Neither Day Dial nor DIARYit shows ads.

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