Comparison

HomeAlerts vs A Day

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

Head to head
About

HomeAlerts

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Get reminded when you left a window open or when your espresso machine is ready to brew. Receive notifications in response to any events in your smart home. You can manage Alerts from all your devices and trigger notifications for these Alerts from HomeKit automations. Notifications for each Alert can be delivered to all your devices or only to specific ones. You can also set a delay when a triggered notification should be delivered.

About

A Day

Features
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Tired of your camera roll being a messy drawer of things you don't need? Receipts, parking spots, Wi-Fi passwords, and locker numbers don't belong next to your memories. Meet A Day, the self-clearing visual notepad. A Day is a simple tool built for one purpose: to hold your temporary visual notes, and then get out of the way. Capture a quick "snap" of anything you need to remember right now, but not forever. How it works: - A Clean Slate: Every snap you take disappears automatically after 24 hours. - Just 24: A simple 24-item limit keeps things light and manageable. - Stress-Free Utility: Use it for quick notes, reminders, or anything you'll be done with by tomorrow. Stop cluttering your gallery. Start your day fresh.

Screenshots

HomeAlerts3 screens
A Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

HomeAlerts and A Day are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
HomeAlerts versus A Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeAlertsA Day
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoritz SternemannFuad Fajri

In-app purchases

None

HomeAlerts

No in-app purchases

None

A Day

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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