Comparison

JotDay vs StartKind

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

Head to head
About

JotDay

Effortlessly track your time with automatic sleep and exercise logging from HealthKit. Monitor app usage, visualize your day on a timeline, and analyze time distribution with clean daily, weekly, and monthly views. Includes a minimalist focus timer with Live Activity support.

Highlights
  • Automatic sleep and workout tracking
  • App usage tracking via Shortcuts
  • Minimalist focus timer with Live Activity
  • Intuitive timeline view
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly time views
  • Data analysis for time distribution
Features
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JotDay is a time tracking app designed to simplify your recording experience and enhance efficiency. It can automatically retrieve your exercise and sleep time, track app usage through Shortcuts, eliminating the need for manual input. The concise timeline, time blocks, weekly view, and monthly view allow you to have a clearer understanding of your time allocation. Key Features: 1. Sleep and Workout Tracking: Automatically fetches sleep and exercise data from the Apple HealthKit health app for convenient daily life statistics. 2. App Tracking: Configure Shortcuts to track app usage. 3. Minimalist Focus Timer: Supports Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and flip timing, allowing you to start timing quickly at any time and check the timing progress. 4. Timeline: Presents your day in an intuitive timeline, allowing you to easily view activity records and add notes. 5. Time Views: Clean day, week, and month views for easy comparison of time 6. Data Analysis: Easily understand the distribution of different types of focused time. Monthly and Annual Membership Subscription Terms: 1. Upon confirmation of purchase and payment, your subscription will automatically renew through your iTunes account.。 2. Your Apple iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period, and the subscription period will be extended by one subscription period upon successful payment. 3. To cancel the renewal, please manually disable the auto-renewal feature in the iTunes/AppleID settings management at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. 4. During the trial period, if the iTunes account does not cancel the subscription, the subscription will be automatically activated and billed at the end of the trial period. Any unused trial time will be forfeited upon purchase of the subscription. 5. This service is optional for you to cancel. If you choose not to cancel, the renewal service for the next billing cycle will be activated for you. Privacy Policy: https://jotday.super.site/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

StartKind

Features
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Starting is the hard part. StartKind is for adults whose difficulty isn't knowing what to do — it's beginning. You say or type the messy thing in your head, and you get back one small action you can start right now. Not a plan. Not a list. One step. WHAT IT DOES • One next step — Speak or type "I have a stack of unopened mail and a bill I keep avoiding" and get a concrete first action with a clear place to stop. • A timer that expects you to stop — 5, 10, 15 or 25 minutes, with a stop condition so finishing is defined and small. • No-shame outcomes — Done, partial, or "I got interrupted" all lead somewhere kind. Nothing is scored. Nothing is lost. • I'm stuck — One tap turns whatever you're avoiding into something smaller. • Recovery — Paused work comes back with a note about where you were, so returning doesn't mean starting over. • Patterns — A quiet summary of when starting has actually worked for you. Observations, not grades. • Co-start — Work alongside a friend for 25 minutes with a six-digit code, or start quietly on your own. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO No streaks. No overdue piles. No badges, no guilt, no productivity scores. Missing a day costs you nothing. PRIVACY Your history lives in your own iCloud and syncs across your devices. There is no account, no email, no password. When you ask for a next step, what you typed passes through our server to our AI provider to write it. We don't store that text, and we keep no copy of your history. FREE Five next steps a day, the full timer, recovery, patterns, templates, widgets, the share extension, and one Admin Quick Start a day. STARTKIND PLUS Unlimited next steps, unlimited Admin Quick Starts for bills and letters, deeper calibration, unlimited recovery, and unlimited co-start rooms with friends. $9.99/month or $89.99/year. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. StartKind is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or cure ADHD or any health condition. For diagnosis, medication, or treatment decisions, consult a qualified clinician. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://startk.livepet.ren/privacy.html

Screenshots

JotDay4 screens
StartKind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StartKind at every 3 days against JotDay's monthly. 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. JotDay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and StartKind sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JotDay ships an update monthly, StartKind every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
JotDay versus StartKind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotDayStartKind
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemix Design Studio俊 虞

In-app purchases

4 purchases

JotDay

Subscriptions2
  • JotDay Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • JotDay Pro Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • JotDay Pro Annual to Lifetime$5.99
  • JotDay Pro Lifetime$9.99
2 purchases

StartKind

Subscriptions2
  • StartKind Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
  • StartKind Plus Yearly$89.991 Year

Questions

Is JotDay free?
JotDay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StartKind free?
StartKind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do JotDay or StartKind have ads?
Neither JotDay nor StartKind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JotDay or StartKind?
JotDay ships an update monthly, and StartKind every 3 days. Most recently, JotDay was updated on November 12, 2026 and StartKind on October 31, 2026.

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