Comparison

Featured Days vs DayLine

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

Head to head
About

Featured Days

Features
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Easily add and track important days you want to remember or days you are looking forward to! Key Features: β€’ Automatically register important life milestones such as birth dates, specific ages, retirement, etc. β€’ Easily register days you want to record and view the D-Day in days/weeks/months/years. β€’ View real-time changing percentages for events with a start date. β€’ Create your own categories. β€’ Widgets Additional Fetures β€’ Darkmode fully supported β€’ iCloud Sync

About

DayLine

Features
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DayLine is a one line a day journal and 5 year diary: write one sentence about your day in 20 seconds, and next year on the same date it shows you what you wrote. Writing is free every day with no limits, one purchase unlocks your whole journal, no subscription. Works offline in 45 languages. DayLine is the journal you'll actually keep. Write a single line about your day, and next year, on the same date, it shows you what you wrote. Your years stack up, one honest sentence at a time. WHY IT WORKS β€’ One line takes 20 seconds, so the habit survives busy days β€’ "On this day" brings back what you wrote a year ago, and the year before that β€’ A gentle reminder at the time you choose. If you already wrote today, it stays quiet ON THIS DAY Open the app on any date and see the same date from your past years right under today's line. A birthday, a first day at work, an ordinary Tuesday you would have forgotten. This is what a paper five year diary does, without carrying the book around. CALENDAR AND TIMELINE The calendar shows which days have a line, month by month. The timeline is your journal as one long scroll. Tap any day to read it again. WIDGET Put today's line on your Home Screen. The medium widget also shows what you wrote one year ago. WHO IT IS FOR β€’ You tried journaling and quit because a blank page asked too much β€’ You want a 5 year diary that fits in your pocket β€’ You keep a gratitude journal and one good thing a day is enough β€’ You have one minute, not twenty PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no analytics, no ads. Lock the app with Face ID. Back up and restore your journal anytime. SIMPLE PRICING Free forever: write every day with no limits, your last 30 days, On this day, reminders, the widget and backup. One purchase unlocks your whole journal, every year, plus export as text. No subscription. DayLine speaks 45 languages.

Screenshots

Featured Days4 screens
DayLine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DayLine at Free against Featured Days's $4.99. DayLine also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Featured Days's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

DayLine is free to download; Featured Days costs $4.99 up front. DayLine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Featured Days asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Featured Days ships an update fortnightly, DayLine weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Featured Days versus DayLine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeatured DaysDayLine
Price$4.99Free β€” better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size8 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJinkyum Parkihor Romanenko

In-app purchases

None

Featured Days

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DayLine

One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$9.99

Questions

Is Featured Days free?
Featured Days costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayLine free?
DayLine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Featured Days or DayLine have ads?
Neither Featured Days nor DayLine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Featured Days or DayLine?
Featured Days ships an update fortnightly, and DayLine weekly. Most recently, Featured Days was updated on November 4, 2026 and DayLine on October 31, 2026.

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