Comparison

The Day Before vs MRZ

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

Head to head
About

The Day Before

Features
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The Day Before Capture your day, securely. The Day Before is your intelligent companion for recording life as it happens—directly from your Apple Watch. Whether it’s meetings, interviews, or spontaneous thoughts, capture everything without ever taking out your phone. Key Features • All-Day Audio Recording (via Apple Watch) Start once and forget about it—record high-quality audio throughout your day without interruptions. • Instant Sync to iPhone When your watch and phone reconnect, recordings sync automatically. No cables, no manual steps. • Smart Transcripts & Summaries Your recordings are transcribed with AI, and you’ll receive clean summaries so you can quickly revisit key points. • Private by Design We don’t store your data in the cloud. Everything is processed and stored on your devices. You own your data—always. • Reflect, Tag, and Export Add thoughts, mark moments, and export key conversations as text files or PDFs. Perfect For • Founders & professionals who want to track conversations • Students capturing lectures or thoughts • Creatives documenting ideas • Anyone who lives life on the move Privacy You Can Trust We built The Day Before with one rule: you stay in control. No cloud sync. No 3rd-party tracking. Just smart tools on your devices.

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MRZ

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Scan, validate and export data from passports, ID cards and visas in seconds. The app uses your iPhone or iPad camera to automatically read the MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) of travel documents, with professional-grade accuracy and no button pressing required. SUPPORTED DOCUMENTS - Passports (TD3) with NFC chip reading - National ID cards (TD1) - TD2 travel documents - MRV-A and MRV-B visas - Colombian documents without MRZ (legacy ID, driver's license, foreigner ID) via smart OCR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY - Automatic document detection and instant capture once stable - Cryptographic validation of ICAO 9303 checksums (7-3-1 algorithm) - Multi-capture consensus: several photos combined for maximum accuracy - OCR error correction driven by context and checksums (O/0, I/1, S/5…) - NFC reading of electronic passports (BAC/PACE): biometric chip photo and field-by-field comparison against the scanned MRZ - National ID validation for Mexico (CURP), Brazil (CPF), Chile (RUT), Peru (DNI) and Colombia (NUIP) FOR HOTELS AND BUSINESSES — ENTERPRISE PLAN - Group check-in: scan an entire family or group in one session and export them together to your PMS - Customizable export templates: JSON, XML or CSV with the field names your system expects - Encrypted audit log: traceability of every scan and export for guest-registration compliance - Kiosk mode: iPad self-service with your logo and colors, automatic export and PIN-protected exit DATA EXPORT - Configure your own endpoint and receive data and images as JSON + multipart, with documentation built into the app. Ideal for hotels, access control, airlines or any identity-verification system. INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE - Documents from 50+ countries, including all of Latin America and major issuers worldwide - Interface in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese PRIVACY AND SECURITY - All processing happens locally on your device - Data is only sent to the server you configure - Encrypted audit log with the key protected on-device (Keychain) SUBSCRIPTIONS The app works with auto-renewable subscriptions: the Standard plan enables scanning and export; the Enterprise plan adds the hotel and business features and includes a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon purchase confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://faacil.com/privacy-policy Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

The Day Before4 screens
MRZ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The Day Before and MRZ are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. The Day Before sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month and MRZ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Day Before ships an update every 3 days, MRZ every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
The Day Before versus MRZ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Day BeforeMRZ
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.217.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size838 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAuring Technologies LLPJuan Camilo Marin Ochoa

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Day Before

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Month
4 purchases

MRZ

Subscriptions4
  • Mensual3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Enterprise Mensual$49.991 Month
  • Anual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
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  • Enterprise Anual$499.991 Year

Questions

Is The Day Before free?
The Day Before is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MRZ free?
MRZ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Day Before or MRZ have ads?
Neither The Day Before nor MRZ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Day Before or MRZ?
The Day Before ships an update every 3 days, and MRZ every 2 days. Most recently, The Day Before was updated on October 28, 2026 and MRZ on October 20, 2026.

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