Appoint vs Daycrafter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Appoint
This calendar app learns your scheduling habits to suggest event details like titles, times, and locations. It offers multiple views, customization options, and privacy-focused local processing. Enjoy smart input, drag-and-drop rescheduling, and astronomical data.
- Smart event input with suggestions
- Multiple customizable calendar views
- Drag-and-drop event rescheduling
- Privacy-focused local data processing
- Sun, moon, and daylight data
- Home screen widgets
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Create events faster than you ever thought possible. Appoint learns how you schedule — suggesting titles, times, locations, and details before you finish typing. It's a calendar built for people who value their time. SMART INPUT Type "3pm" or "9-12am" and Appoint sets the time. Type "1.5h" and it sets the duration. Start typing a title and it suggests the rest — prefilling time, calendar, notes, and recurrence from your history. Contact names are detected automatically. All of this works in any language. EVERY VIEW YOU NEED Day, week, month, and list views — each designed for a different purpose. Pinch to zoom in day and week views. See relative dates in the list view ("today", "in 3 weeks"). Color-coded dots in month view show how busy each day is at a glance. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from over a dozen built-in color themes — or create your own from scratch. Light, dark, colorful, minimal — Appoint looks the way you want it to. Event colors adapt automatically to your chosen theme so everything stays readable and beautiful. Customize work hours, week start day, default duration, and preferred map app. DRAG & DROP Long-press to move events between times and days. Quickly reschedule without opening a single form. STATISTICS See exactly where your time goes. Break your schedule down by calendar and time period, spot your busiest days and recurring commitments, and watch the numbers update as you pick any date range. Export any range to CSV or ICS when you need the raw data. PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device. No accounts, no cloud services, no tracking. Appoint works with iCloud, Google, Exchange, or any calendar service supported by iOS — but all the intelligence happens locally on your phone. SUN & MOON See sunrise and sunset times as subtle markers on your day and week timelines — calculated for your location, updating with the seasons. Moon phases appear on the month grid so you always know when the next full or new moon is. Astronomically accurate, no internet needed. Appoint only uses your approximate location — no precise tracking. WIDGETS Event countdown, upcoming schedule, sunrise & sunset forecast, and a full-year daylight chart — right on your home screen. Seven widgets in three sizes, each with theme support. ALSO INCLUDED - Powerful search across all fields and views - Scheduling conflict detection - Recurrence rules for repeating events - Multiple alarms and reminders - Invitations management - Integrated maps with turn-by-turn directions - Timezone support - Full iPad support Syncs with the built-in Calendar app — your events are always up to date. A one-time Appoint Pro purchase unlocks even more — no subscription, yours forever. Already bought Appoint? You already have Pro, with our thanks. feedback@appointcal.com
Daycrafter
This app helps you intentionally craft your day by organizing tasks, recurring habits, and undated projects. It offers a calm, focused interface with customizable themes and offline functionality. A portion of subscription revenue supports anti-human trafficking efforts.
- Dated tasks
- Recurring habits
- Undated projects
- Unified 'Today' view
- Siri integration
- Offline functionality
- Customizable themes
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A meaningful day doesn't happen by accident. It's crafted. Daycrafter brings your tasks, your recurring habits, and your undated projects into one calm, intentional space so shaping a good day takes less effort than reacting to a busy one. WHAT DAYCRAFTER DOES - Dated tasks for the things that need doing today - Recurring habits on a weekly or monthly schedule, with a gentle streak count and a monthly completion ring - Undated projects for ideas and multi-step work that isn't ready for a deadline. Break them into steps, and convert any step into a dated task the moment it's ready to happen - A Today view that pulls in your calendar events, tasks, and habits into one scroll ADD A TASK WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Just say "Add a task to Daycrafter." Siri drops it straight onto today's list, no unlocking your phone required. It also works from Shortcuts, Spotlight, and the Action Button. CALM, NOT GAMIFIED Streaks are there if you want to watch your consistency build, but Daycrafter isn't chasing points or badges. Eight quiet color themes let the app feel like yours without ever feeling loud, each one tuned to look just as good in dark mode as it does in light. BUILT TO STAY LIGHT Works fully offline, and syncs quietly across your devices when you're back online. No ads, ever. Simple cleanup tools keep old completed tasks and projects from piling up, so the app stays as light as the day you're planning. Built to fit an iPhone SE without feeling cramped, and just as sharp stretched across a full iPad and looks great in both light and dark mode. A SMALL WAY TO DO GOOD Crafting a better day for yourself helps craft a better future for someone else. 10% of every subscription goes to A21, an organization working to end human trafficking. Daycrafter is available for a Basic monthly ($.99) or yearly ($12.99) subscription that supports continued improvements and new features. Both offer a free trial to give you time to get to know Daycrafter and decide if it works for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://driftlightapps.com/privacy-policy/ Daycrafter: craft the day you want to live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Daycrafter at 5.0 against Appoint's 4.5. Daycrafter also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Appoint's advantage is monetization model (paid vs subscription) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Appoint sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Daycrafter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Daycrafter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Appoint's written reviews are positive against 100% of Daycrafter's.
Appoint ships an update every 10 days, Daycrafter every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Appoint | Daycrafter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Urs Gort | Numinous Productions LLC |
Customer experience
Appoint
Daycrafter
In-app purchases
Appoint
- Appoint Pro$7.99
Daycrafter
- Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Annual1 Month trial$12.991 Year









