Comparison

Grow vs Sundial

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

Head to head
About

Grow

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Grow is a creative journal for capturing how life feels, what needs to be done, and what you want to remember, all in a space you can draw, shape, and make your own! Add a quick note, mood, task or event as the day unfolds. Attach a photo or drawing to liven things up and make your journal a bit more you! Star important tasks, check things off, carry unfinished tasks forward, and plan ahead with future-dated entries and repeating tasks or events. Gather related entries in project journals, or simply let each day take its own shape. Your plants and drawings can also fill a cozy room you arrange by hand, turning your journal into a place that feels personal. Features: - Notes, moods, tasks, events, photos, and drawings - Tasks that carry forward or repeat - Planning for future days - Habit and mood tracking over time - Day, month, and year views Optional iCloud sync keeps entries, habits, projects, repeating schedules, photos, and drawings up to date across your devices. Grow is quick when you need it, expressive when you want it, and flexible enough to hold both your plans and your life.

About

Sundial

This app helps you manage your screen time by setting limits on app usage. It uses iOS's built-in blocking features and provides insights into your daily usage patterns. The app focuses on a more natural approach to time management, offering flexibility within set boundaries.

Highlights
  • App and category limits
  • Customizable rule reasons
  • Flexible exit options
  • Daily health score visualization
  • Usage history heatmap
  • Home Screen widget
Features
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Sundial is a screen time app built on one idea: a limit should feel like a sundial, not a stopwatch. You decide what your time is for, and the app quietly holds the line. LIMITS THAT ACTUALLY SHIELD Choose the apps or categories that eat your day and give each rule a daily allowance. When it runs out, iOS itself blocks the app — not a timer you can swipe away. One rule can hold any number of apps at once. THE BLOCK TELLS YOU WHY Every shield says what you finished ("30 min done for today.") and repeats the reason you set that rule — "For my health. Put the phone down." The exit stays yours as well: finish for today, take 15 more minutes, or lift that rule until midnight. Nothing is a dead end. TODAY, AT A GLANCE The home tab estimates how much of the day you have spent and turns it into a health score that drains as the hours do. The day's ink-wash landscape shifts with it, so the picture tells the story before the number does. HISTORY WORTH READING All history in one heatmap, plus a per-day breakdown of where the time went: which apps, which categories, and how they compare with your limits. THE HOME SCREEN WIDGET Today's figure and your most urgent rules, small or medium, right on the Home Screen. QUIET BY DESIGN Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no server, no analytics, no ads. Sundial reads only aggregate usage time through Apple's Screen Time framework — never what you do inside an app. Full policy: see the Privacy Policy link below. SUNDIAL PRO A single one-time purchase unlocks every theme, every background scene, and the Home Screen widget. No subscription. REQUIREMENTS Sundial needs Screen Time permission (Settings → Screen Time → Sundial) to read your totals and set limits. iPhone.

Screenshots

Grow4 screens
Sundial4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grow at none against Sundial's 1. Grow also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). Sundial's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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. Sundial sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grow ships an update every 3 months, Sundial every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Grow versus Sundial: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrowSundial
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrairie Dog Software潇 左

In-app purchases

None

Grow

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sundial

One-time1
  • Sundial Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Grow free?
Grow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sundial free?
Sundial is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Grow or Sundial have ads?
Neither Grow nor Sundial shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grow or Sundial?
Grow ships an update every 3 months, and Sundial every 11 days. Most recently, Grow was updated on October 30, 2026 and Sundial on November 6, 2026.

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