Comparison

Polyphasic Sleep vs daydot

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

Head to head
About

Polyphasic Sleep

This app guides users through adopting and maintaining polyphasic sleep schedules. It offers personalized recommendations, smart alarms, and progress tracking to help users gain more control over their time and build consistent sleep routines.

Highlights
  • Personalized sleep schedule recommendations
  • Multiple polyphasic sleep schedule exploration
  • Smart alarms and nap reminders
  • Progress tracking for adaptation and consistency
  • Routine-building feedback
  • Explore various sleep cycles (Everyman, Uberman, etc.)
Features
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PolyNap helps you choose, follow, and adapt to a polyphasic sleep schedule without guesswork. Get a personalized recommendation, plan every sleep block with clarity, wake up on time with smart alarms, and track your progress over time. Whether you're exploring Everyman, Uberman, Biphasic, segmented sleep, or a siesta routine, PolyNap gives you the structure you need to stay consistent. With PolyNap, you can: - Get a personalized sleep schedule based on your goals, routine, and sleep experience - Explore multiple polyphasic sleep schedules and compare total sleep time - Follow clear core sleep and nap blocks throughout your day - Use smart alarms and nap reminders to stay on time - Track adaptation, consistency, adherence, and time gained - Stay motivated with Nimmy, progress milestones, and routine-building feedback PolyNap is built for people who want more control over their time, a more intentional sleep routine, and a more practical way to approach polyphasic sleep. If you want a sleep app that does more than passive tracking, PolyNap helps you actually build and maintain a schedule.

About

daydot

Features
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Your life is a collection of dots. Each one holds a single day. 80 dots for a lifetime, 365 for a year. In each dot, there’s a piece of you. Write about your days, or simply watch them pass. One by one, they become your story. We often think we have more time than we do. But maybe not. See what remains— and feel today more deeply. Don’t just live the day. Leave your mark, one dot at a time.

Screenshots

Polyphasic Sleep4 screens
daydot3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: daydot at none against Polyphasic Sleep's 5. daydot also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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. Polyphasic Sleep sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. daydot asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polyphasic Sleep ships an update weekly, daydot daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Polyphasic Sleep versus daydot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolyphasic Sleepdaydot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSALIM TANER CELIKJeongbin Park

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Polyphasic Sleep

Subscriptions4
  • PolyNap Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
  • PolyNap Premium Monthly3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Premium Annual Discount$24.991 Year
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  • PolyNap Premium Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • PolyNap Premium Lifetime$99.99
None

daydot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Polyphasic Sleep free?
Polyphasic Sleep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is daydot free?
daydot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Polyphasic Sleep or daydot have ads?
Neither Polyphasic Sleep nor daydot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Polyphasic Sleep or daydot?
Polyphasic Sleep ships an update weekly, and daydot daily. Most recently, Polyphasic Sleep was updated on October 28, 2026 and daydot on October 24, 2026.

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