Comparison

Margin vs Daypen

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

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About

Margin

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Turn any article into a short, intelligent summary you can read โ€” or listen to, hands-free. Margin is the reader's companion for busy people. Paste a link and Margin delivers a concise AI summary in your language, ready to play aloud while you commute, cook, walk, or work. The articles you meant to read finally get read. โ€” WHY MARGIN โ€” โ€ข Read more in less time. Key points, no filler. โ€ข Listen instead of read. Adjustable playback speed for every moment. โ€ข Break the language barrier. Summarize foreign articles in your own language. โ€ข Never lose a good link. Every summary is saved in your searchable library. โ€” HOW IT WORKS โ€” 1. Copy any article link, from anywhere. 2. Paste it in Margin โ€” or tap "Share to Margin" from Safari, News, Mail, or any social app. 3. Get an AI-powered summary in seconds. 4. Tap play to listen, or read right there. โ€” FEATURES โ€” โ€ข AI summaries powered by a state-of-the-art language model with live web access, so even today's news is fair game. โ€ข Automatic translation to your device language. Read a Brazilian op-ed in English, or a New York Times piece in Portuguese โ€” same app. โ€ข High-quality text-to-speech with adjustable speed, from a relaxed pace to double-time for skimming by ear. โ€ข Share Extension: summarize directly from Safari, Apple News, Mail, Twitter/X, Reddit, LinkedIn, or any app that shares links. โ€ข Local summary library. Search past summaries, revisit them offline, share them onward. โ€ข Editorial design built for focused reading โ€” serif typography, generous margins, light and dark modes. โ€ข Accessibility-first. Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and Reduce Motion supported throughout. โ€” PLANS โ€” โ€ข Free: 5 summaries per month to try Margin, no subscription required. โ€ข Basic: 15 summaries per week at $2.99/week or $39.99/year. โ€ข Pro: unlimited summaries plus short, long, and bullet-point formats at $5.99/week or $79.99/year. Pro Yearly includes a 7-day free trial. Basic and Pro are auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date; any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. โ€” PRIVACY โ€” Margin doesn't ask for your contacts, camera, microphone, or location. Your library syncs through your private iCloud account so it follows you across devices and reinstalls โ€” it never leaves your iCloud. โ€” TERMS OF USE โ€” Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Give yourself your time back. Download Margin.

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Daypen

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Take notes. Daypen gets you ready for the exam. Take notes with Apple Pencil or your finger on iPad and iPhone. Daypen Learn turns them into a summary, flashcards and a quiz, and your planner keeps lectures, deadlines and revision in one week. One purchase covers your iPhone, your iPad and your Mac. HANDWRITTEN NOTEBOOKS โ€ข Apple Pencil or finger, with fountain pen, ballpoint, pencil, highlighter and crayon โ€ข 380 templates: Cornell notes, lined and grid paper, 2026โ€“2027 calendars and exam planners โ€ข 137 covers, stickers and labels โ€ข Handwriting to text, and search inside your handwriting โ€ข Your notebooks in sync on iPhone and iPad, and shared notebooks you write in together, live โ€ข Record audio while you write, then tap your writing to hear that moment โ€ข Bring in a PDF, or add one to any notebook, and write on it: slides, past papers, worksheets โ€ข Write a formula by hand and Daypen solves it step by step โ€ข Shapes that complete themselves, a laser pointer, and a lasso that turns writing into a task or a calendar entry Your first launch opens with a ready Anatomy notebook and a Daypen Guide, so you can try everything at once. DAYPEN LEARN Pick a page, a notebook or everything you wrote. Daypen Learn makes a summary, key terms, flashcards and a quiz from your own notes. Cards you miss come back sooner, the ones you know wait longer. Take a timed practice exam from your sets and see the three topics to study next. Set a daily goal, keep a streak, follow your scores, and share a quiz as an image with your study group. STUDY ROOMS Study with friends wherever they are: one shared timer, what everyone is working on, and who is focusing or on a break. A PLANNER FOR YOUR WEEK Block out lectures, study sessions and deadlines. Drag a block to move it, tap the circle to finish it, and let it repeat. Get a reminder on time or when you arrive somewhere. Any plan can have its own notebook page. SUMMARISE Record a lecture, open an audio file, a PDF or a Word document, or share a link. Daypen gives you the summary, the key points, the to-dos and the dates, and every line drops into your plan with one tap. HABITS Reading, revision, sleep, the gym. Tap a ring to complete it, watch the streak grow, and see the week, month and year in charts. AN ASSISTANT THAT KNOWS YOUR PLANS Ask what is due, how the week went, or what a plan still needs. It reads only your own plans, habits and notes. THE VAULT Expiry dates with reminders, passwords and IBANs, opened with Face ID or a code of its own. Passwords and IBANs stay in your device's keychain. TOGETHER One book with your flatmates, partner or family: a shared list, habits you keep as a group, and a spending log you can fill from a photo of the receipt. ALSO โ€ข Widgets for the home and lock screen, and Siri โ€ข A record button in Control Center โ€ข Your Apple Calendar events beside your own plans โ€ข 28 languages FREE AND PRO Free for good: three notebooks with the basic papers and every pen, the planner, the list, notes, five habits, one shared book, the widgets, and your first five questions to the assistant. After the tour you get a free sample quiz. Daypen Pro adds unlimited notebooks, the full template library and every cover, handwriting to text and handwriting search, Daypen Learn, PDF and audio in notebooks, Summarise, the vault, the unlimited assistant, unlimited habits, and backup across devices. One purchase covers every iPhone, iPad and Mac on the same Apple Account: โ€ข A monthly or yearly subscription โ€ข Or a one-time lifetime purchase, which also covers every feature added to Pro from here on Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is a single payment and does not renew. Terms of Use: https://gepgo.com/daypen/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://gepgo.com/daypen/en/privacy/

Screenshots

Margin4 screens
Daypen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Daypen at every 3 days against Margin's every 2 months. Daypen also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Margin sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Daypen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Margin ships an update every 2 months, Daypen every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Margin versus Daypen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarginDaypen
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS18.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size22 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiego SantosAli Can

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Margin

Subscriptions4
  • Basic Plan3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Pro Plan$5.997 Days
  • Basic Yearly$39.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
3 purchases

Daypen

Subscriptions2
  • Daypen Pro$4.991 Month
  • Daypen Pro Year$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Daypen Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Margin free?
Margin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daypen free?
Daypen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Margin or Daypen have ads?
Neither Margin nor Daypen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Margin or Daypen?
Margin ships an update every 2 months, and Daypen every 3 days. Most recently, Margin was updated on October 19, 2026 and Daypen on October 26, 2026.

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