Comparison

DayOne vs NextQuest

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

Head to head
About

DayOne

Easily track upcoming game releases and manage your personal game library. Get timely alerts for new titles and organize your backlog by progress. Discover your next favorite game with detailed information and filtering options.

Highlights
  • Track upcoming game releases
  • Manage game backlog by status
  • Receive release date alerts
  • Filter games by platform and genre
  • View detailed game information
  • Optional cloud sync for backups
Features
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DayOne is the easiest way to track upcoming game releases and manage your backlog. Stay informed, stay organized, and always know what to play next. Track every game release: follow all upcoming titles across your favorite platforms and keep a clear view of launch dates. Get essential alerts: enable notifications to be reminded before a game releases or when a release date changes. Organize your backlog: sort your games into Not Started, In Progress, or Completed. Manage your library with clarity. Find your next game: filter by platform or genre, sort by popularity or release date, and quickly discover what to play next. Accurate and up-to-date information: access detailed game data including summaries, trailers, screenshots, ratings, average playtime, and more. Optional cloud sync: upgrade to DayOne Pro to enable cloud backups and unlock unlimited backlog and watchlist entries. DayOne supports 12 languages: English, Mandarin, Hindi, French, Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Urdu, Indonesian, Russian, and Japanese.

About

NextQuest

Organize your entire gaming library, track progress, and set personal goals for each game. Discover and share curated lists with a community of players. Understand your gaming habits with long-term statistics.

Highlights
  • Organize and prioritize game library
  • Add notes, checklists, and goals
  • Create and share curated game lists
  • Discover games with search and details
  • Reflect on long-term gaming stats
  • Custom dark theme and haptics
Features
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Take control of your gaming journey with NextQuest, a game-tracking app built for players who want to be more intentional about what they play. Whether you're diving into a massive RPG, working through a growing backlog, or deciding what to play next, NextQuest keeps your entire gaming life in one organized place. Go beyond simple tracking. Log every playthrough on every platform, with its own status, dates, play time, and rating. Keep notes and checklists for each game, organized into sections, and turn your library into a living quest log, not just a list. Discover and share curated game lists with other players, see what's trending, and explore a community that values curation over noise. Over time, NextQuest helps you understand your habits as a player. Built-in stats show your gaming history across the years: what you play, finish, revisit, or leave behind. What you can do with NextQuest: - Organize your library by status: playing, queued, finished, dropped, or backlog - Track multiple playthroughs of the same game across platforms - Import your Steam library in a few taps - Keep notes and checklists for each game, organized into sections - Create, share, and explore curated lists with other players - Search over 400,000 games with rich details, media, and store links - Look back on each year's highs and lows with long-term stats - Test your gaming knowledge with daily quizzes and leaderboards - Enjoy a polished dark theme with smooth animations and haptics NextQuest is a passion project, built with care for players who see games as experiences worth remembering.

Screenshots

DayOne4 screens
NextQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NextQuest at none against DayOne's 1. DayOne's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. DayOne sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NextQuest asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DayOne against 5.0 for NextQuest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DayOne ships an update every 10 days, NextQuest every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DayOne versus NextQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayOneNextQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings411 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB66 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperColin GolbergVictor Valentine

Customer experience

DayOne

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NextQuest

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DayOne

One-time1
  • DayOne Pro — one-time purchase$2.89
None

NextQuest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DayOne free?
DayOne is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NextQuest free?
NextQuest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DayOne or NextQuest?
DayOne and NextQuest are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 11 ratings respectively.
Do DayOne or NextQuest have ads?
Neither DayOne nor NextQuest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DayOne or NextQuest?
DayOne ships an update every 10 days, and NextQuest every 3 weeks. Most recently, DayOne was updated on October 7, 2026 and NextQuest on October 21, 2026.

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