Comparison

Daybound vs Energy & Focus Planner

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

Head to head
About

Daybound

This app helps you overcome procrastination by locking distracting applications until you complete assigned tasks. It uses AI-powered photo verification to confirm task completion, offering built-in and custom routines for accountability without timers or streaks.

Highlights
  • App locking until task completion
  • AI photo verification for task proof
  • Built-in routine templates
  • Custom routine creation
  • Privacy-focused data storage
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If you’ve ever stared at a simple task for way too long even when you know it would only take five minutes, Daybound is for you. When internal motivation isn’t enough, Daybound locks your distracting apps until you finish the tasks you’d normally put off. It’s an app blocker tied directly to task completion. No timers. No streak pressure. No gimmicks. Just simple accountability that actually works. Key Features • Apps stay locked until tasks are done • AI photo verification to unlock • Built-in and custom routines AI-Verified Routines Snap a photo to prove you finished a task. Unlike traditional app blockers, Daybound unlocks when the task is complete–not when a timer runs out. Built-In Template Library Start with common routines like getting out of bed, brushing your teeth, or doing the dishes. They’re simple, practical, and designed to help you build momentum. Custom Routine Templates Create your own routines for anything in your life. If you can take a photo of it, you can turn it into a Daybound task. Privacy First Your photos and routine data stay on your device and in your personal iCloud account. There are no ads, no tracking, and no required account. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Energy & Focus Planner

This AI-powered planner integrates wearable data with your calendar to create a personalized daily schedule. It optimizes your day for focus, calls, training, and recovery based on your sleep and energy levels. Features include an energy map, habit tracking, and seamless integration with popular health devices and calendars.

Highlights
  • AI-driven daily schedule optimization
  • Energy and focus hour-by-hour forecast
  • Integration with wearables and calendars
  • Sleep and recovery tracking
  • Habit and goal logging
  • AI assistant for daily input
Features
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Perfxt is an AI daily planner that helps busy professionals plan each day around their sleep, energy and focus by combining wearable data with their calendar. Start your 7-day trial and see your ideal day. Your wearable gives you numbers, your calendar gives you meetings: Perfxt connects the two and tells you every morning when to focus, when to take calls, when to train and when to recover. • A daily plan built from your sleep, HRV, strain and schedule • Energy and focus forecast hour by hour • The right time for deep work, meetings, admin and workouts • An AI assistant you simply talk to — it logs your day and learns SLEEP AND RECOVERY, BUILT INTO YOUR SCHEDULE A bad night never shows up in a calendar. Perfxt reads your sleep, resting heart rate and HRV, then adjusts today's plan: deep work when you are recovered, lighter tasks when sleep was short. Sleep debt stays visible so you can correct course before burnout builds up. YOUR ENERGY, HOUR BY HOUR The Energy Map shows your high-focus windows and your dips. Protect your most productive hours, batch admin into low-energy slots and know when to stop. Meetings, deadlines and mental load drain you as much as training — Perfxt counts them. A SCHEDULE THAT WORKS WITH YOUR MEETINGS Connect Google Calendar. Perfxt flags call-heavy days, suggests the best day to stack meetings and warns you when your schedule is hurting recovery. HABITS, GOALS AND A DAILY CHECK-IN A quick morning check-in by text or voice, an evening reflection, weekly goals, habit and caffeine logging, streaks and a weekly performance report. WORKS WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY USE Apple Health, Oura, Whoop, Garmin and Google Calendar. No wearable? Perfxt also works with manual inputs. YOUR FIRST WEEK For 7 days, connect your devices and complete your check-ins. Perfxt learns your sleep, energy and focus patterns, and by day 7 you get your first complete ideal day. WHO IT IS FOR Founders, consultants, creators, busy parents and athletes — anyone with a full schedule who wants to get more done without running on empty. YOUR HEALTH DATA STAYS YOURS [Privacy specifics to confirm: storage, encryption, no data resale.] SUBSCRIPTION [Legal text to supply: 7-day trial, monthly and annual price, auto-renewal, cancel in App Store settings, links to Terms and Privacy Policy.] Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Daybound4 screens
Energy & Focus Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Daybound at none against Energy & Focus Planner's shown. Daybound also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Energy & Focus Planner's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Daybound sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Energy & Focus Planner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Energy & Focus Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daybound has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daybound ships an update every 4 weeks, Energy & Focus Planner every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Daybound versus Energy & Focus Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayboundEnergy & Focus Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrandon HalloranWeclose Limited

Customer experience

Daybound

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Energy & Focus Planner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Daybound

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$35.991 Year
4 purchases

Energy & Focus Planner

Subscriptions4
  • Perfxt Pro7 Days trial$13.991 Month
  • Perfxt Pro$34.991 Year
  • Perfxt Pro7 Days trial$49.001 Year
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  • Perfxt Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Daybound free?
Daybound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Energy & Focus Planner free?
Energy & Focus Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Daybound or Energy & Focus Planner?
Energy & Focus Planner is rated higher. Daybound averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Energy & Focus Planner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Daybound or Energy & Focus Planner have ads?
Energy & Focus Planner shows ads; Daybound does not.
Which is updated more often, Daybound or Energy & Focus Planner?
Daybound ships an update every 4 weeks, and Energy & Focus Planner every 3 days. Most recently, Daybound was updated on November 5, 2026 and Energy & Focus Planner on November 5, 2026.

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