Comparison

OpenScribe vs dayGLANCE

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

Head to head
About

OpenScribe

This app transforms handwriting, PDFs, and audio into searchable, organized notes. It offers powerful OCR for instant retrieval, PDF annotation, and audio recording with transcription. Seamless iCloud sync keeps your work updated across devices.

Highlights
  • Handwriting to text conversion
  • PDF annotation and signing
  • Audio recording and transcription
  • Universal search
  • Offline work capability
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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OpenScribe turns handwriting, PDFs, and audio into searchable, organized notes—fast, reliable, and private. Capture ideas in class, meetings, or on the go, then find anything instantly with powerful OCR and search. Annotate PDFs, record while you write, and export in formats that fit your workflow. iCloud keeps your library in sync across devices. What you can do - Capture handwriting: Write or sketch and convert ink to text with OCR. - Annotate PDFs: Import handouts, highlight, comment, sign, and export. - Record and transcribe: Take audio notes; transcriptions make everything searchable. - Search everything: Instantly find text in handwriting, PDFs, and transcripts. - Organize your library: Notebooks, pages, and quick actions for tidy projects. - Export and share: Send PDFs or text and keep your edits intact. - Work offline: Capture and edit without a connection; sync when you’re back online. - iCloud sync: Keep notes up to date across your Apple devices. Why OpenScribe - Focused and fast: A clean workspace built for study, research, and meetings. - Accurate OCR: Turn handwriting and scans into searchable text. - Private by design: Your data stays yours; iCloud sync and secure networking. - Built for iOS 17: Modern performance, smooth canvas, and system integration. Great for - Students: Lecture notes, scanned handouts, and quick study packs. - Professionals: Meeting minutes, whiteboard photos, and annotated briefs. - Researchers: Paper markup, audio interviews, and cross‑document search. Get started by importing a PDF, creating a notebook, or tapping record. OpenScribe helps you capture, understand, and share your work—without friction. ******************* Terms of Use ********************** Please read the terms of use under: https://openscribe.app/terms.html ******************* Privacy Policy ********************** Please read our privacy policy under: https://openscribe.app/privacy.html

About

dayGLANCE

A privacy-focused planner for Apple devices that organizes tasks, goals, and schedules with a clear daily view. It offers voice-powered task management and integrates with popular tools like Apple Calendar and Obsidian.

Highlights
  • Privacy-first design, no data shared
  • Clear daily timeline and focus mode
  • Voice-powered task creation and editing
  • Goal and project breakdown
  • Integrations with Apple Calendar and Obsidian
  • Home Screen widgets and Control Center controls
Features
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dayGLANCE is a privacy-first day planner for people who want a powerful planning tool without giving their data to someone else's server. Native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No accounts. No analytics. Your tasks, goals, and schedule stay on your device and only leave it when you choose. A 14-day free trial is included. After that, subscribe or buy a lifetime unlock. Cancel anytime in your App Store subscription settings. See your day clearly dayGLANCE gives you a clean, focused view of your day with a timeline that shows exactly what's ahead. Home Screen widgets keep it in view without opening the app, including the Day Dial, which draws your whole day as a ring and stays live to the minute. Control Center controls on iOS 18 add a task or start voice input from anywhere, and on Mac a menu-bar tray keeps dayGLANCE a click away with a live focus countdown. When it's time to execute, Focus Mode clears everything but the task in front of you. Built for your Apple devices Buy once, use everywhere: one purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac through Universal Purchase. iCloud keeps your tasks, habits, and plans in sync automatically. Your tasks are indexed in Spotlight, and Quick Actions on the app icon add a scheduled or inbox task, start a focus session, or queue voice input in one gesture. Goals and projects, connected to your day Build goals, break them into projects, connect them to the tasks on your timeline. dayGLANCE bridges long-term planning and daily execution. Voice-powered task management Create, reschedule, and edit tasks by speaking. Voice input needs no AI provider: dayGLANCE uses Apple's speech recognition to turn what you say into a task, and reads the dates, times, and repeats out of it. No audio is sent to an AI provider. Add your own AI provider (bring your own API key) and it handles the looser phrasing instead. Either way, no AI backend is operated by dayGLANCE, all AI features are optional, and the app is fully functional without AI. Speech recognition availability depends on your language and region. Integrates with the tools you already use Apple Calendar: Your device calendars (iCloud, Google, Nextcloud/CalDAV) surface color-coded on your timeline Obsidian: Two-way task sync, an agenda sidebar inside your vault, tasks written into daily and project notes, folders and tags as task sources, and links between tasks and any note. Live two-way sync uses the free dayGLANCE Bridge plugin with a GLANCEvault account. Apple Health: Read steps and sleep to track habit progress automatically TRMNL: Display your day on an e-ink dashboard Cloud sync on your terms Optional cloud sync and remote backup keep your data under your control. GLANCEvault (a sync backend you can self-host for free) always encrypts your data client-side with AES-256-GCM (PBKDF2 key derivation) before it leaves your device, so the server stores only encrypted content. Prefer WebDAV? Bring your own server and turn on sync encryption for the same client-side protection, or leave it off if you wish. Or sync through iCloud Drive, kept in your personal iCloud account under Apple's encryption. Connects to other GLANCE apps dayGLANCE can talk to lastGLANCE (and other GLANCE apps as they ship) through GLANCEintents, a cross-app protocol that flows through your own WebDAV or GLANCEvault server, or iCloud Drive. Send a chore from lastGLANCE to your dayGLANCE timeline; complete it in dayGLANCE and lastGLANCE knows. Optional end-to-end encryption keyed to your sync passphrase. Off by default. Self-hostable and open dayGLANCE is open source and self-hostable via Docker. It can run entirely on your own infrastructure. Either way, your data stays yours.

Screenshots

OpenScribe1 screens
dayGLANCE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: OpenScribe at 5.0 against dayGLANCE's 3.0. dayGLANCE's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. OpenScribe sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and dayGLANCE sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OpenScribe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OpenScribe ships an update every 3 months, dayGLANCE every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OpenScribe versus dayGLANCE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenScribedayGLANCE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVidOpt LLCJason Krellner

Customer experience

OpenScribe

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

dayGLANCE

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

OpenScribe

Subscriptions1
  • OpenScribe Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
2 purchases

dayGLANCE

Subscriptions1
  • dayGLANCE Pro14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • dayGLANCE Pro$79.99

Questions

Is OpenScribe free?
OpenScribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is dayGLANCE free?
dayGLANCE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OpenScribe or dayGLANCE?
OpenScribe is rated higher. OpenScribe averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while dayGLANCE averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do OpenScribe or dayGLANCE have ads?
Neither OpenScribe nor dayGLANCE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OpenScribe or dayGLANCE?
OpenScribe ships an update every 3 months, and dayGLANCE every 4 days. Most recently, OpenScribe was updated on October 30, 2026 and dayGLANCE on November 10, 2026.

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