DayZen vs CTRL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DayZen
This app transforms your schedule into a visual 24-hour clock, making time concrete and manageable. It's designed to combat time blindness and anxiety for neurodivergent individuals by visualizing tasks as colored arcs on a clock face.
- Visual 24-hour clock schedule
- Task arcs and time blocking
- ADHD-friendly interface
- Live Activities & Dynamic Island
- Immersive Focus Mode
- Calendar integration
- Home Screen widgets
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STOP LYING TO YOUR CALENDAR. To-do lists feel infinite. If you have ADHD, lists are just a source of anxiety. You keep adding tasks, but reality keeps disagreeing. You schedule 10 pounds of work into a 5-pound day, and then feel guilty when you don’t finish. DayZen: Visual Time Planner transforms your daily schedule from a stressful list into a logical 24-hour visual clock. Tasks become colored arcs. When the circle fills, it’s full. No more pretending a 3-hour project fits into a 30-minute gap. It is the ADHD planner that finally works. Design your time. See your visual schedule. Find your focus. WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 2.0 We’ve rebuilt DayZen to be the ultimate time management companion for the neurodivergent mind. - Live Activities & Dynamic Island: Track your active focus time, remaining duration, and progress without unlocking your phone. - Immersive Focus Mode: A full-screen focus timer designed to eliminate ADHD distractions, complete with haptic feedback. - Deep Insights: Analyze your time usage patterns with new interactive charts for daily, weekly, and yearly trends. WHY THIS IS THE ULTIMATE ADHD PLANNER For the ADHD brain, time is abstract. DayZen makes time concrete. CONQUER ADHD TIME BLINDNESS Don't just read your schedule: see your time. DayZen acts as a visual timer and planner to fix time blindness. Drag and drop tasks onto the clock face and resize them with a finger. Conflicts glow red instantly so you can fix your daily routine before the day starts. INTUITIVE TIME BLOCKING Forget rigid spreadsheets that kill dopamine. Simply drag a slice of time to create a task. It’s the fastest, most tactile way to build a daily schedule using the time blocking method. STAY ON TRACK WITH WIDGETS Keep your visual day at a glance. Our beautiful Home Screen widgets show your current time block and what’s coming next to prevent executive dysfunction. SYNC WITH REALITY Seamlessly integrates with your Apple Calendar. Your meetings, classes, and time blocks live in one unified visual circle. BUILD BETTER HABITS Set recurring tasks once (e.g., "Morning Meds" or "Deep Work") and let DayZen protect that time forever. WHO IS DAYZEN FOR? -Adult ADHD & Neurodivergent Minds: If you struggle with time blindness, focus, or maintaining a routine, this is the ADHD tool you’ve been waiting for. -Visual Thinkers: For those who are allergic to endless text-based task lists. -Students & Freelancers: Perfect for Pomodoro focus sessions and managing irregular daily plans. -Over-committers: Learn the power of saying "no" when you see your time circle is full. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your schedule is your business. DayZen requires no account and collects no data. There are no ads, ever. PRICING - Free Forever: Enjoy the full radial clock, 10 active tasks, and basic visual planning features. Experience the difference of visual time management. - Premium: Unlock unlimited tasks, advanced time statistics, two-way calendar sync, and Dynamic Island support. THE REAL DIFFERENCE Other planner apps ask, "What do you want to do?" DayZen asks, "What time actually fits?" See the circle. Respect the clock. Own your day. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: http://kavolis.xyz/dayzen/privacy-policy
CTRL
This app acts as a command center for personal growth, focusing on alignment rather than just doing more. It assesses your current state and aspirations to engineer a custom plan for deliberate growth through focused 'Seasons' of development.
- Personalized assessment and custom plan engineering
- Seasonal growth cycles with clear operating loops
- Identity-driven vision design
- Daily mission logs instead of to-do lists
- Win logging for progress tracking
- Focus Reset for distraction management
- Performance tracking across five pillars
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Most productivity apps are digital clutter. They push non-personalized, random habits. They ignore who you actually want to become. CTRL is different. It is a command center for your life, built on one principle: high performance is not about doing more. It is about alignment. HOW IT WORKS: THE ASSESSMENT It begins with a diagnostic. We do not guess. We ask. CTRL assesses exactly where you are and where you want to be. This creates a clear picture of your current reality and desired direction. THE PLAN, BUILT FOR YOU Using your unique profile and current performance, CTRL engineers a custom plan. This is not a cookie-cutter routine. It is a structured, evidence-based system designed to bridge the gap between your current self and your future identity. THE EXECUTION SYSTEM CTRL operates in Seasons. These are focused periods of time dedicated to deliberate growth and measurable progress. Each Season follows a clear operating loop. 1. DESIGN YOUR VISION Do not just set goals. Define your identity. You establish who you are becoming and what this Season is about. This identity becomes the foundation everything else is built on. 2. EXECUTE DAILY MISSIONS Turn vision into execution. Your daily dashboard is not a to-do list. It is a mission log. It translates long-term intent into focused daily action. Everything is fully editable by design. The system adapts as your Season evolves and real life happens. You remain in command. 3. CAPTURE YOUR WINS Motivation fades. Proof lasts. Log your wins to create a permanent record of progress. When things get difficult, your Win Log becomes concrete evidence of what you are capable of. This reinforces confidence and momentum. 4. STAY ON COURSE Drifting off track? Use Focus Reset to cut through distraction and return to alignment when external noise pulls you away from what matters. 5. TRACK YOUR EVOLUTION Quantify your growth. Track performance across all five pillars. See real-time feedback. Level up your character. Always know whether you are ahead or behind your seasonal targets. SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED Control filters out those who are not committed to self improvement. Plans: 1. $12.99/month 2. $3.75/month Terms of Use: https://www.tryctrl.app/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.tryctrl.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DayZen at 75% against CTRL's 0%. DayZen also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.7) and monetization model (freemium vs subscription). CTRL's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. DayZen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and CTRL sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DayZen holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of DayZen's written reviews are positive against 0% of CTRL's.
DayZen ships an update monthly, CTRL every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DayZen | CTRL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 3.7 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joris Kavolis | Charalampos Papadopoulos |
Customer experience
DayZen
CTRL
In-app purchases
DayZen
- Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$24.99
CTRL
- CTRL Weekly$12.997 Days
- CTRL - Monthly$12.991 Month
- CTRL - Yearly$59.991 Year








