Comparison

DayZen vs ProdoClock

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

ProdoClock

Visualize your schedule as a clock face, integrating calendars, tasks, and reminders for an instant overview of your day. Customize layouts, themes, and widgets to suit your planning style. Offers analytics and accessibility features for a clearer, controlled approach to time management.

Highlights
  • Visual clock face scheduling
  • Calendar sync (Google, Apple, Outlook)
  • Task and reminder integration
  • Customizable layouts and themes
  • Interactive widgets
  • Time analytics
  • Accessibility modes
Features
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See your day as a visual clock. ProdoClock turns calendars, tasks, and reminders into a glanceable clock face so you can instantly see meetings, focus time, breaks, and free space without scanning long lists. Bring everything into one visual timeline: - Sync Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Microsoft/Outlook - Connect multiple accounts and see everything in one place - Create, edit, and delete events for supported providers - Join meetings in one tap - Import Google Tasks and Apple Reminders and turn them into focus sessions Make the clock yours: - Choose from layouts like Ring, Flat, Minimal, California Dial, Hybrid, Skeleton, Kinetic, and more - Customize labels, ticks, size, 12/24-hour time, and themes - Add interactive widgets and personalize colors, backgrounds, images, opacity, and glass effects Stay clear and in control: - Review your time by day, week, month, or year with Pro analytics - Compare meetings and focus time over time - Use world time zones to plan across cities Built with accessibility in mind, with adjustable text size, high-contrast and dark themes, color-vision-friendly appearance modes, a dyslexia mode with calmer text spacing, and a simplified cognitive mode for a clearer, lower-clutter Home view. For professionals, students, hybrid teams, and visual thinkers who want a calmer way to plan the day.

Screenshots

DayZen4 screens
ProdoClock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ProdoClock at 5.0 against DayZen's 4.3. ProdoClock also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17). DayZen's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. DayZen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and ProdoClock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ProdoClock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DayZen ships an update monthly, ProdoClock every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DayZen versus ProdoClock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayZenProdoClock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1715.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoris KavolisDanish Shaikh

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DayZen

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99
2 purchases

ProdoClock

Subscriptions1
  • ProdoClock Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$15.00

Questions

Is DayZen free?
DayZen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ProdoClock free?
ProdoClock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DayZen or ProdoClock?
ProdoClock is rated higher. DayZen averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while ProdoClock averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DayZen or ProdoClock have ads?
Neither DayZen nor ProdoClock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DayZen or ProdoClock?
DayZen ships an update monthly, and ProdoClock every 5 days. Most recently, DayZen was updated on October 3, 2026 and ProdoClock on October 16, 2026.

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