DayZen vs STARTED
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
STARTED
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You don't need another goal-setting app. You need to get STARTED. You've had the dream. The vision board. The 47 open tabs. The "I'll start Monday" that turned into months. You know exactly what you want, you just haven't done the thing yet. STARTED is different. No 90-day plans. No habit trackers you'll abandon by Tuesday. Just one small, specific Power Move delivered to you every single day, designed for the exact gap standing between you and your goal. 5 to 15 minutes. That's it. That's the move. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS Tell Abby, your AI star companion, what you've been putting off. She'll figure out what's actually holding you back (spoiler: it's not motivation) and build you a personalized path of daily micro-actions that close the gap. - Want to build a business? Your first move might be: "Write one sentence describing what you'd sell. Not a business plan. One sentence." - Want financial freedom? "Check your bank balance and write down the number. No judgment. Just awareness." - Want to put yourself out there? "Send one message to someone you admire. Just say hi." Each Power Move takes 5-15 minutes, is tied to a real skill gap, and is generated specifically for where you are today. Not where some generic app thinks you should be. WHY IT ACTUALLY WORKS Most people don't lack ambition. They lack a first step small enough to actually take. STARTED removes the overwhelm and replaces it with momentum. - One move per day, never overwhelming, always meaningful - Your growth dimensions tracked (confidence, networking, skills, time, finances, and more) - Level up as you go. Watch your progress light up like a constellation - Skip a day? No guilt. Abby gets it. Life happens. - Complete your goal and earn a permanent Star. Then dream bigger. *All of the above features require an active subscription.* WHAT MAKES IT FEEL DIFFERENT STARTED doesn't nag you. It doesn't send passive-aggressive push notifications. Your AI companion Abby celebrates when you show up and holds space when you don't. She's coached thousands of women through moves just like yours. Every completion triggers a ritual, visualize your progress, and get a message from Abby that actually lands. Because progress should feel like something. FOCUS MODE When it's go time, tap Focus Mode. Your screen goes dark. Just you, your move, and a clock. No distractions. No excuses. Just doing the thing. YOUR NORTH STAR Your dream becomes a literal star. A unique constellation you build move by move, day by day. Look back at your Blueprint anytime to see how far you've come. Future you is smiling right now. --- Start your free trial. Get your first Power Move in under 2 minutes. The hardest part was never the goal. It was getting STARTED. *Note: STARTED requires an active subscription to access Power Moves and AI coaching.* Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://startedapp.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: STARTED at every 5 days against DayZen's monthly. STARTED also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. DayZen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and STARTED sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DayZen ships an update monthly, STARTED every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DayZen | STARTED |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joris Kavolis | Eric Abraham Vargas Flores |
In-app purchases
DayZen
- Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$24.99
STARTED
- Unlimited Weekly7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Unlimited Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year









