Comparison

DayZen vs LifeReceipt

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

LifeReceipt

This app provides a daily itemized receipt of your phone usage, detailing screen time, impulse spending, and sleep debt. It offers one actionable step each day to help you reclaim lost time and money, tracking your progress over time.

Highlights
  • Daily itemized phone usage receipt
  • Tracks screen time by app
  • Monitors impulse spending and sleep debt
  • Offers one actionable daily refund
  • Tracks reclaimed time and money
  • Connects with Apple Screen Time
  • Sets boundaries for distracting apps
Features
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STOP LOSING DAYS TO YOUR PHONE. LifeReceipt shows what yesterday cost you - in time, money, and sleep - then gives you one action to start taking it back. SEE WHAT YOUR PHONE REALLY COSTS YOU. Every morning, LifeReceipt turns yesterday into an itemized receipt: • Screen time by app • Impulse spending • Sleep debt • The dollar value of your lost time • One clear total at the bottom No vague dashboard. No number you forget five seconds later. A bill you can understand at a glance. TAKE ONE ACTION. GET TIME BACK. After every receipt, LifeReceipt offers one practical “refund” based on what cost you most. Block Instagram after 9 PM. Put your phone down before bed. Set one boundary you can actually follow. Claim one refund for the day, then watch your reclaimed hours and dollars accumulate over time. BUILT TO HELP YOU FOLLOW THROUGH • Connect Apple Screen Time to autofill your daily receipt • Choose what one hour of your time is worth • See which apps cost you the most • Set boundaries around distracting apps • Track reclaimed time and money • Follow your progress across days and weeks NO SHAME. NO FAKE PROMISES. LifeReceipt does not punish you for missing a day or pretend any block is impossible to override. You stay in control and can disable Screen Time access at any time. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your Screen Time data stays on your device. LifeReceipt does not send your app names or per-app usage durations to our servers. LifeReceipt Pro unlocks daily refunds and your lifetime reclaimed tally. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID settings. Requires iOS 17.4 or later. Terms: https://life-receipt.com/terms Privacy: https://life-receipt.com/privacy

Screenshots

DayZen4 screens
LifeReceipt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LifeReceipt at 5.0 against DayZen's 4.3. LifeReceipt also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). 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. DayZen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and LifeReceipt sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LifeReceipt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of DayZen's written reviews are positive against 100% of LifeReceipt's.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DayZen versus LifeReceipt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayZenLifeReceipt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoris KavolisRyan Mabry

Customer experience

DayZen

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

LifeReceipt

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DayZen

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

LifeReceipt

Subscriptions3
  • LifeReceipt Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
  • LifeReceipt Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • LifeReceipt Pro Annual Offer1 Year trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is DayZen free?
DayZen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LifeReceipt free?
LifeReceipt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DayZen or LifeReceipt?
LifeReceipt is rated higher. DayZen averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while LifeReceipt averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do DayZen or LifeReceipt have ads?
Neither DayZen nor LifeReceipt shows ads.

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