Comparison

DayZen vs Kiptic

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

Kiptic

Effortlessly track receipts, return windows, and warranties. This app scans purchase details, sends timely reminders, and helps you find items quickly. It also offers group sharing for expenses and detailed spending analytics.

Highlights
  • Receipt scanning and itemization
  • Automated return window countdowns
  • Warranty expiration reminders
  • Item search and iPhone search integration
  • Home/Lock Screen widgets
  • Expense splitting and group management
  • Purchase analytics and export to spreadsheet
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Every purchase comes with a promise: a return window, a warranty, a repair. Kiptic keeps the receipt so you can use them. SCAN ONCE Take a photo of a receipt, import one from Photos, or share a PDF to Kiptic. It reads the store, the date, the total and every item in seconds, even on long or faded receipts. NEVER MISS A RETURN Every return window counts down on its own, the closest first, so you know what you can still take back. REMINDED IN TIME Before a warranty runs out, Kiptic reminds you, while a free repair is still possible, with the receipt ready to show. FIND ANYTHING Search for what you bought, not where: type "headphones" and the receipt is there. Kiptic purchases also show up in your iPhone's search. AT A GLANCE Add the Act Soon widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen to see what's ending next. Or just ask Siri: "What can I still return in Kiptic?" SEE WHERE IT GOES Analytics shows what each month cost against the one before, the last six months, and your top categories and stores. Tap any of them to see the receipts. SPLIT WITH PEOPLE Make a group for a trip, your flat or Friday dinners and send the invite link, or show a QR code to friends sitting with you. Split a receipt by item or evenly, add expenses without one, and everyone sees who owes whom. Your first 3 groups are free, with 50 shared receipt photos, and joining one is always free. Everything in a group is end-to-end encrypted. EXPORT Export your purchases as a spreadsheet for Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets. YOURS, ON YOUR PHONE Your purchases are kept on your phone; only the ones you add to a group are shared, encrypted, with its members. Receipts are read in seconds, and we don’t keep them or use them to train AI. Start without an account; after your first 20 purchases, a free account keeps them yours. Nothing about your purchases is sold. KIPTIC PRO An encrypted backup only you can open, so your purchases follow you to a new phone. PDF reports with every receipt, and a PDF for a claim from any purchase, ready for a warranty claim, insurance or taxes. Detailed analytics, with every currency added up in yours. Warranty end dates in your calendar, warranty reminders by email too, as many groups of your own as you like, with every receipt photo, and no ads. Kiptic Pro is a subscription (or a one-time purchase): payment is charged to your Apple Account, and subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://kiptic.jyosanlabs.com/privacy/

Screenshots

DayZen4 screens
Kiptic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kiptic at 5.0 against DayZen's 4.3. Kiptic also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). DayZen's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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 Kiptic sells 3 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

Kiptic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of DayZen's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kiptic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DayZen ships an update monthly, Kiptic daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DayZen versus Kiptic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayZenKiptic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1716.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoris KavolisJYOTHEESH REDDY KALTHI REDDY

Customer experience

DayZen

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

Kiptic

All ratings2 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

Kiptic

Subscriptions2
  • Kiptic Pro$2.991 Month
  • Kiptic Pro7 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Kiptic Pro Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is DayZen free?
DayZen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kiptic free?
Kiptic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DayZen or Kiptic?
Kiptic is rated higher. DayZen averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Kiptic averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do DayZen or Kiptic have ads?
Kiptic shows ads; DayZen does not.
Which is updated more often, DayZen or Kiptic?
DayZen ships an update monthly, and Kiptic daily. Most recently, DayZen was updated on November 5, 2026 and Kiptic on November 6, 2026.

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