Comparison

Time Progress vs DayBar

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

Head to head
About

Time Progress

Visualize your time with progress bars for the year, month, and day. Create countdowns for important dates and track progress for projects or events. Features include recurring events, home screen widgets, and iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Year, month, and day progress visualization
  • Countdown and progress event tracking
  • Recurring event scheduling
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
  • Import and export functionality
Features
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Time Progress keeps the days that matter in view: how many days are left until the next one, how many have passed since the last, and how far the year has come. The day you are waiting for sits at the top, big enough to read at a glance. Put it on your Home Screen or Lock Screen and you do not even have to open the app. HOW MANY DAYS LEFT A trip, an exam, a birthday, a wedding, a due date, a last day at work. Add a name and a date and Time Progress counts down to it. The nearest one is always up top, and days that have gone by move to Past. HOW MANY DAYS SINCE Give something a start date and watch the number grow: the day you met, the day the baby arrived, the day you quit. For a habit you are breaking, let it restart: start over when you slip, and your longest streak and restart count stay on record. REMINDERS AND MILESTONES Get a reminder 7 days before, 1 day before or on the day, at the time you choose. Count-ups can tell you when they reach 7, 30 or 100 days, and every year after that. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN Small, medium and large widgets, plus Lock Screen widgets. Show the next day automatically, a day you pick, or the year, the month or today. Tap a widget to jump straight to that day. THE YEAR, THE MONTH, TODAY The Progress tab shows how much of the year, the month and today has already gone, live. Add a stretch of time of your own with a start and an end, such as a semester, a training plan or a whole life of 80 years, and watch it move toward 100%. SHARE A DAY Turn a countdown, a milestone or the year's progress into a clean card and send it to the people it matters to. TWO THEMES, LIGHT AND DARK Plum and Indigo, each in light and dark. Widgets and share cards follow your choice. Supports large text sizes and VoiceOver. FREE TO USE Up to 5 active events, one standard reminder per event (7 days before, 1 day before or on the day), every widget, both themes and sharing are free. No ads, no account, no sign-up. TIME PROGRESS PRO One purchase unlocks Time Progress Pro for good: unlimited active events, advanced reminders (several per event, on your own days and times), CSV import and export, iCloud Sync across your devices, and Print & PDF export. It is not a subscription: pay once, and Pro works on every device signed in to your Apple Account. Privacy: your days are stored on your device, and in your own iCloud account when sync is on. The app collects usage analytics to help us improve it. There is no advertising and no tracking. The privacy policy has the details.

About

DayBar

Features
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DayBar turns the passing of time into something you can actually see. Add a widget to your Home or Lock Screen and watch the day, week, and year fill up โ€” pixel by pixel โ€” or count down to the moments that matter most. TIME PROGRESS See exactly how much of today, this week, and this year has already gone by. A clean pixel progress bar updates throughout the day, so a single glance tells you where you stand. COUNTDOWNS Count the days to birthdays, trips, deadlines, or the New Year. Start from a ready-made preset or create your own event in seconds. FIVE HANDCRAFTED THEMES โ€ข Classic โ€” clean and timeless โ€ข Terminal โ€” glowing green phosphor โ€ข Minimal โ€” quiet and understated โ€ข Neon โ€” bright pink and cyan โ€ข Warm โ€” soft amber glow MAKE IT YOURS โ€ข Pick a font: Mono, Rounded, Sans, or Serif โ€ข Adjust weight, alignment, and color โ€ข Set your own photo as a background โ€ข Multiple widget sizes for Home and Lock Screen ALWAYS UP TO DATE Widgets refresh automatically throughout the day, so your progress and countdowns are current every time you look โ€” no need to open the app. DAYBAR PRO Unlock every premium theme and customization option with DayBar Pro โ€” as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. The core widgets are free, so you can start the moment you download. Download DayBar and make every day count. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Time Progress4 screens
DayBar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DayBar at weekly against Time Progress's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Time Progress sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DayBar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Progress ships an update every 3 weeks, DayBar weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Time Progress versus DayBar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime ProgressDayBar
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBin YangDaria Kovalchuk

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Time Progress

One-time1
  • Time Progress Pro$4.99
3 purchases

DayBar

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Time Progress free?
Time Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayBar free?
DayBar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time Progress or DayBar have ads?
Neither Time Progress nor DayBar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Progress or DayBar?
Time Progress ships an update every 3 weeks, and DayBar weekly. Most recently, Time Progress was updated on October 24, 2026 and DayBar on October 24, 2026.

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