PlanPal vs DayBox

Tell PlanPal what your day looks like. It builds the schedule — then rebuilds it when the day goes sideways. Most planners are a list you feel guilty about by 2pm. PlanPal plans with you: ask it to lay out tomorrow around your goals, and when this morning runs long, ask it to recalibrate what's left. You review every change before it lands on your calendar. PLAN WITH AI, NOT JUST A CHATBOT - "Plan tomorrow" builds a real schedule from your goals, habits and open tasks - "Plan today" recalibrates the rest of your day around what actually happened - Every proposal arrives as time blocks you accept, edit or reject — nothing moves on its own - AI-written notes and context on any task, in plain language BUILT DEEP INTO iOS - Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island for walks, focus timers and reading - Home screen widgets for steps, mindfulness minutes and your current book - Share anything from any app straight into your Stash file vault - Siri: ask for your daily summary, your step count, or have your brief read aloud - Apple Health two-way sync for steps, mindfulness and workouts A PLANNER THAT KEEPS THE PAPER FEEL - Two-day spread view, the way a physical planner opens - Week view for the whole seven days at a glance - A/B/C priority levels, drag to reorder, timers on any task - Unfinished tasks roll forward automatically — or pin them to a date that can't move - A real weekly review: triage what slipped, carry it, reschedule it, or shelve it with a reason MOVEMENT AND FOCUS, TRACKED PROPERLY - GPS walks with a live route map, steps, distance and pace - Suggested routes sized to close your step goal - Workout templates with sections, circuits and rounds, plus a guided player with rest timers - Focus and Pomodoro sessions that keep running when you leave the app - Meditation timer with 4-7-8 breathing and ambient sound - Reading sessions tracked like workouts, with page counts and a reading goal HABITS AND PEOPLE - Recurring habits on daily, weekly, monthly or custom schedules, with streaks - Relationship goals — "walk with Mom twice a week" — tracked like any other commitment - Import contacts and log the interactions that matter WORKS EVERYWHERE YOU DO - Full web app for the desktop, built for large displays - Two-way Google Calendar sync - Weather, stocks, quotes, habits and more on a configurable widget dashboard - Start using it immediately — no account required FREE AND PREMIUM PlanPal is free to use: daily and weekly planning, habits, two-way Google Calendar sync, walks, reading, focus sessions, meditation, Stash and widgets. PlanPal Premium unlocks the AI chat assistant, AI task notes, workout templates and tracking, syncing multiple Google accounts, and unlimited widgets and favorites. Premium is an annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://planpal-ai.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://planpal-ai.app/privacy

DayBox turns a chaotic to-do list into a clear daily plan you can actually finish. Drag tasks onto a visual timeline around your real calendar, protect time for deep work, focus one block at a time, and end the day knowing what you got done. NEW IN 1.2 - Made for iPhone Duo and iPad: on the big screen, your timeline and Inbox sit side by side — drag tasks straight onto your day. - Desk Mode on iPhone Duo: prop it up mid-block and the timer sits on the top half, every control on the bottom, and the screen stays on until the block ends. - Visual Countdown: a color disk that shrinks as time runs out, so you can see how long you have at a glance. - Wrap-Up Heads-Up: a nudge 5 minutes before a block ends. THE DAYBOX METHOD - 5 STEPS, EVERY DAY 1. Capture tasks into your Inbox 2. Pick your Big 3 priorities for the day 3. Drag tasks onto your daily timeline 4. Start a focus timer for each block 5. Review your wins at the end of the day That's it. Simple enough to actually stick with. PLAN YOUR DAY - Visual daily timeline with drag-and-drop time blocks - Big 3 priorities - anchor your day to what matters most - Calendar integration - see events beside your blocks, with optional two-way Apple Calendar sync - Natural language input - type "Meeting 2pm 30min #work" - Recurring tasks and day templates for your routines - Checklists inside every task - Tags to organize by project or life area - A warning before you overcommit your day - Siri & Shortcuts - add tasks hands-free FOCUS DEEPLY - A focus timer for every block - classic ring or the new Visual Countdown - Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Your task's checklist right on the focus screen - Ambient sounds: rain, forest, ocean waves, coffee shop, fireplace, white noise - Pomodoro mode with automatic breaks - Log interruptions without losing your place - Apple Watch app and Home Screen widgets FOCUS-FRIENDLY BY DESIGN Built with ADHD and visual thinkers in mind: - Visual Timeline colors your blocks by tag - Gentle Reminders swap pressure for kind wording - Visual Countdown shows time left as a shrinking disk - Wrap-Up Heads-Up, so a block never ends by surprise REFLECT & GROW - Planned vs. actual focus, tasks done, and Big 3 progress - Weekly review with charts and trends - Streaks for planning, Big 3, and focus - 20 achievement badges - Share your day as a summary card DAYBOX PRO - AI daily planning around your real calendar - always previewed, never auto-applied (try an AI-planned day free) - Adaptive replanning when your day changes - AI time estimates for your tasks - Time Insights: where your time goes by tag, and your best focus hours - CSV time-log export for invoicing and timesheets Choose monthly, yearly (free trial available), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://culi.app/apps/daybox/privacy-policy