Comparison

Use Your Days vs dfCal

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

Head to head
About

Use Your Days

Easily track your vacation days, personal time, and other earned breaks with beautiful countdowns. Manage accruals, plan ahead with year-end projections, and get reminders to submit requests. Stay organized and ensure you use all your well-deserved time off.

Highlights
  • Track remaining PTO at a glance
  • Countdown to next break
  • Manage accrual schedules
  • Categorize time off entries
  • Set banking caps and rollover
  • Track PTO submissions
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Your PTO is earned. Make sure you use it. Use Your Days helps you track your vacation days, personal time, and all the breaks you deserve, whether your time off is granted upfront or earned gradually, with beautiful countdowns that build excitement for every moment away from work. See exactly where you stand -Track remaining PTO at a glance -Watch the countdown to your next break -Know how many days are left in the year to plan ahead -Track PTO as it accrues each pay period, as a simple annual total, or scheduled lump sum -Support for weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly accrual schedules -Configure accrual rate, lump sum days, rollover amounts, and banking caps -Toggle between days and hours when adding time off -Smart weekday-only counting (skip weekends automatically) -Option to exclude federal holidays from your totals -View a full history of how your available balance was calculated, including accruals, PTO used, rollovers, and lump sums Organize your time off your way -Categorize entries: Vacation, Travel, Mental Health, Family Time, Medical, Personal & more -Add custom emoji icons to personalize each entry -Add notes to remember trip details, reservations, or plans Stay in control of your balance -Set a maximum banking cap for total PTO days -Allow negative balances (borrow against future PTO) with a configurable limit -Automatically roll over unused PTO into the new year -Year-end PTO projections so you know what you’ll have left -See warnings when you try to book more PTO than you have available Track PTO submissions to your employer -Mark each PTO entry as submitted or not submitted -With PTO submission tracking enabled, your available balance reflects only submitted PTO -Perfect for workplaces that require PTO to be submitted as it accrues Never forget to submit PTO -Get reminders when it’s time to submit a PTO request -Choose how far in advance you’re notified -See visual indicators on PTO entries that still need submission -App badge shows how many requests need attention -Tap a notification to jump straight to that PTO entry See your entire year at a glance -Interactive Days Left calendar showing all 12 months -See every PTO day on the exact dates it occurs -Tap any day to preview what’s happening Home screen widgets that inspire -Full dashboard widget showing available PTO based on current accrual -Focused widgets: PTO countdown only, days remaining only, or next event countdown -Small, medium, and large sizes to fit your home screen Sync everywhere with iCloud -Your PTO data and settings sync seamlessly across all your Apple devices -Add time off on your iPhone, see it on your iPad & Mac Designed to delight -Haptic feedback throughout -Beautiful category gradients and modern glass-style UI -Dark mode support Time off is part of your compensation. Use it wisely. Use it fully.

About

dfCal

This app helps you manage your schedule and boost productivity with smart calendar views, time pocket discovery, and productivity analytics. It also includes task management, goal tracking, and a focus timer to optimize your day.

Highlights
  • Smart calendar views
  • Natural language event creation
  • Time pocket discovery
  • Productivity analytics
  • Smart task management
  • Focus timer
  • Goal tracking
Features
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dfCal is the intelligent calendar app designed to help you take control of your schedule, boost productivity, and make the most of every day. SMART CALENDAR VIEWS - Beautiful month, week, and day views with event indicators - Seamless sync with Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook - Quick natural language event creation — just type "Lunch with John tomorrow at 2pm" - Color-coded calendars to organize work, personal, and more FIND YOUR FREE TIME - Time Pockets automatically discovers available slots in your day - See exactly when you have 30 minutes, 1 hour, or more available - Never double-book again with visual day overview PRODUCTIVITY ANALYTICS - Track how you spend your time with detailed insights - See your productivity score and get personalized tips - Busiest hours chart to optimize your schedule - Weekly, monthly, and quarterly time audits SMART TASK MANAGEMENT - Create tasks with due dates, priorities, and reminders - Recurring tasks that automatically advance when completed - Priority levels from Low to Urgent with visual indicators - Sync tasks with Google Tasks POWERFUL TOOLS - Focus Timer for deep work sessions - Tally Counter for tracking habits and counts - Calendar Sets to quickly switch between work and personal views - Schedule Templates to block focus time automatically GOAL TRACKING - Set weekly goals for meetings and focus work - Track your progress toward time targets - Meeting cost calculator to understand the true cost of meetings BUILT FOR PRIVACY - Your data stays on your device - Secure OAuth authentication with Google and Microsoft - No tracking, no ads, just productivity Whether you're a busy professional, student, or anyone looking to optimize their time, dfCal gives you the tools to understand and improve how you spend each day. Download dfCal today and transform the way you manage your time.

Screenshots

Use Your Days4 screens
dfCal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: dfCal at every 4 days against Use Your Days's every 10 days. Use Your Days's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Use Your Days against 5.0 for dfCal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Use Your Days ships an update every 10 days, dfCal every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Use Your Days versus dfCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUse Your DaysdfCal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul HallAnanda Theerthan Jagannathan

Customer experience

Use Your Days

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

dfCal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Use Your Days

No in-app purchases

None

dfCal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Use Your Days free?
Use Your Days is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is dfCal free?
dfCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Use Your Days or dfCal?
Use Your Days and dfCal are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Use Your Days or dfCal have ads?
Neither Use Your Days nor dfCal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Use Your Days or dfCal?
Use Your Days ships an update every 10 days, and dfCal every 4 days. Most recently, Use Your Days was updated on September 3, 2026 and dfCal on June 4, 2026.

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