Comparison

InstantLog vs Dayside

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

Head to head
About

InstantLog

Effortlessly capture important moments with a single tap. Log time for work, study, or routines, add notes, and organize entries with custom tags. Offers smart auto-fill and history viewing for easy management.

Highlights
  • One-tap time logging
  • Custom time entry
  • Quick tags for categorization
  • Smart auto-fill notes
  • History view with search and filters
  • CSV export (Premium)
  • Backup and restore (Premium)
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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InstantLog helps you capture a moment before it slips away. Save the time with one tap, hold to record an idea, or mark where you parked. No InstantLog account is required. THREE QUICK ACTIONS • Stamp: save the current time, with an optional note and smart auto-fill. • Recording: press and hold to create a stamp and record audio. Release to save, or slide up to cancel only the audio. • Parking: save a parking spot, then find your car with a map, distance, parking details, and Apple Maps walking directions. ON YOUR WRIST Record directly on Apple Watch. Stamps and recordings are saved locally when the phone is unavailable and sync to your paired iPhone later. Check pending/synced status and listen to your Watch recordings. MAKE IT YOURS Set iPhone and Apple Watch button positions independently from iPhone Settings. Add text or more recordings to existing stamps. Use quick tags, smart suggestions, time-based rules, history search and filters, flexible time entry, and Home Screen widgets. FREE CORE FEATURES Recording, playback, Watch audio sync, button customization, and basic parking save/retrieval are free. Your stamps, notes, and recordings are stored on device; Watch recordings transfer to the paired iPhone. Transcription and translation are not included. PREMIUM — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Add GPS to regular iPhone stamps, unlock the advanced find-car direction arrow on iPhone and Apple Watch, export CSV, back up and restore your data including recordings saved on iPhone, and remove banner ads. Backups do not include recordings still waiting on Watch. No subscription.

About

Dayside

Features
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Dayside Alarm is the alarm clock that lets you skip a day. Sleeping in tomorrow? Tap Skip at bedtime. Tomorrow stays quiet, and every other day rings as usual. No turning the alarm off, and nothing to remember to turn back on. CHANGE ONE DAY, NOT THE WHOLE ALARM • Every alarm shows its next 14 days. Tap a day to skip it or ring at another time • Skip a run of days for a holiday or time off • Skip public holidays automatically, in 200+ countries • Change your mind? Undo a skip with one tap REAL WEEKS, REAL SHIFTS • Weekdays, weekends, every other week, or any days you choose • Shift rotations like 4 on 4 off, 2-2-3, or days then nights, each with its own time • See exactly which days ring before you save WAKE UP AROUND YOUR DAY • Ring before your first calendar event, never earlier or later than limits you set • Keep an alarm on home time while you travel, or let it follow local time • Calendar events are read on your iPhone and never leave it SKIP FROM ANYWHERE • A Next tab with one big Skip button for bedtime • Widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy, with a Skip button • A This Week widget that shows which mornings ring • Control Center, the Action button, Siri and Shortcuts ALARMS YOU CAN TRUST • Built on Apple's AlarmKit, so alarms ring in Silent mode and during a Focus, just like Clock • Shows how far ahead your alarms are set • Choose the snooze length for each alarm PAY ONCE • Try every feature free for 14 days • Then unlock Dayside Alarm Pro once, for good. No subscription • Family Sharing included • Plain alarms stay free, and alarms you've already set keep ringing even if you don't buy • No ads, no account, no tracking

Screenshots

InstantLog4 screens
Dayside4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dayside at none against InstantLog's shown. InstantLog's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. InstantLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dayside sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
InstantLog versus Dayside: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstantLogDayside
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWEI-LUN HUANGChris Turner

In-app purchases

1 purchases

InstantLog

One-time1
  • InstantLog - Quick Timestamp$1.99
2 purchases

Dayside

One-time2
  • 14-Day Free TrialFree
  • Dayside Alarm Pro$9.99

Questions

Is InstantLog free?
InstantLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dayside free?
Dayside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do InstantLog or Dayside have ads?
InstantLog shows ads; Dayside does not.

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