Comparison

Hyphen vs DayDrop

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

Head to head
About

Hyphen

This minimalist app allows for quick capture of daily thoughts, tasks, and moments. It organizes entries by day and provides a visual timeline of your year, highlighting days with more activity. Notes are automatically timestamped and can be entered via typing or voice.

Highlights
  • Quick entry via typing or voice
  • Automatic timestamping
  • Visual year-in-a-glance timeline
  • Smart grouping of related notes
  • Secure cross-device syncing
  • Private and inaccessible by developer
Features
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Hyphen is a quiet place for the details you would otherwise lose. Write a sentence, list, quotation, decision, observation, or full page. Every note belongs to its day, so you can move naturally through time and return by date, month, year, Chronicle, or search. WRITE WITHOUT FRICTION Capture a quick thought in place. Expand into the full editor when the thought becomes something larger. MARKDOWN MADE FOR IPHONE Use headings, emphasis, lists, checklists, quotations, links, and code without hunting through the iOS keyboard for punctuation. SEE YOUR DAYS TAKE SHAPE Move naturally between Day, Month, and Year, and view time as a quiet record of activity. Hyphen shows continuity without turning your writing into a streak game. FIND WHAT YOU WROTE Search your writing, browse Chronicle, and move directly back to the day where a thought belongs.

About

DayDrop

Features
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DayDrop turns your scattered thoughts into a clean daily plan — powered by AI. Just type your tasks the way you think them. No formatting, no folders, no friction. DayDrop reads your input and automatically organizes everything by time of day, urgency, and category. KEY FEATURES - AI Organize — Type tasks naturally in any language. DayDrop sorts them into Morning, Afternoon, Evening, or Unscheduled — instantly. - Today View — See your full day at a glance. Check off tasks as you go, drag to reorder, swipe to delete. - Smart Carryover — Unfinished tasks automatically roll over to the next day. Nothing falls through the cracks. - Log & Progress — Track everything you've completed. Weekly bar charts show your productivity at a glance. - Multilingual — Works in English, Korean, and any language you type in. Output matches your input language. HOW IT WORKS 1. Drop your tasks — type anything, in any order 2. Tap Organize — AI sorts and schedules your day 3. Get things done — check off tasks and track your progress DayDrop is built for people who think faster than they plan. No complicated setup. No learning curve. Just your day, organized.

Screenshots

Hyphen4 screens
DayDrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hyphen at every 2 days against DayDrop's every 5 days. DayDrop's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hyphen ships an update every 2 days, DayDrop every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hyphen versus DayDrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHyphenDayDrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHRISTOPH J WHITELAMSUNG WOOK KIM

In-app purchases

None

Hyphen

No in-app purchases

None

DayDrop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hyphen free?
Hyphen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayDrop free?
DayDrop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hyphen or DayDrop have ads?
Neither Hyphen nor DayDrop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hyphen or DayDrop?
Hyphen ships an update every 2 days, and DayDrop every 5 days. Most recently, Hyphen was updated on October 31, 2026 and DayDrop on October 25, 2026.

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