Kairova vs DayCast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kairova
This app helps you manage tasks, build personalized schedules, and focus on your work. It offers features for project management, goal setting, and progress tracking, with optional AI planning capabilities.
- Task management with history
- Personalized scheduling
- Focus sessions with app controls
- Project workspace with notes
- Calendar integration
- Widgets and shortcuts
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Start with one task. Make room for the rest of your life. Kairova brings tasks, plans, Focus, notes and a growing Companion together. Use the everyday tools first, then explore personalized planning and your Life Studio workspace when you are ready. EVERYDAY TASKS Add a task directly from Today or a task list. Choose an optional date and reminder, complete it, and find it again in your history. Free includes 200 active personal tasks across three lists; completed tasks do not use the active allowance. Today, Upcoming and All tasks help you see what needs your attention. A PLAN THAT FITS YOUR LIFE Build a personalized schedule around your work, sleep, routines and goals. Kairova supports night shifts and waking days that cross midnight. Review changes before applying them, rescue a crowded day, and keep unfinished work for later. Optional Google Calendar and Apple Calendar connections require your permission. FOCUS AND PROGRESS Start a Focus session, keep a useful next step and continue where you left off. Choose optional App Shield controls for distractions on your own device. Follow your routines, recovery and weekly progress while your Companion grows with you. ROOM FOR YOUR PROJECTS Life Studio keeps project notes, checklists and related pages together. Connect project tasks to planned sessions, search your personal work, preview Todoist CSV imports and use reusable workflows for everyday changes. Dream helps connect longer-term goals to practical next steps. MAKE IT YOURS Use widgets for quick capture and Shortcuts to open Today or start Focus. Set iPhone alarms, link them to planned sessions and choose your own supported alarm audio. Native alarms require iOS 26 or later; imported alarm audio requires iOS 26.1 or later. Kairova is free to use. Pro and Ultra add AI planning, higher allowances and advanced workspace features. Availability, AI credits and other limits are shown in the app. Some features require a subscription. Monthly and annual subscriptions provide the same benefits for their selected tier. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed or canceled in Settings. Terms: https://app.kairova.app/terms Privacy: https://app.kairova.app/privacy
DayCast
This app consolidates your daily planning, note-taking, journaling, and financial tracking into a single, private space. It features on-device AI for reflections and summaries, with robust PDF annotation and editing capabilities. All data is encrypted locally for maximum privacy.
- Task and event planning with reminders
- Rich text notes with sketches and photos
- Mood-aware journaling with AI reflections
- Multi-currency spending and net worth tracking
- PDF annotation, markup, and text extraction
- On-device AI for summaries and prompts
- Encrypted local-first data storage
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Your planner, notes, journal and spending tracker in one private app, on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and the web. Keep only the sections you use. PLANNER • Today shows your day at a glance, with a Weekly Review of tasks, habits, mood and spending • Today, Upcoming, Anytime and Someday views, plus a Logbook of what you finished • Type naturally: "Call Sam Friday 3pm !!" fills in the date, time and priority • Plan My Day, Paste as Tasks, and import from Reminders • Time and location reminders, and repeating tasks you can pause • Day, week, month and timeline views; projects, energy levels and a completion heatmap • Habits with streaks and daily reminders NOTES • Type / for headings, checklists, tables, photos and callouts; type # to tag as you write • An Inbox for everything you share, clip or email in, until you file it in a notebook • Rich text with highlight colors, collapsible headings, code blocks and inline math • Notebooks, tags, saved searches, links, flashcards and version history • List or card view, a daily note, handwriting and document scanning • Paper, color or photo backgrounds, and color labels • Search shows the date, amount or code you need first • Import your notes from Evernote (ENEX) JOURNAL • Moods, activities and custom scales, with Apple Health mood logging • Photos, video with transcripts, maps and a calendar view • Prompt packs, On This Day, Life Patterns and a Year in Review • Breathing sessions saved as Mindful Minutes, and a First Aid Kit for hard days • Import from Apple Journal SPENDING • Apple Card and Wallet auto-import: purchases arrive on their own, already categorized • Safe to Spend: what's really free today, from your balance or this month's income, and from Siri • Zero-based budgeting with Ready to Assign, budget history and burndown • Scan receipts with line items • Import bank files (OFX, QFX, QIF); transfers stay out of your totals • Subscriptions with trial reminders, bills calendar, savings goals • Budget alerts, Hide Amounts and Month in Review REPORTS HUB Spending trends, cash-flow forecast, merchant insights, tax report and reimbursements. PDFs Read, mark up, fill forms, reorder pages, listen aloud, and ask questions about any PDF. LABS Switch on extras in Settings: priority matrix, duplicate day, note map, net worth, debt payoff and product prices. EVERYWHERE YOU WORK • A real Mac app with menus, multiple windows, an inspector and Handoff • Apple Watch app for quick tasks, expenses and moods • DayCast on the web, unlocked with your own passphrase • Email things in, or save pages into a notebook with the web clipper • Widgets, Control Center controls including Quick Note, Live Activities and Siri SHARE WHEN YOU WANT Share a note or a journal with other iCloud users and comment together. Only the people you invite can read them. PRIVACY FIRST • No DayCast account, no ads, no tracking • Your data is encrypted on your devices before it syncs; Apple only stores ciphertext • iCloud sync is optional; DayCast works fully offline • Face ID or passcode lock ON-DEVICE AI Summaries, proofreading, translation, journal reflections, a spending coach and Ask DayCast run on your device with Apple Intelligence. Ask DayCast can also use Private Cloud Compute, only if you turn it on. PREMIUM DayCast is free to use. Premium unlocks Apple Card and Wallet import, the AI tools, Reports Hub, advanced PDF tools, extra journals, unlimited budgets and goals, custom repeats and more. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web app. Monthly or yearly, with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jcmobileappstudio.com/apps/daycast/privacy Website: https://jcmobileappstudio.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DayCast at every 5 days against Kairova's every 3 weeks. DayCast also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Kairova's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Kairova sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and DayCast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Kairova against 5.0 for DayCast. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Kairova ships an update every 3 weeks, DayCast every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Kairova | DayCast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eduardo Castillo | JC Mobile App Studio LLC |
Customer experience
Kairova
DayCast
In-app purchases
Kairova
- Kairova Pro$4.991 Month
- Kairova Ultra$9.991 Month
- Kairova Pro Annual$49.991 Year
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- Kairova Ultra Annual$99.991 Year
DayCast
- DayCast Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- DayCast Premium Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year









