Comparison

Year Progress Diary vs Carrus

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

Head to head
About

Year Progress Diary

Visualize your daily habits and time with a minimalist dot grid. Track your progress, maintain streaks, and stay intentional with a distraction-free digital planner. Perfect for mindfulness and goal tracking.

Highlights
  • Visual habit tracking
  • Minimalist daily planner
  • Streak motivation
  • Year in pixels logging
  • Custom reminders
  • Privacy-focused, no account needed
Features
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See your year, one day at a time. 365 Dots turns the year into a simple grid. Add a note, mood, category, and score to a day, then watch the year take shape. • Year at a glance — See days passed, days ahead, and your progress through the year. • Daily check-ins — Capture a thought, mood, or category in a few taps. • Life in weeks — Zoom out to a grid of weeks for a broader view of time. • Week and month views — Revisit entries, events, and streaks. • Yearly insights — Look back on your logging patterns, moods, categories, and meaningful days. • Reminders and widget — Set an optional check-in reminder and keep your progress close with a Home Screen widget. • Personalize — Choose a theme, search past entries, and export your data. Some themes and features may require an optional subscription. Check the app for current plan details. Make each dot count. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vS7CIsms1Gq-7mHP7Z-Cw6_0xqL9Ptd-cc4M6HlYRsQ/edit?usp=sharing

About

Carrus

This app helps you manage car and motorbike maintenance with service reminders, AI-powered diagnostics, and cost tracking. It can scan receipts to log services automatically and store important documents like registration and insurance.

Highlights
  • Service reminders (time & mileage)
  • AI mechanic for diagnostics
  • Receipt scanning for automatic logging
  • Fuel cost tracking
  • Document storage (registration, insurance)
  • Vehicle-specific schedules (cars & motorbikes)
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Carrus keeps every car and motorbike you own running right — and tells you what's wrong when something feels off. Log a service in seconds. Get reminded before the next one is due, by mileage AND time. Scan a paper receipt and watch it fill itself in. And when your vehicle makes a noise you don't recognise, or a shop hands you a quote, ask Carson. WHAT'S DUE, BEFORE IT'S LATE Carrus tracks every interval two ways — distance and time — because a car that barely moves still needs servicing. Your garage shows one glance per vehicle: all good, due soon, or overdue. SCAN A RECEIPT, SKIP THE TYPING Photograph a service receipt and Carrus reads the tasks, the date, the cost and the mileage, then fills the log in for you. Tracking only works if logging is easier than not logging. CARSON, THE AI MECHANIC WHO KNOWS YOUR CAR Describe a symptom in plain words — a grinding noise when braking, a warning light, a smell — and get the most likely causes, what to check first, and how urgent it is. Ask what a repair should cost where you live, or whether the quote in your hand is fair. Ask which oil to use, whether a used model is reliable, or when you last rotated the tires — Carson knows your service history, what's due and your fuel numbers. When one detail would change the answer, it asks once and gives you options to tap. It can log a fill-up or add a task for you, too. Carson is there to tell you what you're walking into, not to replace your mechanic. MOTORBIKES, WITH THE RIGHT SCHEDULE Add a bike and Carrus builds a schedule for it: chain, valve clearance and fork oil instead of car tasks. Pick your type — standard, cruiser, touring, adventure, dirt or scooter — and it adjusts. FUEL AND RUNNING COSTS Log fill-ups with cost, drag the gauge to set your level, and let the tank follow your odometer. See what each vehicle costs you by month, and your real cost per mile or kilometre. 44 currencies. GLOVEBOX Scan registration, insurance and licence documents into sharp PDFs and keep them with each vehicle. Get reminded 30, 7 and 1 day before anything expires. Scans stay on your phone and in your own iCloud; Carrus never receives them, and only the title and expiry date sync. A RECORD WORTH SOMETHING AT RESALE Export the full service history as a PDF. "I looked after it" is worth more with dates, mileages and costs attached. HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT KNOWS Where Carrus has real manufacturer intervals for your model year, it uses them and says so. Where it doesn't, it falls back to a sensible schedule for your vehicle category — and labels that too, rather than passing an estimate off as your factory schedule. Motorbike schedules are currently standard estimates. WORKS OFFLINE Your garage is on your phone. Log a service in an underground car park and it syncs when you're back. PLANS Free covers one vehicle with the core tracking and a taste of Carson. Lite adds unlimited vehicles, custom tasks and PDF export — as a subscription or a one-time purchase. Premium adds the full Carson allowance and receipt scanning, with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan. Lite Lifetime owners get their own Premium price. Carrus is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by any vehicle manufacturer. Maintenance intervals are based on publicly available guidelines. Always consult your owner's manual for official recommendations. Carrus is available in English and Spanish. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • Your records live on your device first. Sign in to sync across phones. • We never sell your data. • Carson messages and receipt photos go to OpenAI only to be processed — never stored on our servers, never used to train AI. • Full export and account deletion any time in Settings. QUESTIONS? Email hello@carrus.app — we read every message. LEGAL Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Service terms: https://carrus.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://carrus.app/privacy

Screenshots

Year Progress Diary4 screens
Carrus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Year Progress Diary at 5.0 against Carrus's 1.0. Year Progress Diary also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Carrus's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Year Progress Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Carrus sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Year Progress Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Year Progress Diary ships an update every 2 months, Carrus weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Year Progress Diary versus Carrus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYear Progress DiaryCarrus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFenuku KekeliAbdulrahman Mohamed

Customer experience

Year Progress Diary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Carrus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Year Progress Diary

Subscriptions2
  • All Access for a week7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • All Access for a year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • All Access for Lifetime$59.99
7 purchases

Carrus

Subscriptions6
  • Carrus Lite Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly (Lite owner)$2.991 Month
  • Carrus Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
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  • Carrus Lite Yearly$7.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly (Lite owner)$19.991 Year
  • Carrus Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Carrus Lite Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Year Progress Diary free?
Year Progress Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Carrus free?
Carrus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Year Progress Diary or Carrus?
Year Progress Diary is rated higher. Year Progress Diary averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Carrus averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Year Progress Diary or Carrus have ads?
Neither Year Progress Diary nor Carrus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Year Progress Diary or Carrus?
Year Progress Diary ships an update every 2 months, and Carrus weekly. Most recently, Year Progress Diary was updated on October 31, 2026 and Carrus on November 5, 2026.

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