Comparison

Departd vs smalltype

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

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Departd

Features
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Get out the door on time, to everything on your calendar. Departd works out when you need to wake up, then keeps you on time all day. It reads your calendar, times the drive with live traffic, and checks the weather to tell you when to wake, when to get ready, and when to leave for your first event. With Pro, it re-checks the drive overnight, as often as iOS allows, and can move your alarm earlier if traffic gets worse, and you get a leave-by alert for every event you travel to after the first. No math. No guessing. YOUR WHOLE DAY, ON TIME โ€ข Wakes you when you need it โ€” a reliable alarm built on iOS 26's AlarmKit that rings through silent mode. Open Departd once in the evening so it can set tomorrow's alarm. If your wake-up time falls in or after the hour you say you're usually awake by, no alarm is set. โ€ข Leave on time โ€” a leave-by for your first event, free. With Pro, one for every event you travel to after it. โ€ข Traffic-adjusted โ€” the drive is timed with live traffic. With Pro, it's re-checked overnight, as often as iOS allows. โ€ข Weather-aware โ€” rain, snow, and severe conditions add buffer automatically. Free for everyone. โ€ข Flight-smart โ€” TSA and terminal buffers for travel days. โ€ข A full-day timeline โ€” every event in order, with any gap of 30 minutes to 2 hours between them shown as a free window. โ€ข Explains itself โ€” see exactly why your wake and leave times were chosen, in the app or by asking Siri "Why this time with Departd?" โ€ข Live Activity + Dynamic Island โ€” your next departure, one glance away. WHY DEPARTD Most alarms ring at the same time every day, and most planners have no idea how long it takes to get anywhere. Departd does both: it wakes you AND gets you out the door on time โ€” for the meeting across town, the school run, the airport. You never have to set the alarm time. Your calendar is your plan. FOR ANYONE WHO โ€ข Wonders "is 15 minutes enough for traffic?" โ€ข Is always running a few minutes late to everything. โ€ข Travels for work and wants airport runs with security and terminal time built in. โ€ข Has ever been late to something that mattered. PRIVACY FIRST Your calendar is read on your iPhone and is never uploaded to us โ€” there's no account and no Departd server. The alarm, calendar and maps run on Apple's own frameworks: AlarmKit, EventKit and MapKit. To time a trip, the event's address goes to Apple Maps. Weather comes from Apple Weather; if Apple Weather can't be reached, Departd can ask OpenWeatherMap instead. SUBSCRIPTION Departd Pro adds: โ€ข Overnight Traffic Watcher โ€” re-checks traffic and weather through the night, as often as iOS allows. โ€ข Departures All Day โ€” a leave-by alert for every event you travel to, not just the first. โ€ข Conflict Advisor โ€” tells you what to move when two events can't both be reached. โ€ข Checklist Prep Time โ€” let your getting-ready checklist set your prep time, and have your alarm use a prep time you set for an event at home. โ€ข AI Prep Tips โ€” on-device suggestions for tomorrow's first event, on iPhones with Apple Intelligence. The all-day Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island is included for everyone, free. Monthly or annual. Cancel anytime in Settings. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Manage in Settings โ†’ Apple ID โ†’ Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://chrisradtke0.github.io/smartalarm-legal/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://chrisradtke0.github.io/smartalarm-legal/privacy-policy.html Requires iOS 26 or later. Calendar access is required. Alarm access, notifications and location are optional: without alarm access, Departd wakes you with a notification instead (if notifications are allowed), which can't ring through silent mode.

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smalltype

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Short notes, many times a day, saved as plain .md files in real folders. Open the same folder on your Mac in VS Code, Vim, or any editor. Calm, minimal, and ready for iPhone Duo. smalltype is for your notes. The small ones, the quick ones, the big ones, the unpolished ones. It's a fast, quiet place to type. ## Start No tutorial, no setup screen. Tap New Note and start typing. Leave one empty and it quietly disappears, so you never end up with a pile of blank untitled notes. That's the whole app. ## Yours Every note is a real .md file, sitting right there in the Files app. You can open it, copy it, or back it up yourself, anytime. Delete one and it still goes to Recently Deleted, same as any other file: nothing's gone for good. ## Sync or Don't Keep notes in iCloud Drive to have them on every device. Or keep them On My iPhone, fully local, never leaving your device. Either way, you can switch anytime. ## Visible Markdown Markdown markers stay gently visible as you type. What you see is exactly what's in the file. A bar above the keyboard types the markers for you, with undo and redo a tap away. ## Organize Folders, search, and quick note-making, all from one screen. Nothing to set up first. Put "daily" in a folder's name and new notes inside it get today's date as their name. ## No Catch No ads. No subscription. No tracking. No account, ever. Markdown notes. Yours to keep.

Screenshots

Departd3 screens
smalltype4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: smalltype at none against Departd's 2. Departd's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Departd sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. smalltype asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Departd ships an update every 2 days, smalltype every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Departd versus smalltype: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDepartdsmalltype
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days โ€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size27 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher RadtkeHerman Haidin

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Departd

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Departd Pro (Annual)$34.991 Year
None

smalltype

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Departd free?
Departd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is smalltype free?
smalltype is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Departd or smalltype have ads?
Neither Departd nor smalltype shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Departd or smalltype?
Departd ships an update every 2 days, and smalltype every 5 days. Most recently, Departd was updated on November 5, 2026 and smalltype on November 6, 2026.

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