Comparison

Peek vs DayTimer

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

Head to head
About

Peek

See your upcoming calendar events and reminders instantly on your iPhone's Lock Screen or Dynamic Island. This productivity tool unifies your schedule, offering live countdowns and quick editing. Rediscover past moments with the "On This Day" feature and personalize your experience with custom themes.

Highlights
  • Live Activity on Lock Screen & Dynamic Island
  • Unified calendar and reminders view
  • Keyword search for events and reminders
  • "On This Day" feature for past events
  • Customizable themes
  • Quick event editing
Features
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"What's next?" - That question disappears. Peek is a productivity app that unifies your calendar events and reminders on iPhone. Glance at your Live Activity on the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island, and know what's coming — without opening any app. [Live Activity on Lock Screen & Dynamic Island] Your next event appears on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with a live countdown. "Team Standup in 23 min" updates every minute so you always know what's coming. [Calendar + Reminders United] Manage calendars alongside your reminders in one unified view. No more switching between apps. [Home Screen & Lock Screen Widgets] Analog clocks (classic, roman, arabic), calendar views with a heatmap of busy days, a photo widget, memo, D-Day counter, and more. Browse your month at a glance right from your Home Screen. [Landscape Layout] Rotate your iPhone to landscape and Peek automatically switches to a side-by-side layout that makes full use of the wider screen. See today's events and upcoming schedule together at a glance. [Pin & Drag-and-Drop] Pin important events to the top so they never get lost. Drag and drop events and reminders onto another date to reschedule them instantly. [Search] Quickly find past and upcoming events and reminders by keyword. Results are grouped by date so you can instantly locate what you need. [On This Day] Look back at what happened on the same day in previous years. Revisit past events and reminders to rediscover forgotten memories. [Various Themes] Choose from a variety of built-in themes, or create your own custom theme. Mix colors, gradients, and styles to express your unique personality. [Quick Event Editing] Edit events and reminders directly in the app. Change titles, times, and notes in a familiar Calendar-style editor. All changes are saved automatically. Privacy: All data stays on your device.

About

DayTimer

This app provides a minimal and calm way to structure your day with timed blocks and breaks. It allows for on-the-fly adjustments to your schedule, ensuring you can adapt to interruptions without falling behind. Save common schedules as templates for easy reuse.

Highlights
  • Timed task blocks
  • Automatic schedule re-flow
  • On-the-fly task insertion
  • Task rearrangement
  • Reusable day templates
  • Scheduled day loading
Features
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DayTimer is a calm, minimal way to add structure to your day. Structure your day into simple timed blocks and breaks, then let it run - no logins, no ads, no cloud, no busy dashboards, no subscriptions. TIME MARCHES FORWARD With DayTimer, you can rearrange your tasks, adjust them, and reset them, but you cannot pause and snooze the day away. When a task runs long, or life interrupts, you can adapt your plan and keep going, instead of falling "behind" a schedule that no longer exists! A FOCUSED TIMER - Your current time block sits front and center, showing you your task and time remaining - One top to adjust, insert a break, or rearrange - No extra content, no busy screen! BUILT TO ADAPT - Task running too long or too short? Change it's length, everything else re-flows automatically. - Life is interrupting or adhoc tasks came up? Insert a task on the fly - Priorities change? Rearrange the blocks remaining in your day - You got pulled away and the day escaped you? Click a block and restart from there TEMPLATIZE - Save your standard days into reusable templates - Start a template on a tap - For predictable weekdays, set scheduled days and let them load automatically DayTimer is a free app that started as a passion project. The core functionality is all free, a one-time supporter unlock gives you a few themes and unlimited templates. Plan intentionally, adapt gracefully, keep moving.

Screenshots

Peek4 screens
DayTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: DayTimer at 3 against Peek's 1. DayTimer also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Peek sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DayTimer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Peek against 5.0 for DayTimer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Peek ships an update every 4 days, DayTimer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Peek versus DayTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeekDayTimer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerdasol kimRajai Baboun

Customer experience

Peek

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

DayTimer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Peek

One-time1
  • Timi Premium$2.99
4 purchases

DayTimer

One-time4
  • A Little Boost!$0.99
  • DayTimer Supporter$1.99
  • Buy me a coffee$3.99
Show 1 more
  • Lunch Tip!$5.99

Questions

Is Peek free?
Peek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayTimer free?
DayTimer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Peek or DayTimer?
Peek and DayTimer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Peek or DayTimer have ads?
Neither Peek nor DayTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Peek or DayTimer?
Peek ships an update every 4 days, and DayTimer weekly. Most recently, Peek was updated on October 9, 2026 and DayTimer on September 29, 2026.

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