Comparison

Disty vs Ascend

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

Head to head
About

Disty

Features
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Effortless Project Tracking and Time Management. Disty is the high-performance time tracker designed for students and freelancers who need to log project hours with precision. Whether you are managing university assignments or freelance client work, Disty provides a minimalist, local-first experience to master your weekly goals. Key Features: - Visual Progress: See your weekly completion at a glance with our Bento Grid dashboard. - Instant Reports: Export your logs to CSV for professors or clients in seconds. - Privacy First: Built on SQLite. Your data stays offline and secure on your device. - Organized Workspaces: Use color-coded categories for different subjects or projects.

About

Ascend

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Ascend lives directly on your Apple Reminders and Calendar โ€” four honest lanes, one mountain. No new database, no import, no account โ€” your tasks ARE your reminders, your events ARE your calendar, and everything syncs the way it already does. NOW โ€” One rail for the whole day: events, due tasks, and due notes in order, with a line where you stand. Complete, triage, or edit anything in place. TASKS โ€” Four honest lanes as a living list: Execute, Next, Waiting, Someday. Drag a task between lanes and Ascend rewrites the real reminder โ€” priority and due date included. DAYS โ€” A time grid that respects your hands: tap an empty slot to create, press and hold to move or resize blocks โ€” snapped to 15 minutes, across days. Tasks move too. THE CLIMB โ€” Your last 30 days drawn as an ascent. Every completion climbs 10 m. Start a Climb for any project and watch the route ahead reach for its summit. TWO MARKS, EVERYWHERE โ€” North Star pins the few things that matter above everything, on every device. Flag punches a row orange without hijacking your order. ON THE WRIST โ€” The watch is a tool, not a viewer: open and edit tasks and events from the face, dictate titles, star, flag, complete, or delete. The Now Timeline complication draws your next hours as an hour grid in your calendars' real colors โ€” the mountain waits at base camp all morning and stands at the summit until midnight. The North Stars complication keeps the few that matter one glance away. NOTES โ€” Markdown notes with checklists, folders, due dates, and links โ€” synced privately through your iCloud. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE โ€” No servers. No accounts. No analytics. Ascend makes no network connections of its own; Apple's Reminders, Calendar, and iCloud are the database

Screenshots

Disty4 screens
Ascend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Disty at 15.1 against Ascend's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Disty versus Ascend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDistyAscend
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size34 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAaron Santana ValdelomarGabriel Boisvert

In-app purchases

None

Disty

No in-app purchases

None

Ascend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Disty free?
Disty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ascend free?
Ascend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Disty or Ascend have ads?
Neither Disty nor Ascend shows ads.

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