DayBox vs Thalam

DayBox turns a chaotic to-do list into a clear daily plan you can actually finish. Drag tasks onto a visual timeline around your real calendar, protect time for deep work, focus one block at a time, and end the day knowing what you got done. NEW IN 1.2 - Made for iPhone Duo and iPad: on the big screen, your timeline and Inbox sit side by side — drag tasks straight onto your day. - Desk Mode on iPhone Duo: prop it up mid-block and the timer sits on the top half, every control on the bottom, and the screen stays on until the block ends. - Visual Countdown: a color disk that shrinks as time runs out, so you can see how long you have at a glance. - Wrap-Up Heads-Up: a nudge 5 minutes before a block ends. THE DAYBOX METHOD - 5 STEPS, EVERY DAY 1. Capture tasks into your Inbox 2. Pick your Big 3 priorities for the day 3. Drag tasks onto your daily timeline 4. Start a focus timer for each block 5. Review your wins at the end of the day That's it. Simple enough to actually stick with. PLAN YOUR DAY - Visual daily timeline with drag-and-drop time blocks - Big 3 priorities - anchor your day to what matters most - Calendar integration - see events beside your blocks, with optional two-way Apple Calendar sync - Natural language input - type "Meeting 2pm 30min #work" - Recurring tasks and day templates for your routines - Checklists inside every task - Tags to organize by project or life area - A warning before you overcommit your day - Siri & Shortcuts - add tasks hands-free FOCUS DEEPLY - A focus timer for every block - classic ring or the new Visual Countdown - Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Your task's checklist right on the focus screen - Ambient sounds: rain, forest, ocean waves, coffee shop, fireplace, white noise - Pomodoro mode with automatic breaks - Log interruptions without losing your place - Apple Watch app and Home Screen widgets FOCUS-FRIENDLY BY DESIGN Built with ADHD and visual thinkers in mind: - Visual Timeline colors your blocks by tag - Gentle Reminders swap pressure for kind wording - Visual Countdown shows time left as a shrinking disk - Wrap-Up Heads-Up, so a block never ends by surprise REFLECT & GROW - Planned vs. actual focus, tasks done, and Big 3 progress - Weekly review with charts and trends - Streaks for planning, Big 3, and focus - 20 achievement badges - Share your day as a summary card DAYBOX PRO - AI daily planning around your real calendar - always previewed, never auto-applied (try an AI-planned day free) - Adaptive replanning when your day changes - AI time estimates for your tasks - Time Insights: where your time goes by tag, and your best focus hours - CSV time-log export for invoicing and timesheets Choose monthly, yearly (free trial available), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://culi.app/apps/daybox/privacy-policy

Thalam helps you plan your day in time blocks, track what you actually do, and see the gap between intention and reality. PLAN YOUR DAY Build a realistic schedule using time blocks. Assign tasks to specific windows so you always know what you should be working on. Mark blocks as important to get reminder ladders before they start. TRACK YOUR REALITY Tap any task to start the timer. Thalam records exactly when you worked and for how long — not what you planned, but what actually happened. Pause mid-session and switch to something urgent without losing your progress. Up to three tasks can sit paused while you handle interruptions. SEE THE DIFFERENCE The Actuals view lays every tracked session across a timeline, day by day. Compare what you planned against what you did. Identify which hours of the day are actually productive and which ones slip away. FRICTION SIGNALS After a few weeks of tracking planned blocks, Thalam surfaces estimation bias by category. If you consistently plan 1 hour for Coding but it always takes 1 hour 40 minutes, Friction Signals shows you — so you can plan honestly next time. DAILY REFLECTION A gentle evening prompt asks how the day went: on track, underestimated, interrupted, or deliberately changed? Add a note and set tomorrow's top priority. Over time, patterns emerge in the Stats tab. LIVE ACTIVITY & DYNAMIC ISLAND Your active timer appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — task name, elapsed time, and a live progress ring. Glance at your phone without unlocking it. TODOS Capture one-off tasks alongside reusable tasks. Todos leave your list the moment you mark them complete. Free users get five ongoing todos; Pro unlocks unlimited. IDEAS Capture fleeting thoughts without breaking your flow. Ideas stay in their own space, separate from tasks, until you are ready to act on them. EXPENSES Log spending by category and set a monthly budget. The Stats tab shows your burn rate at a glance — how much is left, how much is gone, and where it went. THALAM PRO One-time purchase. No subscription. Pro unlocks unlimited tasks, todos, and categories; full Stats history (Week, Month, Quarter); and all future Pro features. Your data lives in your private iCloud container. No server, no account, no analytics.