Comparison

Circa vs DD

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

Head to head
About

Circa

Build a calmer bedtime routine and understand your sleep patterns with private insights from Apple Health. Plan daily habits, reduce digital distractions before bed, and track sleep trends securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily routines
  • Digital distraction blocking
  • Private sleep insights
  • Circadian schedule visualization
  • Product discovery for sleep
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Build a calmer bedtime routine and understand the patterns behind your sleep. Circa combines a practical circadian schedule with private sleep insights from Apple Health. Plan the habits that shape your day, reduce digital distractions before bed, and follow your sleep trends without sending sensitive health data to external servers. YOUR DAILY RHYTHM • Create a personalized wake-up, morning light, meal, wind-down, and bedtime routine • See your current phase and what comes next at a glance • Receive optional reminders and Live Activities at the right time PROTECT YOUR WIND-DOWN • Choose distracting apps, categories, or websites with Screen Time • Apply optional boundaries during wind-down and after waking • Keep your selections private through Apple’s Family Controls framework PRIVATE SLEEP INSIGHTS • Turn sleep records stored in Apple Health into clear duration and bedtime trends • Follow resting heart-rate patterns from a compatible wearable • Explore interactive weekly and monthly charts CALMER DISCOVERY • Browse a focused collection of products for darkness, noise, comfort, and waking • Open product pages securely in an in-app Safari view • Affiliate links are clearly disclosed and never affect your price PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your Apple Health values and Screen Time selections are processed on your device. They are never sent to Mixpanel, Amazon, or advertising platforms. Circa uses limited analytics only when a Discover product link is opened. Circa is a general wellbeing tool and is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. Privacy Policy URL: https://studiojb.app/privacy/circa Terms of Use URL: https://studiojb.app/terms/circa

About

DD

A private wellness companion for veterans managing PTSD and using cannabis. It offers daily symptom tracking, cannabis session logging, and evidence-based coping tools. All data stays on your device, with no accounts or ads.

Highlights
  • Daily PTSD symptom check-ins
  • Cannabis session logging
  • Personalized insights and charts
  • Evidence-based coping tools
  • Tolerance break tracker
  • Direct access to Veterans Crisis Line
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DD420 is a private wellness companion for veterans managing PTSD who also use cannabis for symptom relief. No judgment. No politics. Just tools. Your data never leaves your device. No accounts. No ads. No one is watching. DAILY CHECK-IN Track your PTSD symptoms using the same four clusters the VA uses — Intrusion, Avoidance, Mood & Thinking, and Alertness — in a guided, one-step-at-a-time flow built to feel less overwhelming. Rate each area honestly, log your mood and sleep, and note what triggered you. Takes less than two minutes, and your progress saves automatically if you get interrupted. Over time, your check-ins build a picture of how you're actually doing — not how you think you're doing. CANNABIS SESSION LOG Log each session with strain, method, THC and CBD content, timing, and — most importantly — why you used it and whether it helped. Select from 12 veteran-specific conditions including PTSD symptoms, chronic pain, sleep and insomnia, nightmares, anxiety, hyperarousal, and more. Each condition has its own curated list of effects to track. You'll start to see which strains, methods, and dosages actually move the needle for your specific symptoms. INSIGHTS Charts built from your own data. See your symptom severity trend over time, which PTSD clusters affect you most, how sleep quality relates to your symptom scores, how cannabis use correlates with next-day symptoms, and which conditions you use most. The more you log, the clearer the patterns become. COPING TOOLS Evidence-based tools organized by what you need right now. Breathing exercises, grounding techniques, progressive muscle relaxation, sleep visualization, and urge surfing — available any time, no subscription required. TOLERANCE BREAK TRACKER Set a break goal, track your progress day by day, and get coping prompts for cravings. Includes plain-language education on what tolerance is and what to expect during a break. 100% FREE Every feature in DD420 is free. Always. No subscriptions, no locked features, no paywalls. If you want to support development, an optional one-time tip ("Buy Me a Bag") is available in Settings — never required. BUILT FOR VETERANS Veterans Crisis Line: 988, press 1 — call or text directly from the app, one tap, any time. Chat: veteranscrisisline.net DD420 is not affiliated with the VA or DoD. It is not a medical app and does not diagnose or treat any condition. All data is stored on your device only.

Screenshots

Circa4 screens
DD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Circa at none against DD's 3. DD's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. DD sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Circa asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Circa against 5.0 for DD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DD has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Circa ships an update every 3 weeks, DD every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Circa versus DD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCircaDD
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings214 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB20 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developerjean-baptiste delcrosShawn Wright

Customer experience

Circa

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DD

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Circa

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

DD

One-time3
  • Coffee Tip$2.99
  • Lunch Tip$4.99
  • Hero Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Circa free?
Circa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DD free?
DD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Circa or DD?
Circa and DD are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 14 ratings respectively.
Do Circa or DD have ads?
Neither Circa nor DD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Circa or DD?
Circa ships an update every 3 weeks, and DD every 4 days. Most recently, Circa was updated on October 17, 2026 and DD on November 1, 2026.

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