Comparison

DayMarked vs Trash Days

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

Head to head
About

DayMarked

This app helps you track the number of days until or since important events. It offers a clean, distraction-free interface for simple event logging and displays countdowns via home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Track days until or since events
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Simple event logging
  • Minimalist design
Features
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Life is made of moments worth counting. DayMarked is a lightweight, distraction-free day counter that tells you exactly how many days until — or since — any event that matters to you. No clutter. No subscriptions. No ads. Just clean, logical tracking that answers the one question you actually care about: how many days? Simple by design. Add an event, pick a date, and DayMarked does the rest. Whether you're counting down to a wedding, a trip, or a deadline — or counting up from a milestone — the logic is instant and the interface stays out of your way. Widgets built in. Place a DayMarked widget on your Home Screen or Lock Screen and see your countdown at a glance, without ever opening the app. Available in multiple sizes to fit your setup. Minimal footprint, maximum clarity. DayMarked is purposefully small — fast to launch, easy to navigate, and designed to do one thing exceptionally well.

About

Trash Days

Features
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Trash Days helps you remember which bins go out and when. Set up trash, recycling, yard-waste, compost, bulk, and glass schedules, then use local reminders so the right bin is ready before pickup. The app keeps your next pickup easy to scan and your household schedule simple to maintain. What Trash Days does: - Tracks trash, recycling, yard waste, compost, bulk, and glass bins - Supports weekly, biweekly, every-three-week, and monthly pickup schedules - Shows the next upcoming pickup on an animated home-screen card - Curbside Readiness turns the next pickup group into a tonight checklist with cart spacing, holiday-shift alerts, recycling contamination reminders, bulk-item cautions, and shareable prep notes - Sends local night-before or morning-of reminders when enabled - Includes a searchable offline recycling guide for common household items - Supports one-time holiday pickup shifts that reschedule reminders and clear after pickup - Shows a pickup calendar, household stats, and logged pickup streaks - Works on iPhone and iPad Privacy is simple: no account, no ads, no analytics SDKs, no cross-app tracking, no location access, and no developer server. Schedules, reminders, pickup logs, and guide searches stay on your device. Trash Days is a household planning aid. Local sanitation rules vary by city and hauler, so always follow your municipality's official rules for accepted materials, cart placement, bulky items, and holiday service.

Screenshots

DayMarked4 screens
Trash Days4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DayMarked at Free against Trash Days's $0.99. Trash Days's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

DayMarked is free to download; Trash Days costs $0.99 up front. DayMarked sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trash Days asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
DayMarked versus Trash Days: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayMarkedTrash Days
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIvan LauRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DayMarked

One-time1
  • DayMarked Plus$0.99
None

Trash Days

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DayMarked free?
DayMarked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trash Days free?
Trash Days costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do DayMarked or Trash Days have ads?
Neither DayMarked nor Trash Days shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DayMarked or Trash Days?
DayMarked ships an update weekly, and Trash Days weekly. Most recently, DayMarked was updated on October 21, 2026 and Trash Days on October 28, 2026.

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