Comparison

DayPilot vs DahongMemo

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

Head to head
About

DayPilot

This app integrates an AI assistant with a calendar, task manager, notes, journals, habits, and focus timers. Organize your schedule, break down tasks, capture ideas, and reflect on your day or week. AI can help with planning and organization through conversation.

Highlights
  • AI-powered task breakdown
  • Integrated calendar with reminders
  • Note-taking with rich media
  • Daily and weekly journaling
  • Habit tracking and goal setting
  • Focus timers (Pomodoro, stopwatch)
  • Countdown timers for events
Features
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DayPilot brings together an AI assistant, calendar, tasks, countdowns, notes, journals, habits, and focus timers. Plan your time, work through tasks, capture daily life, and reflect on your week in one app. Or ask AI to help you organize and plan through conversation. APP FEATURES Calendar and schedules See your plans in day, week, and month views. Set recurring events and advance reminders, and mark events complete. Build Ebbinghaus spaced review plans, preview review dates, and track progress to find your study rhythm. Tasks Capture tasks, set due dates, and prioritize by importance and urgency. Let AI break complex tasks into manageable steps and turn rough ideas into action. Countdowns and anniversaries Track birthdays, anniversaries, and target dates with days remaining, recurring dates, and advance reminders. Prepare gifts, plan trips, and work toward milestones. Notes Collect ideas, study materials, and everyday moments with rich text, Markdown, images, voice recordings, and video. Organize and find notes with categories, tags, and search. Keep personal notes private with verification required to access them. Daily and weekly journals Record experiences, feelings, and lessons learned. Look back at the day's events, tasks, and focus records to guide your reflections. Ask AI to turn a week's entries into a weekly journal of key experiences, insights, and reflections. Habits Set goals, schedules, and reminders for reading, exercise, vocabulary practice, and more. Log check-ins and follow completion, streaks, and past activity to build lasting habits at your own pace. Focus timers Choose Pomodoro, countdown, or stopwatch modes for work, study, and practice. Start a session from an event, task, or habit. Review session history and time statistics, or log past focus sessions. AI EXAMPLE REQUESTS Say what you need, and let AI help you create, find, and organize: Schedules: "Schedule a workout every Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 8 PM. Set an alarm 15 minutes before and tell me if it conflicts with an existing event." Task breakdown: "Turn 'prepare for a weekend trip' into a checklist." Countdowns: "My mom's birthday is May 20. Create a birthday countdown and remind me one day before every year." Note search: "Find the notes about home renovations that I saved a long time ago." Weekly journals: "Turn this week's journal entries into a weekly journal with key experiences, lessons learned, and reflections." Habits: "Create a daily reading habit and remind me at 9 PM. I've also practiced vocabulary today; check that habit off." Focus: "Summarize my focus records this week. Then start an English intensive reading focus session." Daily overview: "Show today's events, unfinished tasks, and habits I still need to check in on." APP HIGHLIGHTS - Reliable, efficient AI: say what you need and let it organize the details, without lengthy forms. - A calm, comfortable interface with no ads, pop-ups, or unwanted interruptions, and thoughtful controls. - Clear features you can use right away, without the learning curve of other apps. - A small download, very low memory use, and fast performance. - A wide range of widgets to handle tasks efficiently without opening the app. - Seven tools in one: calendar, notes, journals, habits, tasks, focus, and countdowns. No need for seven separate apps. - The free version includes most features that similar apps charge for, with a more affordable paid version too. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND TERMS Membership subscriptions are available through App Store in-app purchases. Manage or cancel automatic renewal in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://daypilot.meita.app/en/privacy

About

DahongMemo

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Write down a thought and find it when you need it. DahongMemo keeps notes simple, with folders, tags, and search across your memo text, folders, and tags. No separate account, ads, or third-party tracking. Your memos stay on your device by default. WRITE WITHOUT THE SETUP • Start with one flexible memo body—no title required • Keep a draft safe while you choose a folder and multiple tags • Read, edit, favorite, and move memos; undo accidental deletions FIND WHAT YOU SAVED • Search memo text, folders, and tags together • Narrow results with folder and tag filters • Return to your search context after opening a result • Revisit favorites and recent memos from Home MAKE THE SPACE YOURS • Organize with the default folder and your own folders • Lock folders with device authentication • Create and manage colored tags • Choose Dahong, Peach, Sky, or Lavender in Light, Dark, or System appearance • Cycle through favorite memos in Medium and Large Home Screen widgets ON YOUR DEVICE, WITH OPTIONAL iCloud SYNC Your memos are stored on your device by default. If you choose to enable iCloud, your memos, folders, tags, and favorites can sync through your private iCloud account. The developer does not operate a memo server. Keep up to 50 memos for free. An optional one-time purchase removes this limit. Existing memos, editing, search, folders, tags, themes, widgets, and iCloud remain available without purchase.

Screenshots

DayPilot4 screens
DahongMemo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: DayPilot at 15.0 against DahongMemo's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. DayPilot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and DahongMemo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DayPilot ships an update weekly, DahongMemo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
DayPilot versus DahongMemo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayPilotDahongMemo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHangzhou Meita Technology Co., Ltd.YoungWon Studio

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DayPilot

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Membership$4.991 Month
  • 季度会员$4.993 Months
  • Annual Membership$34.991 Year
1 purchases

DahongMemo

One-time1
  • Unlimited Memos$1.99

Questions

Is DayPilot free?
DayPilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DahongMemo free?
DahongMemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DayPilot or DahongMemo have ads?
Neither DayPilot nor DahongMemo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DayPilot or DahongMemo?
DayPilot ships an update weekly, and DahongMemo every 2 weeks. Most recently, DayPilot was updated on November 13, 2026 and DahongMemo on November 6, 2026.

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