Comparison

Chip vs Holidaily

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

Head to head
About

Chip

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Chip is the to-do app for people who hate to-do apps. One task at a time, right on your lock screen, with distracting apps blocked until it's done. No projects. No tags. No inbox to process. No methodology to learn. Type the one thing you want to do, and start. When it's done, mark it done. That's the whole app. Chip puts your active task โ€” your chip โ€” on your lock screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on home-screen widgets, where you'll actually see it. Focus Mode quietly hides the apps that would pull you away. When you finish, the next chip in your queue takes its place automatically. No reorganizing. No weekly review. No tax for using the tool. WHY THIS WORKS The hardest part of most to-do list and task manager apps isn't doing the work โ€” it's maintaining the app. Tagging, sorting, re-prioritizing, processing the inbox, keeping the system "current." That overhead is invisible until you've spent twenty minutes managing your task manager and not done a single task. Chip removes the overhead entirely. There's nothing to maintain because there's nothing to organize. One chip is active. Up to ten can queue behind it. Five routines, five scheduled reminders โ€” caps on purpose. The structure is small so you don't end up curating it instead of using it. WHAT'S INSIDE โ€ข One chip on your lock screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on home-screen widgets โ€ข Focus Mode โ€” an app blocker that hides distracting apps while a chip is active โ€ข Routines โ€” recurring tasks that put a chip on your lock screen at the times you choose โ€ข Scheduled chips โ€” one-off reminders that fire at a specific date and time โ€ข A daily planning prompt that gently asks "what's your one thing today?" โ€ข Siri Shortcuts to start a chip by voice โ€ข A 7-day chart of what you've actually done BUILT FOR ADHD BRAINS, USEFUL FOR ANYONE ADHD brains know the failure loop: install a productivity app, set it up beautifully, never open it again. The setup is the work, and the work is exhausting. Chip removes the setup entirely โ€” an ADHD-friendly task app with zero maintenance. If you don't have ADHD, Chip is still the calm, single-tasking home for the thing that matters today. No streaks. No 47-item list. No "productivity system" demanding your attention before you've done anything. DESIGNED FOR iOS Chip lives where your attention already is โ€” the lock screen, the Dynamic Island, the home screen. The Live Activity shows your active chip with a one-tap "done" button. Widgets in medium and large sizes let you complete chips without opening the app. Everything syncs across your iPhone and iPad through iCloud. FREE AND PRO Chip is free forever. The free tier covers the active chip loop, the queue, widgets, the Live Activity, stats, and Siri Shortcuts. Chip Pro unlocks: โ€ข Routines โ€” recurring chips on the schedule you choose โ€ข Scheduled chips โ€” one-off reminders at a specific date and time โ€ข Daily prompt โ€” the morning nudge for the one thing today โ€ข Focus Mode blocking โ€” the actual app-blocking Available as a monthly or annual subscription. Cancel anytime. Privacy: Chip stores your chips locally and syncs through your private iCloud account. We don't sell your data, run ads, or track you across the web. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Holidaily

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Tell Holidaily how many vacation days you get this year, and it works out exactly where to spend them for the longest possible breaks. Public holidays fall where they fall. A few well-placed vacation days turn them into much longer time off โ€” but finding the best combination across a whole year is genuinely hard by hand. Enter your budget. Holidaily checks every public holiday in your region, finds the cheapest way to bridge each one into a continuous run, and picks the combination that buys you the most time off within the days you actually have. You get a real plan: the exact days to request, the breaks they unlock, and an honest count of what is left over. Nothing is padded to make the number look bigger. Then put the plan to work. Your booked days and the breaks around them are marked on the month calendar โ€” ready to add to your calendar app, export as an .ics file, or print as a wall calendar or year planner PDF. Plan your time off - Enter the vacation days you have and get the best combination for the whole year, not one holiday at a time - Browse every bridge day opportunity of the year and see what each one costs - See what your plan buys: "22 of 25 days planned", "58 days off across 6 breaks", "3 days left to plan yourself" See it and share it - Month calendar with holidays, weekends, your booked days and your breaks colour-coded - Add your plan to your calendar app, or share it as an .ics file - Print a month wall calendar, a year overview, a year planner or a named holiday list as PDF - Choose whether to include your planned time off in the printout Built around your year - Public holidays for every country and region, for any year - Set your own working week โ€” handy if your weekend isn't Saturday and Sunday - Fully offline: no account, no sign-up, no network, nothing leaves your device - Full VoiceOver support and Dynamic Type up to the largest accessibility sizes Questions, feedback, or suggestions? Feel free to email us at Holidaily@heckel.tech, we would love to hear from you!

Screenshots

Chip4 screens
Holidaily4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Holidaily at none against Chip's 3. Holidaily also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Chip sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Holidaily asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Chip versus Holidaily: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChipHolidaily
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS26.018.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size19 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjames jagerTobias Heckel

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chip

Subscriptions3
  • Chip Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Chip Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Chip Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

Holidaily

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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