Comparison

DayCast vs Simpli

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

Head to head
About

DayCast

This app consolidates your daily planning, note-taking, journaling, and financial tracking into a single, private space. It features on-device AI for reflections and summaries, with robust PDF annotation and editing capabilities. All data is encrypted locally for maximum privacy.

Highlights
  • Task and event planning with reminders
  • Rich text notes with sketches and photos
  • Mood-aware journaling with AI reflections
  • Multi-currency spending and net worth tracking
  • PDF annotation, markup, and text extraction
  • On-device AI for summaries and prompts
  • Encrypted local-first data storage
Features
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Your planner, notes, journal and spending tracker in one private app, on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and the web. Keep only the sections you use. PLANNER • Today shows your day at a glance, with a Weekly Review of tasks, habits, mood and spending • Today, Upcoming, Anytime and Someday views, plus a Logbook of what you finished • Type naturally: "Call Sam Friday 3pm !!" fills in the date, time and priority • Plan My Day, Paste as Tasks, and import from Reminders • Time and location reminders, and repeating tasks you can pause • Day, week, month and timeline views; projects, energy levels and a completion heatmap • Habits with streaks and daily reminders NOTES • Type / for headings, checklists, tables, photos and callouts; type # to tag as you write • An Inbox for everything you share, clip or email in, until you file it in a notebook • Rich text with highlight colors, collapsible headings, code blocks and inline math • Notebooks, tags, saved searches, links, flashcards and version history • List or card view, a daily note, handwriting and document scanning • Paper, color or photo backgrounds, and color labels • Search shows the date, amount or code you need first • Import your notes from Evernote (ENEX) JOURNAL • Moods, activities and custom scales, with Apple Health mood logging • Photos, video with transcripts, maps and a calendar view • Prompt packs, On This Day, Life Patterns and a Year in Review • Breathing sessions saved as Mindful Minutes, and a First Aid Kit for hard days • Import from Apple Journal SPENDING • Apple Card and Wallet auto-import: purchases arrive on their own, already categorized • Safe to Spend: what's really free today, from your balance or this month's income, and from Siri • Zero-based budgeting with Ready to Assign, budget history and burndown • Scan receipts with line items • Import bank files (OFX, QFX, QIF); transfers stay out of your totals • Subscriptions with trial reminders, bills calendar, savings goals • Budget alerts, Hide Amounts and Month in Review REPORTS HUB Spending trends, cash-flow forecast, merchant insights, tax report and reimbursements. PDFs Read, mark up, fill forms, reorder pages, listen aloud, and ask questions about any PDF. LABS Switch on extras in Settings: priority matrix, duplicate day, note map, net worth, debt payoff and product prices. EVERYWHERE YOU WORK • A real Mac app with menus, multiple windows, an inspector and Handoff • Apple Watch app for quick tasks, expenses and moods • DayCast on the web, unlocked with your own passphrase • Email things in, or save pages into a notebook with the web clipper • Widgets, Control Center controls including Quick Note, Live Activities and Siri SHARE WHEN YOU WANT Share a note or a journal with other iCloud users and comment together. Only the people you invite can read them. PRIVACY FIRST • No DayCast account, no ads, no tracking • Your data is encrypted on your devices before it syncs; Apple only stores ciphertext • iCloud sync is optional; DayCast works fully offline • Face ID or passcode lock ON-DEVICE AI Summaries, proofreading, translation, journal reflections, a spending coach and Ask DayCast run on your device with Apple Intelligence. Ask DayCast can also use Private Cloud Compute, only if you turn it on. PREMIUM DayCast is free to use. Premium unlocks Apple Card and Wallet import, the AI tools, Reports Hub, advanced PDF tools, extra journals, unlimited budgets and goals, custom repeats and more. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web app. Monthly or yearly, with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jcmobileappstudio.com/apps/daycast/privacy Website: https://jcmobileappstudio.com

About

Simpli

Features
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Write it. Clear it. Simpli is a simple list app designed to get thoughts out of your head and into action. Create tasks, shopping lists, notes, and habits in seconds. Check them off when you're done and move on. No accounts. No ads. No complicated setup. Just open the app and start writing. Features • Simple lists for anything • Tasks, notes, shopping lists, and habits • Automatic tags with #hashtags • Swipe to delete • Completed items kept separately • Private on-device storage • No account required • No ads Your head is for thinking, not remembering.

Screenshots

DayCast4 screens
Simpli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simpli at none against DayCast's 2. Simpli also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). DayCast's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price 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. DayCast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Simpli asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DayCast ships an update every 5 days, Simpli every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
DayCast versus Simpli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayCastSimpli
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJC Mobile App Studio LLCMARIE MORIKAGE

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DayCast

Subscriptions2
  • DayCast Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • DayCast Premium Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Simpli

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DayCast free?
DayCast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simpli free?
Simpli is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DayCast or Simpli have ads?
Neither DayCast nor Simpli shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DayCast or Simpli?
DayCast ships an update every 5 days, and Simpli every 2 days. Most recently, DayCast was updated on November 5, 2026 and Simpli on October 31, 2026.

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