DayCast vs notal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
notal
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notal helps you organize what's notable. It's not just another notes app — it's a calm project workspace where your tasks and notes live together, under the projects they belong to. Folders hold projects, projects hold documents, and every document keeps your to-dos and your notes side by side. PLAN YOUR TIME • Tasks with due dates, times, reminders, and repeats • A Today view for what needs you right now • Day and Week calendars to see the bigger picture • Overdue and completed tasks, neatly grouped WRITE, RICHLY • Rich text sections: bold, italic, underline, fonts, sizes, and colors • Bulleted lists and left / center / right alignment • Checklists for the things that aren't tasks — shopping, packing, steps • Add photos inline, sized and aligned • Link text to a web page — or to any section in any document, and jump straight to it FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS • Flag a task, event, or section as a priority and it rises to the top • Pin the things you want to keep an eye on to your Pinned board • A Scratchpad that's always one tap away MADE TO FEEL RIGHT • iCloud keeps everything in sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Colorful, customizable blocks with automatic contrast so text stays readable • Full light and dark mode • Dates, times, and numbers always follow your device's regional settings • A clean, modern design that stays out of your way notal keeps your projects moving — what's notable, noted. — notal is free to try for one month. After that, keep it with a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nae-dev.com/notal/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DayCast at every 5 days against notal's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. DayCast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and notal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DayCast ships an update every 5 days, notal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DayCast | notal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JC Mobile App Studio LLC | Nejat Erdal |
In-app purchases
DayCast
- DayCast Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- DayCast Premium Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
notal
- notal Monthly$0.991 Month
- notal Yearly$9.991 Year
- notal Lifetime$19.99









