Comparison

Busy B Planner vs DayOS

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

Head to head
About

Busy B Planner

Capture thoughts and tasks in an inbox, then organize them into categories. Plan your day and week with visual tools and gentle reminders. Syncs across devices via iCloud for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Inbox for quick capture
  • Categorization and subcategories
  • Drag-and-drop reordering
  • Due date reminders
  • iPad-optimized layout
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Busy B Planner is a warm, visual to-do app for people juggling everyday life. Brain-dump anything you need to remember into the Running list the moment it hits you, with no decisions required up front. Then file each task into a category, with optional subcategories, whenever you're ready, so capturing never gets in the way of doing. Add dates and times, flag what matters, repeat what comes back every week, and duplicate a task in one tap. Plan around Today and Tomorrow, and see your whole week at a glance on iPad. Everything syncs across your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud. No account to create, no sign-up required. WHY BUSY B • Running list: capture anything, anytime, then sort it when you're ready • Capture your way: type it, say it with voice capture, or ask Siri: "Add pick up dry cleaning tomorrow to Household in Busy B." • Dates, times and reminders: including a heads-up before something is due • Today & Tomorrow views: see exactly what matters right now • Categories and subcategories: organise your way, drag and drop to arrange them, or sort alphabetically or by date added • Flag & file: swipe to flag your most important tasks or file them into a category • Repeating tasks: daily, weekly or monthly • Duplicate: copy a task, with its date, reminder, repeat and category, in one tap • iPad Command Centre: a full three-pane layout built for iPad, not a stretched iPhone app • iCloud sync: your tasks, everywhere, automatically • Nine hand-crafted themes, with dark mode BUSY B INTELLIGENCE • Daily briefing: open the app to a short, on-device read of what matters today, not just a count • One-tap filing: on-device intelligence sorts your Running list into the right categories, and you review before anything moves • Catch-up: a look at tasks you keep skipping, each with a suggested next step • Voice capture: tap the mic and just talk. Busy B adds the task with the date filled in and takes its best guess at the category Busy B Intelligence is built with Apple Intelligence. Every suggestion is generated on your device. Nothing is sent to us, and nothing trains a model. Voice capture needs iOS 26 or later, and its date and category suggestions, like the briefing, filing and catch-up, need an Apple Intelligence-capable device with Apple Intelligence turned on. The rest of Busy B works on every supported device. BUSY B PRO Try Busy B Pro free for 7 days with the yearly plan. After that, choose monthly, yearly or lifetime. Pro unlocks unlimited categories and subcategories, every theme, repeating tasks, voice capture and Busy B Intelligence. Your task data stays yours: synced privately through your own iCloud account. Simple enough to open and start typing. Powerful enough to organise a busy life. Subscription details: Busy B Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. The 7-day free trial applies to the yearly plan for new subscribers; after the trial it renews at the yearly price shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://busybplanner.com/privacy

About

DayOS

This app guides you through daily reflections and planning to foster clarity and self-awareness. It helps you transform your thoughts into actionable plans, adapting to your evolving priorities. Voice or text input and reminders support focused decision-making.

Highlights
  • Guided daily check-ins
  • Develop clarity and self-awareness
  • Create intentional daily plans
  • Save and update plans
  • Voice or text input
  • Daily reminders
Features
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Think clearly. Act intentionally. DayOS is a daily thinking system designed to help you slow down, understand what matters, and turn that into focused action. Through a guided daily check-in, DayOS helps you build clarity and self-awareness, reflect on yesterday, and create an intentional plan for today. Features: • Guided daily conversations that adapt to your responses • Turn your thinking into a clear daily plan • Save and update your daily plans as your priorities change • Voice or text input • Daily reminders to help you stay on track Whether you’re navigating work, life, or both, DayOS helps you make better decisions by thinking more clearly.

Screenshots

Busy B Planner4 screens
DayOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DayOS at none against Busy B Planner's 3. DayOS also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Busy B Planner's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Busy B Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. DayOS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Busy B Planner against 5.0 for DayOS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Busy B Planner has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Busy B Planner ships an update every 4 days, DayOS every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Busy B Planner versus DayOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBusy B PlannerDayOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMakram AtiyahDaniel Clough

Customer experience

Busy B Planner

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DayOS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Busy B Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Busy B Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Busy B Pro - Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Busy B Pro - Lifetime$59.99
None

DayOS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Busy B Planner free?
Busy B Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayOS free?
DayOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Busy B Planner or DayOS?
Busy B Planner and DayOS are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Busy B Planner or DayOS have ads?
Neither Busy B Planner nor DayOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Busy B Planner or DayOS?
Busy B Planner ships an update every 4 days, and DayOS every 5 weeks. Most recently, Busy B Planner was updated on October 28, 2026 and DayOS on October 16, 2026.

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