Simplify vs Daybreak.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simplify
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Simplify is your companion for intentional living. In a world that constantly demands more, Simplify helps you do less - with purpose. THE 90-DAY RESET Embark on a transformative 90-day journey designed to help you declutter your life - mentally, emotionally, and physically. Track your daily progress with meaningful check-ins that go beyond simple habit tracking. DAILY CHECK-INS Start each day with intention. Track your energy levels, mood, and identify "the simplest next true thing." Celebrate small wins like saying no, creating white space, and practicing subtraction. 45+ SIMPLIFICATION PRACTICES Explore a curated library of practices across 8 life categories: - Mental & Identity: Decision diets, values compression, role pruning - Time & Energy: Single-theme days, energy-first scheduling, minimum viable days - Environment: Physical declutter, digital fasting, notification elimination - Relationships: Relationship tiering, energy matching, boundary setting - Emotional Reset: Slow mornings, body-first decisions, rest without earning - Spiritual: Empty-hand practice, silence as input, witness mode - Life Design: Seasonal planning, one-door policy, financial simplification - Grounding: Do less than capable, leave margin everywhere, choose enoughness HONOR YOUR SEASON Life moves in seasons. Simplify helps you name and honor where you are - whether it's a season of contraction, rest, healing, transition, rebuilding, maintenance, or growth. No judgment, just acknowledgment. YOUR THREE PILLARS Define the three core values that guide your simplified life. Keep them visible and let them inform your daily decisions. PROGRESS WITHOUT PRESSURE Track your sessions, streaks, and check-ins without the anxiety of perfectionism. Every small step counts. Miss a day? That's okay. Start again tomorrow. DESIGNED FOR PEACE Simplify features a calm, minimal interface with adaptive light and dark modes. No gamification tricks, no anxiety-inducing streaks that reset to zero. Just a peaceful space for your journey inward. KEY FEATURES: - 90-day reset program with daily tracking - Daily check-ins for energy, mood, and intentions - 45+ guided simplification practices - Life seasons awareness and tracking - Three pillars personal values system - Progress dashboard with weekly activity view - Personalized grounding cards with daily wisdom - Privacy-first: all data stays on your device - Beautiful adaptive design for light and dark modes "The simplest next true thing is always enough." Start your simplification journey today.
Daybreak.
This app helps you create a personalized morning ritual, focusing on mindfulness and a calm start to your day. It offers a minimalist interface designed to be a peaceful transition into your day, rather than a complex dashboard of tasks and metrics.
- Personalized morning ritual design
- Minimalist and uncluttered interface
- Focus on mindfulness and positivity
- Ritualistic approach over task-based routines
- Calm transition into the day
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The morning sets the tone. I've believed this for as long as I can remember. If I don't start my morning right, I tend to feel unproductive, restless, and scatter-brained throughout the rest of the day. So I've always put heavy emphasis on getting my mornings right. But doing so was way harder than it should've been — my main problems being consistency (completing all the steps in the routine each day) and a lack of structure (without a basis for how long each part should take, it always felt like I was moving through routines instead of actually being in them). Naturally, I turned to the plethora of morning routine apps on the App Store, but none of them really stuck. They were all cluttered, feature-heavy, and packed with metrics, streaks, and reminders — which felt like the opposite of what a morning should feel like. And underneath the noise, something more subtle was off: I never really felt like the morning was mine. These apps were focused on the act of building a routine — adding habits, checking boxes, hitting goals. But I don't think of my morning as a routine. I think of it as a ritual. Checking the weather. A quote to sit with. Words of positivity left from days prior. A breath before the day begins. That's what I wanted, and I couldn't find it. So I built it. Daybreak is a doorway, not a dashboard. Most morning apps are control panels — stacks of widgets, metrics, streaks, and reminders that demand your attention before you've even had water. Daybreak is the opposite. It's the small, quiet thing you pass through on the way into your day. You design your morning. Daybreak walks you through it. The whole point is to be less — less to manage, less to look at, less standing between you and the morning you actually want. A ritual, not a routine. A doorway, not a dashboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Daybreak. at 15.0 against Simplify's 17.0. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Simplify | Daybreak. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flash Precision Marketing LLC | Matthew Huang |
In-app purchases
Simplify
No in-app purchases
Daybreak.
No in-app purchases









