Day Base vs SimplePlan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Day Base
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Day Base is your database for everything β a simple, powerful place to organize, track, and keep the things that matter. Most apps decide what you can store. Day Base hands you the blueprint: create your own collections, define your own fields, and shape the app around your life instead of the other way around. WHATEVER YOU COLLECT OR TRACK Books, records, and wine. Sneakers and trading cards. Home inventory and warranties. Travel memories and restaurants. Recipes, plants, projects, clients β if you can list it, you can build it. DESIGN YOUR OWN FIELDS Add exactly the fields each collection needs β text, numbers, dates, yes/no, links, single-select, and photos. No rigid templates. Your data, your structure. SEE IT YOUR WAY Browse a beautiful card view with cover images, or switch to a sortable table to scan and compare. Tap any photo for a full-screen look. START IN SECONDS Already have a spreadsheet? Paste a CSV and Day Base builds the fields for you automatically β no setup required. ADD THINGS HANDS-FREE Day Base works with Siri and the Shortcuts app, so you can add or look up records by voice, from the Home Screen, or the Share Sheet β without opening the app. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your data lives in your personal iCloud, synced across all your devices. It's yours, and yours alone. Powerful when you need it. Simple when you don't. Start your first collection in under a minute.
SimplePlan
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SimplePlan keeps planning simple and helps you focus on what matters today. There are no overloaded dashboards, complicated systems, or endless settings. Just daily routines, todayβs tasks, and visible progress. When you need a wider view, group related work into projects, plan the next seven days, and manage dates in the calendar. Features: β’ A calm, focused plan for today β’ Projects for related tasks and routines β’ Progress, upcoming plans, and Later items inside each project β’ Seven consecutive days starting today β’ A Later list for ideas and future tasks β’ Daily items for reading, exercise, nutrition, and other routines β’ A calendar with month navigation, date selection, and quick task creation β’ Rescheduling that preserves task history β’ Monthly insights for tasks, fully completed days, and daily routines β’ Consistency for each daily item: completed, skipped, and success rate β’ Morning reminders and timed task notifications β’ Calm design, smooth animations, and accessibility support Your data stays locally on your iPhone. SimplePlan requires no account, contains no ads, and does not track you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Day Base at every 4 days against SimplePlan's every 2 months. Day Base also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Day Base ships an update every 4 days, SimplePlan every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Day Base | SimplePlan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days β better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryan McMillen | Ildar Khasanov |
In-app purchases
Day Base
No in-app purchases
SimplePlan
No in-app purchases









