Comparison

Day Base vs Refind

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

Head to head
About

Day Base

Features
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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.

About

Refind

Features
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Save everything worth revisiting. Refind is a beautiful read later app for people who constantly discover interesting things online but rarely return to them. Save articles, YouTube videos, GitHub repositories, blogs, tutorials, podcasts and more in a single tap. Instead of disappearing into endless bookmarks or forgotten folders, your discoveries stay organized and ready whenever you need them. Save from anywhere Refind integrates directly with the iOS Share Sheet, making it effortless to save content from Safari, X, Reddit, Instagram, YouTube and hundreds of other apps. No copying. No switching between apps. Just share and save. Automatic organization Forget folders. Every saved link is automatically categorized based on its source. Add your own tags whenever you want, then browse everything through a clean, distraction free library. Search instantly by: β€’ Title β€’ Website β€’ URL β€’ Automatic tags β€’ Custom tags Rediscover what matters Saving something is only useful if you actually come back to it. Daily resurfacing gently reminds you about links you’ve forgotten, helping you revisit valuable discoveries instead of collecting digital clutter. Designed to stay out of your way Refind was built around simplicity. No complicated folder systems. No unnecessary features. No ads. Just a calm place for everything worth remembering. Built for people who save everything Perfect for: β€’ Students β€’ Developers β€’ Designers β€’ Researchers β€’ Founders β€’ Writers β€’ Lifelong learners Whether you’re collecting design inspiration, programming tutorials, AI tools, recipes, travel guides or articles to read later, Refind keeps everything within reach. Features β€’ Save links directly from the Share Sheet β€’ Automatic metadata fetching β€’ Automatic source detection β€’ Automatic tags β€’ Custom tags β€’ Lightning fast search β€’ Daily resurfacing reminders β€’ Beautiful reading library β€’ Archive completed links β€’ iCloud sync β€’ Native iPhone and Mac experience β€’ One time purchase available Download Refind today and build a library you’ll actually revisit. Terms of Use - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Day Base4 screens
Refind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Day Base at none against Refind's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Refind sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Day Base asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Day Base versus Refind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay BaseRefind
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan McMillenKartik Vats

In-app purchases

None

Day Base

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Refind

One-time1
  • Refind Infinite$8.99

Questions

Is Day Base free?
Day Base is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Refind free?
Refind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Day Base or Refind have ads?
Neither Day Base nor Refind shows ads.

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