Comparison

Lunaco vs Daynote

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

Head to head
About

Lunaco

Features
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Ever softened the wording of a calendar entry before saving it? That quiet edit is self-censorship. You did it because someone might see. Lunaco has no server. Entries you want locked stay locked. Write them as they are. No sign-up, nothing behind a paywall. [NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE] Your events, family records and notes live on the device only, and your calendar data is not transmitted. No account to log into, none to be leaked. It works the same in airplane mode. What you write into events, family records, trips and tasks is encrypted on the device, and the key never leaves it. (Holidays are fetched once from an external API. Minimal data is processed for analytics and ads - see our privacy policy.) [A CALENDAR YOU CAN ACTUALLY WRITE IN] If you keep entries in your head because they can't go in the calendar, that is the calendar's problem. Save an entry as private and a curtain hides it. It opens only after a PIN or biometric check. Title, note, location and attendees are encrypted with AES-256-GCM and never surface in widgets, notifications or search. [BACKUPS ARE ENCRYPTED TOO] A full backup is encrypted with AES-256-GCM, locked by PIN, passphrase or recovery code, and builds up automatically in your own iCloud or Google Drive. Change phones and one file brings it all back - only text is stored, so years fit in a few MB. [SEND ONLY WHAT YOU MEAN TO SEND] Pick a date range or a category, or export one trip or timetable. It merges into the other person's calendar, and duplicates can be skipped or overwritten. Pair by QR and the file opens on that device alone. [SCHEDULING, AT THE LEVEL OF A DEDICATED APP] - 23 repeat types - daily, weekly, biweekly, third Monday, every N days. Combine up to 5. - Gantt bars - multi-day events stretch across the calendar, splitting into lanes when they overlap. - 225 stickers in 14 categories, so a month reads at a glance. - Amounts - income and expenses, with a monthly summary bar. - Categories - 8 built in, add 6 of your own, 18-colour palette. - Quick entry - long-press a date, or paste several lines and let dates and times be read out. - Birthdays and anniversaries repeat yearly, with a countdown widget. [TASKS] Create tasks by date and check them off. Sweep what slipped with "move to today". They sit alongside your events, encrypted the same way. [TIMETABLES] School timetables by period, university timetables by time slot. Colour-code subjects, note teacher and room, track six attendance states. If your weeks differ - rotating shifts, alternating labs - set a 1 to 6 week rotation. The weekly view puts both on one timeline. [TRIPS] Destination, dates, day-by-day plans and packing in one place. Packing works in two steps: choose what you're taking, then tick off what's packed. Costs can be entered as an expression and converted at current rates. [ALSO IN THE BOX] - ICS import - repeating events unfold intact, and imports can be rolled back - Moon phases, holidays for 20 countries - PDF export - month, week, day, year - Wallpaper studio - timetable or trip over 15 backgrounds - Widgets - today, mini, moon phase, countdown, timetable, trip - Notifications - several per event, snooze, hidden titles - 10 themes, dark mode, two text sizes, adaptive tablet layout, 20 languages [RECORDS ARE SEEDS] Keeping a diary is hard, but a calendar you already fill in daily β€” and Lunaco keeps those entries as plain text, still readable ten years from now. Lunaco. A calendar you can write in as it is. -------------------- Lunaco. Record your entire daily life with a single calendar. Privacy Policy: https://maeilapp.com/en/dal/privacy Terms of Service: https://maeilapp.com/en/dal/terms Lunaco does not operate any servers and does not collect or transmit your personal data β€” events, family information, notes β€” outside your device. All data is stored only on your device. Developer: Intuition Lab Email: support@maeilapp.com

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Daynote

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Daynote is a notes app organised by day. Pick a date on the calendar and everything you wrote that day, and everything you meant to do, is right there. β–  The day is the unit Choose a date and its notes open. Keep several notes on one day, rename them, and star the ones you come back to. Days with notes get a dot on the calendar. β–  To-dos and events Tap "+ To-do" to add a to-do or an event with a date, time, repeat and reminder. Each shows on its day and in your lists, apart from the notes. β–  Tags and search Tag a note, or just write #hashtags in the body. Search looks through titles, text and tags at once. β–  Light and dark, Korean and English β–  Everything works without an account Signed out, your notes stay on this device and the app does not go online at all. β–  Sync (optional) Sign in with Google or Apple and your notes, to-dos, tags and favourites stay the same on your phone and in Daynote on your computer. It syncs on its own when you open the app and after you save. Synced notes are encrypted in transit and at rest, but by default the service holds the key. Turn on the note lock and not even the people running the service can read them; the passphrase is used on your device and never sent. You can delete your account from Settings at any time. That removes the account and your synced notes from the server immediately; the notes on your device stay. An Apple sign-in and a Google sign-in are separate accounts. To use Daynote on your computer too, sign in with Google. β–  Daynote Cloud subscriptions (optional) Text sync is free. Syncing the images and files attached to notes needs an auto-renewable subscription: - Daynote Pro Monthly (1 month) / Daynote Pro Annual (1 year) - Daynote Premium Monthly (1 month) / Daynote Premium Annual (1 year) Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before that end. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://daynote.arachat.cc/privacy

Screenshots

Lunaco4 screens
Daynote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Daynote at none against Lunaco's shown. Daynote also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Lunaco sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Daynote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lunaco ships an update every 3 days, Daynote daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Lunaco versus Daynote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLunacoDaynote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size113 MB115 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJong Joon SunJinhwa Jung

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lunaco

Subscriptions2
  • Lunaco Ad-Free (Monthly)$0.491 Month
  • Lunaco Ad-Free (Annual)$6.991 Year
4 purchases

Daynote

Subscriptions4
  • Daynote Pro Monthly$2.491 Month
  • Daynote Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Daynote Pro Annual$19.991 Year
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  • Daynote Premium Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Lunaco free?
Lunaco is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daynote free?
Daynote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lunaco or Daynote have ads?
Lunaco shows ads; Daynote does not.
Which is updated more often, Lunaco or Daynote?
Lunaco ships an update every 3 days, and Daynote daily. Most recently, Lunaco was updated on October 28, 2026 and Daynote on October 29, 2026.

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