Comparison

YearTracker vs Return Today

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

Head to head
About

YearTracker

Features
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YearTracker helps you plan tasks, monitor your productivity, and see your entire year at a glance. Each day is displayed on a visual activity map. The color of the day reflects your progress based on completed, unfinished, and rescheduled tasks. FEATURES • Year Activity Map View all 365 days in one clear productivity grid. • Daily Task Planning Create tasks for today or schedule them for future dates. • Progress Levels See different shades of green based on your daily productivity. • Monthly Calendar Open any month, select a day, and review its tasks. • Productivity Statistics Track completed, unfinished, planned, and rescheduled tasks, completion rate, productive days, streaks, and your best results. • Apple Reminders Integration Display selected reminders inside YearTracker and keep your tasks organized in one place. • Smart Reminders Add notification times and early reminders for local tasks. • Offline Access Your local tasks and productivity data remain available without an internet connection. YearTracker turns everyday progress into a clear visual picture of your year. Plan your days, complete meaningful tasks, and build lasting consistency.

About

Return Today

Organize your day with tasks, events, habits, and reminders in a single, calm view. Plan flexibly, build routines, and find focus with a dedicated timer. Keep track of important dates and access key features on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly planning views
  • Flexible habit creation and tracking
  • Focus timer for deep work
  • Brain dump for capturing thoughts
  • Task and event reminders
  • Apple Calendar and Reminders sync
Features
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Make today feel lighter. Return brings tasks, events, habits, reminders and your next small step into one calm daily view. Capture what is on your mind, decide what matters now and reshape the day when plans change. PLAN WITHOUT OVERLOAD • See Today, Week and Month in clear visual views • Capture tasks first and schedule them when you are ready • Rebalance plans when your available time changes • Compare planned time with actual focus time • Sync selected items with Apple Calendar and Reminders BUILD FLEXIBLE HABITS • Start with editable everyday habit templates • Create named routines with ordered steps • Track complete or partial progress • Pause, edit or remove routines whenever you need • Schedule habit reminders and calendar entries FIND FOCUS IN SMALL STEPS • Start an editable Focus timer • Turn distracting thoughts into a private Brain Dump • Break larger tasks into clear next actions • Use on-device intelligence to organize thoughts and suggest routines • Review every suggestion before it is saved REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS • Add flexible reminders to tasks, events and habits • Attach places and open directions in your preferred maps app • Track document expiry dates with photos or files • Choose when and how often expiry alerts appear • Check your next action and Focus session from Apple Watch PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your core Return data is stored locally on your device. Return does not use an iCloud database in this version. Apple Calendar, Reminders and Health integrations are optional and only use the information you choose to connect. Advanced on-device intelligence requires a compatible device with Apple Intelligence enabled. Essential planning, habit, reminder and Focus features remain available on other supported devices. Return is free to begin, with an optional one-time Premium unlock. No recurring subscription.

Screenshots

YearTracker4 screens
Return Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: YearTracker at none against Return Today's 1. YearTracker also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Return Today's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Return Today sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. YearTracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YearTracker ships an update fortnightly, Return Today every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
YearTracker versus Return Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYearTrackerReturn Today
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVage MargarianGustavo Venzon

In-app purchases

None

YearTracker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Return Today

One-time1
  • Return Premium Lifetime$1.99

Questions

Is YearTracker free?
YearTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Return Today free?
Return Today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do YearTracker or Return Today have ads?
Neither YearTracker nor Return Today shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YearTracker or Return Today?
YearTracker ships an update fortnightly, and Return Today every 3 days. Most recently, YearTracker was updated on October 29, 2026 and Return Today on October 31, 2026.

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