Comparison

Pryvo vs Daybearing

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

Head to head
About

Pryvo

Features
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Pryvo turns your goals into a routine you'll actually stick to. Set a real task. Study, gym, chores, whatever needs doing and submit photo proof, and unlock your screen time as the reward. No more empty motivation talk: it's a timer-based system that locks distracting apps until the task is done, then hands back control. Build the habit, keep the todo list moving, and stop negotiating with yourself over screen time. Pryvo is provided by Veldrose (Alejandro Mendoza, sole proprietor). Full privacy policy: https://pryvoapp.net/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://pryvoapp.net/terms/

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Daybearing

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Daybearing is a clock face for your day. Say what you are doing and how long you think it will take. Tasks fill the current hour as you go and turns as you run over โ€” one glance, not a number to read. HOW IT WORKS Type what you want to get done, one task at a time. Tap Start. When you finish a task, tap Complete โ€” and the next task begins. The dial is a real clock face, and your tasks sit on it where they will actually happen. See the plan for the next hour, any planned work beyond that is shown as you mark tasks complete. WHAT THE COLORS MEAN Orange means you are over your estimate but the task is still running โ€” over, and still fixable. It turns red once you complete an overrunning task, because by then the overrun is a fact rather than a situation. The pace chip shows how far ahead or behind your plan you are, green for ahead, red for behind. Three minutes under reads as โˆ’3, in green, three minutes ahead of schedule. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO There is no pause. Daybearing shows your work against reality, and time doesn't stop. A timer you can stop measures how long you had it running, not how long the work took. If you need to stop working on something, Set Down ends the session, logs time for the part you actually did, and returns the remainder to the queue. There are no subtasks, tags, categories or statistics screens. No clutter, just what you need to stay on track. PRIVACY No account is required. Your tasks and history are stored locally on your iPhone. There is NO SUBSCRIPTION, NO IN-APP PURCHASE and NO ADVERTISING. You pay once. ALSO IN THE APP โ€ข A Live Activity for the running task โ€” on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, on supported Apple Watch and Mac configurations โ€” with a Complete button on the Lock Screen, so you can finish without opening the app. โ€ข Lock Screen widgets: how far ahead or behind the day is, the task in hand, and what comes next. โ€ข Shortcut support! Ask Siri to start your next task, complete it, add one, or say how you are doing โ€” for the moment your hands are already off the phone. โ€ข An optional chime when a task reaches its estimate. โ€ข Batch entry for repeated work: set a series of tasks quickly, estimate how long each one will take and how long your want to work on them all. โ€ข Save tasks to a plan for later, and group future tasks to make repeatable routines. โ€ข Export your whole record as tab-separated text, straight to the clipboard. โ€ข Six themes, light and dark. โ€ข VoiceOver support and adjustable text sizing. iPhone only in this version. iPad is planned.

Screenshots

Pryvo4 screens
Daybearing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pryvo at Free against Daybearing's $4.99. Pryvo also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Daybearing's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Pryvo is free to download; Daybearing costs $4.99 up front. Pryvo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Daybearing asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pryvo ships an update every 4 days, Daybearing every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Pryvo versus Daybearing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPryvoDaybearing
PriceFree โ€” better$4.99
Update frequencyEvery 4 days โ€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size40 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlejandro MendozaDustin Glendinning

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pryvo

Subscriptions2
  • Pryvo Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Pryvo Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

Daybearing

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pryvo free?
Pryvo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daybearing free?
Daybearing costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pryvo or Daybearing have ads?
Neither Pryvo nor Daybearing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pryvo or Daybearing?
Pryvo ships an update every 4 days, and Daybearing every 5 days. Most recently, Pryvo was updated on October 24, 2026 and Daybearing on October 20, 2026.

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