Comparison

Balance Buddy vs DayPact

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

Head to head
About

Balance Buddy

Features
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Keep your apps. Lose the autopilot. Balance Buddy helps you cut down on doomscrolling, brainrot and automatic social media use — without forcing you to delete the apps you enjoy. Choose how much time you want to spend on distracting apps and when you want them out of the way. Then choose someone you trust as your Balance Buddy. You set the limits. Your Buddy holds the key. When you reach a boundary and genuinely need more time, you can request it from your Buddy. They can approve or decline through a secure link — they don’t need to install Balance Buddy. BUILD YOUR OWN BALANCE Set Daily Limits for how much time you want to spend on selected apps. Use Focus Hours to protect parts of your day like work, studying, mornings, evenings or bedtime. INTERRUPT AUTOPILOT When a protected app is blocked, Balance Buddy gives you a moment to reconsider before continuing instead of letting another automatic check turn into a long scroll. ADD ACCOUNTABILITY Limits are easy to set when motivation is high. Balance Buddy can make weakening those limits a decision you don’t make alone. UNDERSTAND YOUR PATTERNS See your Screen Time and recent usage so you can compare how you intended to use your phone with how you actually use it. Social media can still have a place in your life. You just get to decide what that place is.

About

DayPact

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Plan first. Then execute. DayPact is a daily time-blocking planner built around one simple idea: deciding what to do and doing it are different jobs. Plan your day in 30-minute time blocks. Then, when it’s time to work, DayPact shows you exactly what you committed to doing and when you’re done. No giant task list. No constant reprioritizing. Just work through your day one block at a time. DayPact gives you: • Simple time blocking — turn vague intentions into a concrete daily schedule. • A visual daily timeline — see your day at a glance and know what’s happening now. • Up to three jobs in one time slot — for work that genuinely happens in parallel. • Now view — see your current block, time remaining, and what comes next. • Home Screen widgets — glance at what you’re doing now, what’s next, and what remains in your day without opening the app. • Block reminders — get a simple notification 5 minutes before your next block begins. • Done, Partial, or Skipped — record what actually happened without scores, streaks, or guilt. • Quick replanning — move or resize blocks when the day changes. • A deliberately small planning window — focus on today and the days immediately around it instead of managing your entire life in a calendar. • Private by default — no account, ads, analytics, or backend. Your plan stays on your device. DayPact isn’t another project manager or endless to-do list. It’s an execution layer for your day: decide how you’ll spend your time, then stop deciding and get on with it. Plan the day. Work the block. Move on. Privacy Policy: https://coffeeandjunk.notion.site/DayPact-Privacy-Policy-3df1063fcd6c80f3ab88f5c6e8b18aad?pvs=74 Terms & Conditions: https://coffeeandjunk.notion.site/DayPact-Terms-3df1063fcd6c807b82f5ec79503f5165

Screenshots

Balance Buddy4 screens
DayPact4 screens

Verdict

The call

Balance Buddy and DayPact are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Balance Buddy versus DayPact: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBalance BuddyDayPact
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZhin GoranAbhishek Chakraborty

In-app purchases

None

Balance Buddy

No in-app purchases

None

DayPact

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Balance Buddy free?
Balance Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayPact free?
DayPact is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Balance Buddy or DayPact have ads?
Neither Balance Buddy nor DayPact shows ads.

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