Comparison

Dayside vs Punctum

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

Head to head
About

Dayside

Features
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Dayside Alarm is the alarm clock that lets you skip a day. Sleeping in tomorrow? Tap Skip at bedtime. Tomorrow stays quiet, and every other day rings as usual. No turning the alarm off, and nothing to remember to turn back on. CHANGE ONE DAY, NOT THE WHOLE ALARM • Every alarm shows its next 14 days. Tap a day to skip it or ring at another time • Skip a run of days for a holiday or time off • Skip public holidays automatically, in 200+ countries • Change your mind? Undo a skip with one tap REAL WEEKS, REAL SHIFTS • Weekdays, weekends, every other week, or any days you choose • Shift rotations like 4 on 4 off, 2-2-3, or days then nights, each with its own time • See exactly which days ring before you save WAKE UP AROUND YOUR DAY • Ring before your first calendar event, never earlier or later than limits you set • Keep an alarm on home time while you travel, or let it follow local time • Calendar events are read on your iPhone and never leave it SKIP FROM ANYWHERE • A Next tab with one big Skip button for bedtime • Widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy, with a Skip button • A This Week widget that shows which mornings ring • Control Center, the Action button, Siri and Shortcuts ALARMS YOU CAN TRUST • Built on Apple's AlarmKit, so alarms ring in Silent mode and during a Focus, just like Clock • Shows how far ahead your alarms are set • Choose the snooze length for each alarm PAY ONCE • Try every feature free for 14 days • Then unlock Dayside Alarm Pro once, for good. No subscription • Family Sharing included • Plain alarms stay free, and alarms you've already set keep ringing even if you don't buy • No ads, no account, no tracking

About

Punctum

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Punctum is a dot-matrix clock for your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Every character is drawn dot by dot, in a typeface made for the grid, with the weight and roundness of the dots in your hands. A CLOCK THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY Time and date, a timer, your next calendar event, the song that is playing, and the battery. Pick what the display shows and how it moves. Dot size and shape are yours to set, and the display rolls from one value to the next. FULL DISPLAY Dock your iPhone and Punctum fills the whole screen, dimmed and quiet, as a bedside clock. Nothing but the dots, with a slow drift that protects the screen. WIDGETS AND WATCH Small Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, an Apple Watch app, and an Apple TV app, all in the same dots. PUNCTUM PRO, ONE PURCHASE Unlock everything once and keep it, shared with your family: - Live weather with 17 dot-drawn icons - Phosphor green and Night red inks, and a night schedule - Up to four timers, five rotating messages, and a live timer on the Lock Screen - Medium and Large widgets, and Apple Watch complications - Alternate app icons No account, no ads, no tracking. Punctum collects no data. Try everything free for 7 days. Then unlock the full app with a single one-time purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

Dayside4 screens
Punctum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Punctum at 4 against Dayside's 2. Punctum also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Dayside sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Punctum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Dayside versus Punctum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaysidePunctum
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris TurnerJiajia Zhang

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dayside

One-time2
  • 14-Day Free TrialFree
  • Dayside Alarm Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Punctum

One-time1
  • Punctum Pro Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Dayside free?
Dayside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Punctum free?
Punctum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dayside or Punctum have ads?
Neither Dayside nor Punctum shows ads.

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