Comparison

Draw Calendar vs dayby

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

Head to head
About

Draw Calendar

This app reimagines traditional scheduling by allowing users to plan their day with handwriting and doodles. It offers a fun, creative, and productive way to manage your calendar on iOS devices, freeing you from tedious data entry.

Highlights
  • Plan your day by sketching
  • Handwriting and doodles for scheduling
  • Clean and stylish interface
  • Entries synced across iOS devices
  • Creative and productive organization
Features
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Draw Calendar helps you plan with sketches instead of plain text. Every date can hold a quick drawing, handwritten note, or visual reminder. Your month stays readable because saved sketches appear right on each day. Open any day to draw on a full-screen canvas, then return to the month view without breaking your flow. The app keeps planning flexible for personal routines, family schedules, and creative project timelines. **Sketch on any day** Tap a date to open a dedicated PencilKit editor and start drawing immediately. You can zoom for detail and keep writing naturally with touch or Apple Pencil. **See context at a glance** Saved drawings show up as thumbnails inside their day cells, so your notes stay anchored to real dates. This makes busy weeks easier to scan without opening each entry. **Manage multiple calendars** Create separate calendars for work, home, study, or side projects in a few taps. You can switch calendars quickly and keep each timeline clean and focused. **Stay oriented across months** Scroll smoothly through past and future months while keeping the same familiar grid layout. Use the Today button to jump back to the current month whenever you need a reset point. **Edit with confidence** Undo and redo actions help you refine sketches without restarting your page. If plans change, you can remove a day sketch and keep the rest of your calendar intact. Download Draw Calendar and start turning daily plans into visual notes you can understand in seconds.

About

dayby

A straightforward visual planner designed to help users organize and accomplish their daily tasks. It offers a simple interface for tracking activities and ensuring completion.

Highlights
  • Visual planning interface
  • Daily activity tracking
  • Task completion monitoring
  • Simple and intuitive design
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A fun & simple visual planner to help you track and complete your daily activities

Screenshots

Draw Calendar4 screens
dayby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Draw Calendar at Free against dayby's $0.99. dayby's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume 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

Draw Calendar is free to download; dayby costs $0.99 up front. Draw Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. dayby asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

dayby holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Draw Calendar ships an update every 6 months, dayby every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Draw Calendar versus dayby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraw Calendardayby
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFishington StudiosZorrotheo Technologies LLC

Customer experience

Draw Calendar

Written reviews215 reviews
Positive19.5%
Neutral9.8%
Negative70.7%

dayby

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Draw Calendar

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$4.99
None

dayby

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Draw Calendar free?
Draw Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is dayby free?
dayby costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Draw Calendar or dayby?
dayby is rated higher. Draw Calendar averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while dayby averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Draw Calendar or dayby have ads?
Neither Draw Calendar nor dayby shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Draw Calendar or dayby?
Draw Calendar ships an update every 6 months, and dayby every 8 days. Most recently, Draw Calendar was updated on November 6, 2026 and dayby on November 3, 2026.

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