Daily: Day Planner vs Sunsama (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Daily: Day Planner if

• Fits if you want workouts and meals planned around your meetings
• Works for people who want the day's progress on a watch face

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if your phone is older, as the Apple versions need iOS 26, iPadOS 26 or macOS 26 on Apple silicon
• Skip it if you want an App Store install, because Apple builds come through TestFlight and Android through a downloaded APK
• Not for you if you use Windows or a browser, as neither is listed
• Watch out: the roadmap says plans change, so free for everyone is the vendor's current position
• Watch out: weather works from a US ZIP code only

Pick Sunsama if

• Fits if you want the same planning routine every workday, step by step
• Works for people whose tasks sit in Asana, Trello, Gmail and Slack

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free plan, because there isn't one once the 14-day trial ends
• Pricey if you're one person, at $204 a year up front, or $22 a user a month billed monthly
• Not for you if you might stop and come back later, as your data is deleted 30 days after a canceled plan ends
• Watch out: SSO, SAML, SCIM and audit logs are Enterprise only, and Enterprise has no public price

Daily: Day Planner

• iPhone, iPad and Mac versions are installed through TestFlight, and Android through a downloaded APK, according to the download section.
• The iPhone, iPad and Mac versions need iOS 26, iPadOS 26 or macOS 26 on Apple silicon; Android needs version 10 or later.
• No web or Windows version is listed.
• The weather feature uses a US ZIP code and the National Weather Service.

Sunsama

• There is no free plan. Workspace access stops when the 14-day trial ends unless you subscribe.
• The $17 rate requires paying $204 per user for the year; monthly billing is $22 per user.
• SSO, SAML, SCIM and audit logs are limited to the Enterprise plan, which has no public price.
• Workspace data is permanently deleted 30 days after a cancelled subscription ends.

Daily: Day Planner

Day arc

Routines, workouts and meals all count toward one arc that fills as you tick them off, shown on the Home Screen and watch face.

Calendar-aware planning

Reads the calendars already on the device without changing them, and moves workouts away from meetings and work hours.

To-dos and routines

Type a to-do with a date and time in plain language, or give it a rough length and Daily finds a free gap.

Spaces and notes

Home, Work and other spaces each hold their own lists, to-dos, routines and notes with checklists and tags.

Training and food ideas

Build a workout week and get a food idea on each meal time. The vendor says there is no calorie logging.

Private journal

One page a day, locked with Face ID, Touch ID or a fingerprint.

Sunsama

Guided daily planning

A step-by-step routine: review yesterday, add today's tasks, check the predicted workload and set the order. Sunsama can prompt you to start at a set time.

Timeboxing

Drag a task to a time slot, or press X to auto-schedule it. The block shows up in Google, Outlook or iCloud calendar, or on Sunsama's internal calendar.

Tasks from other tools

Bring in work from Asana, Trello, Jira, Linear, Notion, Todoist, Gmail, Slack and others, and plan it alongside tasks created in Sunsama.

Focus mode and Pomodoro

Work on one task at a time with a timer, Pomodoro intervals, break reminders and the option to mute other apps.

Weekly planning and review

A weekly prompt to review where time went and what got done, then set objectives for the week ahead.

AI estimates and channels

Suggests a time estimate and a channel for each new task, based on work you have previously added to Sunsama.

Daily: Day Planner

• Daily$0

  Every feature, with no account, ads or tracking, according to the vendor.

Sunsama

• Pro$17

  per user / month, billed yearly ($204)

  The one self-serve plan: unlimited usage and integrations, AI, MCP and Zapier. $22 per user / month when billed monthly.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds SSO and SAML, SCIM, audit logs and custom privacy and data requirements.

Daily: Day Planner

No public discounts listed.

Sunsama

• Annual discount

  Save $60 per user with yearly billing

  Sunsama charges $204 per user once a year ($17 per month) on the yearly plan, against $22 per user each month ($264 a year) on monthly billing.

• Education

  Student discount on request

  Actively enrolled college students can email support from a student address to get a discount. It lasts until graduation or four years, whichever comes first.

• Nonprofit

  Non-profit pricing on request

  Sunsama's billing guide says it offers non-profit plans. Organizations apply by sending proof of non-profit status to support.