In short
Daybard is a native Mac and iPhone calendar (Day, Week, Month, Agenda views, natural-language quick-add) with a game layer on top: each event becomes a quest, and you earn XP, loot, and a streak by closing out your days. Productive by day, playful by night.
A regular calendar tells you what you have to do. A gamified calendar also gives you a reason to look at it with pleasure. Daybard starts from a real calendar — not a gimmick — and adds RPG progression that makes busy days more motivating, with no extra work.
A real calendar, first
Before being a game, Daybard has to be a good calendar. On Mac, you get:
- Four polished views — Day as an hourly timeline, Week, Month, and an infinitely scrolling Agenda.
- Natural-language quick-add — "team sync Thursday 2pm, every 2 weeks" creates itself, recurrence included.
- Slot sharing (Openings) — your free slots in one link; the guest books, the app creates the event.
- Factions — a "Home" / "Guild" toggle to show only the right calendars.
The game layer, second
This is where "gamified" earns its name. Without changing anything about how you work:
- Your events carry quest titles and face off against a little monster.
- Closing out your day raises your level and your streak.
- At night, on iPhone, you replay your day and collect XP and loot.
Set up your gamified calendar in 4 steps
- Download Daybard on Mac (macOS 14+) and iPhone (iOS 17+).
- Grant calendar access. Daybard reads your existing calendars (iCloud, Google…): nothing to recreate.
- Add in natural language. Quick-add understands "gym in Brooklyn tomorrow 6pm" and creates the event, with a live preview at ⌘↵.
- Close out your day at night. XP, loot, streak: the calendar becomes a progression that follows you from device to device via iCloud.
Install the calendar that rewards you
Free, offline, no account. Start on Mac, continue on iPhone.
macOS 14+ · iOS 17+ · automatic updates
Frequently asked questions
Does a gamified calendar replace my regular calendar?
Yes. Daybard is a real native macOS and iOS calendar (Day, Week, Month, Agenda views). It reads your existing calendars: you recreate nothing. The game layer sits on top.
How do you earn XP with the calendar?
Each event becomes a quest. When you close out your day at night, you earn XP and loot, and your streak grows. Productive by day, rewarded at night.
Does it work on Mac and iPhone at the same time?
Yes. The calendar works on both; your hero syncs from iPhone to Mac via iCloud. The narrative evening replay remains exclusive to iPhone.