A daily audio briefing
Your morning,
produced.
The Top Story. Your day. Five minutes. DayStart is a produced morning show built around your calendar, not a chatbot reading your notifications back to you.
Rated 4.5 on the App Store (13 ratings) Free daily podcast with transcripts
Free to try. No account needed to hear your first briefing.
How it works
Set it once. Wake up to a show.
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Pick your morning
Choose your topics, your host, and your wake time. Add a calendar if you want it in the brief.
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It's ready when you are
Your briefing is produced in advance and waiting before your alarm, even with a weak signal.
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Press play
The Top Story first, then your day, in chapters. Read along in the transcript if you like.
- Works without an account
- No ad trackers
- Cancel anytime in Settings
Free, every morning
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What a morning sounds like
Illustrative script excerpt. Every episode is different, hear today's real one at left."Good morning. It's 6:42, here's what's moving before you're out the door."
"...the Fed chair told reporters yesterday: 'we're going to stay patient.'" direct quote
"Your 9 AM with Marcus is across town. Traffic says leave by 8:32."
Why DayStart
Not another AI summary
Plenty of AI apps will read your calendar back to you. DayStart produces a show.
Start with the Top Story
Every briefing leads with the day's biggest story, and direct quotes are always attributed to who said them.
Built around your day
Your calendar, the weather where you're headed, and when to leave, folded into the brief before you're out of bed.
A produced show
Pick your host or add a co-host, jump between chapters, and play from your lock screen. Not a robot reading your notifications out loud.
Simple pricing
Try it, then decide
Weekly
$1.99/week
No free trial
Immediate access. Cancel anytime.
Monthly
$4.99/month
3-day free trial
Cancel anytime before the trial ends and you won't be charged.
Annual
$39.99/year
14-day free trial
Save 33% versus monthly. Works out to about $3.33 a month.
Prices shown in USD and billed through your Apple ID. Manage or cancel anytime in your iPhone's Settings › Subscriptions.
No app required
Listen free every morning
DayStart Daily is our free public podcast: news, markets, and sports in about five minutes, produced fresh every morning by the team behind DayStart AI.
Works in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, and any app that follows an RSS link.
Questions
Before you download
What do I hear in a briefing?
About five minutes, in chapters: the Top Story first, then the rest of the news, your calendar, the weather where you're headed, markets and sports if you pick them, and a quote to start the day. You choose what goes in and which host reads it.
Do I need an account?
No. DayStart works without an account and without tracking, so there is nothing to sign up for to get your core briefing. Signing in with Apple, Google, or Microsoft is optional, and only needed to connect a cloud calendar or sync settings across devices.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Monthly comes with a 3-day free trial and annual with 14 days. Weekly starts right away at $1.99/week with no trial. Cancel anytime before a trial ends and you won't be charged.
How do I cancel?
Open Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions, and choose DayStart. Cancel whenever you like and you keep access until the current period ends.
Which calendars does it support?
Your iPhone's built-in calendar, right out of the box, plus Google Calendar and Outlook if you connect them in Settings. DayStart reads the day's events only, read-only, to build your brief, and you can disconnect anytime.
Is the podcast really free?
Yes. DayStart Daily is a free public podcast, no app and no account needed. Here's how to subscribe, and every episode has a full transcript on its page.