# Until Countdown & up to events — special day dates timer

> Event tracker for countdowns and time elapsed since special dates. (iPhone/iPad app by Philip Broder.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/until-countdown-and-up-to-events/id1200560607 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Philip Broder](https://appshunter.io/developer/921385513)
- Category: Productivity, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 1,096 App Store ratings · 25 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2017-02-10
- Data updated: 2026-09-04
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/until-countdown-and-up-to-events/id1200560607/reviews.md

## What is Until Countdown & up to events?

The easiest and clearest event tracker available - beautiful, and a joy to use.

How long Until or Since that special event, in seconds, minutes, hours, months, or years.

It's fun to see how many seconds you've been alive, or days until your next vacation, birthday, countdown to the New Year etc.

Real time display of seconds countdown of all events in main view.

Add your own events along with selected background image, or colour, and add a special overlay effect like confetti, stars, or hearts.

Custom backgrounds using cool supplied images, import your own, or define your own custom background colour.

Custom event text colour.

Fun background overlay effects too.

Built in date calculator to add or subtract a number of days -  to find that day you are 25,000 days old for example.

Annual events like Birthdays can auto repeat so you always know how long you have to wait!

Suggested Popular fun and special events are automatically updated from iCloud to choose from.

## Key features

- Event tracking in seconds, minutes, hours, months, years
- Customizable backgrounds and event text colors
- Fun overlay effects like confetti and stars
- Built-in date calculator
- Auto-repeating annual events
- Suggested popular events from iCloud

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove ads and limitations | $1.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Until Countdown & up to events?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Almost Perfect
- 👍 Works wonderfully
- 👍 Great App
- 👍 Simply the best!!!!
- 👍 Most Excellent
- 👍 Perfect
- 👍 Simple
- 👍 Rest app

**Cons**

- 💡 Cannot Track Weekly
- 🐛 February has 30 days?
- 🐛 Bug needs fixing
- 💡 Countdown
- 💡 Too many negatives
- 🐛 Not user friendly
- 💡 Won't open
- 💡 Don't waste your time

**Commonly reported bugs**

- February has 30 days?
- Bug needs fixing
- Won't open

**Most requested features**

- Weeks tracking
- Option to hide seconds/minutes/hours
- Full screen tracker
- Custom background pictures
- More color/effect choices
- Display countdown on home screen

## Recent user reviews (10 of 25)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/until-countdown-and-up-to-events/id1200560607/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Almost Perfect

*2023-05-28*

This has almost everything I need to keep track of things that are pending or a successfully passed milestone. I really wish it had WEEKS tracking. I foster baby animals and has to create a spreadsheet because this, my favorite time tracking app, doesn’t do weeks. Again, otherwise perfect.

**Developer response:** Thanks again for your feedback, I will see if can add a Weeks option🙂

### 5/5 — Works wonderfully

*2023-04-29*

App is perfect for tracking time from the last time you did something or counting down to something upcoming

I use it to track the last date and mileage on oil change for our vehicles, when I last replaced the furnace filter, among other things

**Developer response:** Thank you for the great review and insight to how useful Until is for you. If you have any feedback for new features please let me know. 
Cheers,
Phil

### 4/5 — Great App but missing a feature

*2023-01-20*

I love this app. I couldn’t imagine not having this app on my phone. I refer to it several times a year to see how old my nieces are or what day my anniversary is or how long until my next vacation. I even like to track how long it’s been since I started taking a specific medicine. 

But… I would like to sometimes hide the seconds or minutes or hours, depending on the type of count. It would give me a tidier picture of my info.

**Developer response:** Thank you for such a great review and insight to your enjoyment of using Until. 

Your suggestion of optionally not seeing the fine detail of some events is very interesting, I will look at including such a feature in a future update.  I’ll be looking for 5 ⭐️ then😁

### 4/5 — Cannot Track Weekly

*2022-11-14*

I was hoping to have something that tracked by week but not an option so I had to delete. On the plus side, it’s very simple to use and set up. My critiques would be that the interface is a bit dated in look and feel (gives off a 90’s HTML vibe) and no option to track weekly. Although this didn’t work for me, I would recommend this app to someone else. Great job!

**Developer response:** Thank you for the great feedback, I’ll look at adding Weeks to the display and getting that extra * 😁

### 4/5 — February has 30 days?

*2022-02-01*

Until is fun to have, but it seems like Until thinks there are 30 days in February

**Developer response:** Hi, thanks for the feedback, please get in touch directly with more detail of where you are seeing Feb has 30 days!
untilcountdown @ gmail.com

### 5/5 — Simply the best!!!!

*2022-01-30, version 1.7*

Absolutely the finest app of this type. 
Allows for automatic annual repeats where required, customisable backgrounds for every entry including your own photos where required.

### 1/5 — Not happy

*2022-01-05*

Can’t get the count down to show up on my Home Screen and I paid for the app too!! 🤬

**Developer response:** Sorry you’re disappointed but nowhere does Until claim to have a home screen Widget. I hope you still find the app useful, otherwise you can request a refund from Apple.

### 4/5 — It counts but lacks customizability

*2021-09-28*

So, I’m using this to track time since certain events but the artwork I want to put for the timer is cropped down really flat and I only have 4-5 color choices for the text, even with the premium upgrade. 

In a future update, I’d love to see a full screen tracker when tapping the timer, maybe with with no artwork crop (perhaps blurred edges?) and color choice for the display text.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback and suggestions, I’ll look at improving those areas in the next update.

### 2/5 — Bug needs fixing

*2021-05-17, version 1.7*

The ‘Auto Until / Since prefix’ doesn’t change when the countdown reaches the target time.  It’s not safe to just take a very quick look at the time that reads ‘Until’. You have to carefully check if the time showing is the time remaining or the time after the event. It still says time ‘until’ even though the time has started to count up after the target time has been reached. When that bug gets fixed it will be a very useful App and very easy to use. 
I paid for the upgrade to see if the problem is only in the free edition of the App, but the paid-for version still has the bug.

### 4/5 — Countdown

*2020-11-19, version 1.7*

Almost perfect, but would like to make my one and only countdown full screen or even my screensaver. Doesn’t seem to have the facility to do this?

## Frequently asked questions about Until Countdown & up to events

### What does the Until Countdown app do?

This app helps you track special days by counting down to future events or counting up since past events. You can see the time remaining in various units like seconds, minutes, hours, months, or years.

### Can I customize the look of my events?

Yes, you can personalize your event displays with custom background images, solid colors, and even fun overlay effects like confetti or stars. You can also change the text color for your events.

### Is the app free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it does offer in-app purchases. This means you can access additional features or content through optional payments within the app.

### How does the date calculator work?

The built-in date calculator allows you to add or subtract a specified number of days from a given date. This can be useful for calculating specific milestones, like finding out when you will be a certain age in days.

### Can I set recurring events?

Yes, annual events like birthdays can be set to auto-repeat. This ensures you always have a countdown to important recurring dates without needing to manually re-enter them each year.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.10 — 2022-12-16

By popular request you can now optionally add new events to your default iPhone Calendar.
Fix problem saving edited events.

### 1.9 — 2022-12-15

By popular request you can now optionally add new events to your default iPhone Calendar.

### 1.8 — 2022-05-04

Auto Until/Since label now updates in real time as event time is reached.
Clarify instructions on some screens.

### 1.7 — 2020-04-24

Fix a few Dark Mode cosmetic issues.
Fix occasional crash on first time use for some users.

### 1.6 — 2019-10-23

iOS13 ready.
Cosmetic improvements.
New background overlay special effects.
You can now set the event text colour for better contrast depending on the background chosen..

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