Comparison

Soon vs New Year Countdown World

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

Head to head
About

Soon

Easily track the days until your most anticipated events with a visually appealing interface. This app helps you stay organized and excited for holidays, birthdays, vacations, and more with clear countdown displays and helpful notifications.

Highlights
  • Large display of days remaining
  • Stylish circular countdown clock
  • Swipe navigation between countdowns
  • Easy countdown creation
  • Automatic sorting of countdowns
  • Home screen icon badge
  • Periodic notifications
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Soon is a beautifully simple countdown. Each countdown fills the screen in its own color, with the number of days remaining inside a ring that shrinks as the day approaches. • Full-screen, color-coded countdowns — swipe between them • A ring that shows how much of the year (or week, or month) is left • An animated ring on the day itself • Countdowns that repeat every week, month or year, so anniversaries roll around on their own • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Apple Watch app and complications • App icon badge counting down your next event • Milestone notifications one year, one month, one week and one day before • iCloud Sync between your devices Soon is free with up to 5 countdowns. A single Upgrade removes ads and unlocks unlimited countdowns, repeats, manual ordering, iCloud Sync, notifications, and the page-turn animation.

About

New Year Countdown World

Features
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Midnight does not arrive everywhere at once. It travels. New Year Countdown shows the live countdown where you are, then the same moment sweeping around the planet. More than thirty cities, one per time zone, each with its own time left. As each one crosses midnight it moves to the top of the list and starts celebrating while the rest keep counting. WHAT YOU GET • Live countdown to the new year, down to the second • World Tour: watch midnight cross the globe city by city • Year progress ring: exactly how much of this year is already gone • Midnight Alerts: an optional reminder 10 minutes before midnight and at midnight • Real time zones, calculated on the device, not a hardcoded table THE YEAR RING A quiet one. It shows the percentage of the year that has passed. Most people are surprised by it in October. FREE The countdown, the world tour, the year progress ring and midnight alerts. PREMIUM Your own countdowns for birthdays and trips, plus extra themes. No account. No ads. Works offline. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Soon4 screens
New Year Countdown World4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: New Year Countdown World at none against Soon's shown. New Year Countdown World also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 64 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Soon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and New Year Countdown World sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soon ships an update every 64 months, New Year Countdown World monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Soon versus New Year Countdown World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoonNew Year Countdown World
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (38 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 64 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOscar FawkesDIJITAL PILOT REKLAM SANAYI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Soon

One-time1
  • Upgrade$2.99
2 purchases

New Year Countdown World

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Soon free?
Soon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is New Year Countdown World free?
New Year Countdown World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Soon or New Year Countdown World have ads?
Soon shows ads; New Year Countdown World does not.
Which is updated more often, Soon or New Year Countdown World?
Soon ships an update every 64 months, and New Year Countdown World monthly. Most recently, Soon was updated on November 2, 2026 and New Year Countdown World on November 6, 2026.

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