Comparison

Soon vs TimeLeft

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 helps you count down to the days that you're looking forward to most. Whether a holiday, birthday, anniversary, or your next vacation, Soon has you covered. With an elegantly simple and colorful interface, you'll always know exactly how far away your special days are. Soon features: • Large display of the number of days remaining. • Stylish circular clock face counting down from one year to go. • Simple swipe navigation between all of your Countdowns, with choice of animation style. • Easy creation of new Countdowns: just type a title, select a color, and pick a date. Done! • Automatic sorting of your Countdowns, to keep the soonest one first. • Optional display of the days remaining for a single Countdown as a badge on Soon's Home Screen icon. • Notifications for each Countdown, at periodic intervals. • Sync Countdowns between all of your devices over iCloud.

About

TimeLeft

This app provides a clear, glanceable countdown for your day, week, month, and year, helping you stay aware of time and make the most of it. It allows you to set goals, track upcoming events, and utilize customizable widgets for constant visibility.

Highlights
  • Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly countdowns
  • Goal setting and progress tracking
  • Event countdowns
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Customizable themes and display
  • Inspirational quotes
Features
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TimeLeft shows you exactly how much time is left in your day, week, month, and year — then helps you make the most of it. Most of us lose track of time without noticing. TimeLeft keeps it visible: a clear, glanceable countdown for your day, week, month, or year, both in the app and available as widgets for both your home and lock screen. → Time, at a glance See a live countdown for your day, week, month, and year. Choose how it's displayed — hours, days, weeks, or percentage — whatever makes the most sense to you. → Goals for every horizon Set goals for today, this week, this month, or this year, and watch your progress build as you check them off. → Count down to what matters Add upcoming events — birthdays, deadlines, trips — and see exactly how long until each one arrives. → Widgets that keep time in view Add time-remaining, goal-progress, and quotes widgets to your home screen as well as time-remaining widgets to your lock screen, so you stay aware without opening the app. → Make it yours Choose from several themes and accent colors, and customize how time is displayed across every view. → A moment of perspective Open the app to a rotating collection of quotes about time, mindfulness, and making the most of what you have. → Do more with Pro Unlock unlimited goals and events, all widgets, themes, and app icons, and advanced settings. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Soon4 screens
TimeLeft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TimeLeft at 5.0 against Soon's 4.6. Soon's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 2 one-off in-app purchases and TimeLeft sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimeLeft holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Soon has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Soon versus TimeLeft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoonTimeLeft
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (39 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better1
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOscar FawkesJoshua Woodson

Customer experience

Soon

All ratings39 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TimeLeft

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Soon

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Upgrade$0.99
2 purchases

TimeLeft

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Soon free?
Soon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeLeft free?
TimeLeft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Soon or TimeLeft?
TimeLeft is rated higher. Soon averages 4.6 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while TimeLeft averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Soon or TimeLeft have ads?
Neither Soon nor TimeLeft shows ads.

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