Comparison

Days Matter Air vs Ready Time

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

Head to head
About

Days Matter Air

Track important upcoming and past events with a visual countdown. Supports a vast date range, custom categories, and widgets. Never miss a birthday, anniversary, or bill payment again.

Highlights
  • Countdown/count up to 10,000 years
  • Support for various widgets
  • Customizable event categories
  • Lunar calendar support
  • Pin important dates to the top
  • Passcode protection
Features
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Days Matter is an app to countdown your important days, such as: How many days away from your Family’s birthday? When to pay your credit card? How many days are there from your payday? How long has it been since the baby was born? = Feature = ·10,000 Years Support - From January 1, The Year One AD to December 31, 9999 AD, count up/down. · Support Various Widgets · Today in History · Custom Categories - 3 default categories: Anniversary, Work, Life, support custom categories · Lunar Calendar Support: From 1901 AD to 2099 AD · Pin top for important dates, arranged in chronological order · Custom event background · Advanced feature: Passcode Protection Please feel free to provide problem reports, feature ideas and general comments. Proudly by Clover

About

Ready Time

This app helps you manage your schedule and avoid being late for appointments and events. It calculates when you need to leave and alerts you for tasks, offering features like calendar integration and task suggestions.

Highlights
  • Alerts for Countdowns and Tasks
  • Calendar Autocomplete
  • Task Suggestions
  • Search for Countdowns
  • Flight alerts with pre-filled details
  • Dark Mode
Features
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Always running late? Ready Time works backward from your Deadline to schedule every Step and alerts you when it's time to start each one. Add your Steps (pack, shower, drive, whatever). Set your Deadline. Ready Time calculates start times and sends a notification for each one. ・Morning routines: know when to start each thing so you're not rushing ・Catching a flight: from packing to TSA, timed out ・Getting kids out the door: the version where nobody yells ・Dinner prep: work backward from "guests arrive at 7" Features: ・Alerts for each Step in your Plan ・Running early or late: tap Done to move the rest of your Plan up, give a Step 5 more minutes, or skip it ・Live Activities: follow a running Plan on your Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and in StandBy ・Ask Siri when to leave or what's next, or tell it to move a one-time Plan's Deadline and Ready Time updates your start times ・Wide-screen layout for iPad and iPhone Duo ・Add a destination to any Step to see travel time by driving, cycling, or walking ・Shared Plans: share with friends and family; they get the same reminders, so you're all ready together ・Calendar integration: tap a flight or event to start a new Plan with the details filled in ・Step suggestions from your history ・Time Lock: pin a Step to a fixed time and schedule everything else around it ・Buffers between Steps ・Repeating Plans: daily, weekdays, or weekly ・Sync, duplicate, and archive ・Find your Plans in Spotlight search and open them from the Shortcuts app ・Start a new Plan from a Routine Free to use. A one-time Premium unlock adds Live Activities, Time Lock, repeating Plans, and more. No subscription. No ads. No login. You already know what you need to do. Ready Time just tells you when. --- Terms & Conditions: https://getreadytime.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://getreadytime.com/privacy/ Ivan ivan@getreadytime.com

Screenshots

Days Matter Air4 screens
Ready Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Days Matter Air at 338 against Ready Time's 10. Days Matter Air also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). Ready Time's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Days Matter Air sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Ready Time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Days Matter Air against 4.7 for Ready Time. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Days Matter Air has 338 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Days Matter Air's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ready Time's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Days Matter Air ships an update every 2 months, Ready Time every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Days Matter Air versus Ready Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDays Matter AirReady Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (338 ratings) — better4.7 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings338 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiDaily Corp.Nerd Tower

Customer experience

Days Matter Air

All ratings335 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews197 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral6.6%
Negative8.6%

Ready Time

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Days Matter Air

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional app crashes
  • Widget disappearing from Notification Center
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add note/description field for events
  • Provide more language options
  • Improve Apple Watch app functionality
  • Implement backup and restore options
  • Add sorting/filtering for event lists

Ready Time

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Days Matter Air

One-time4
  • Days Matter Air Pro$1.99
  • 咖啡$2.99
  • 银币$5.99
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  • 金币$14.99
2 purchases

Ready Time

Subscriptions1
  • Countdown: Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Repeating Plans, Themes & More$4.99

Questions

Is Days Matter Air free?
Days Matter Air is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ready Time free?
Ready Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Days Matter Air or Ready Time?
Days Matter Air is rated higher. Days Matter Air averages 4.7 out of 5 from 338 ratings, while Ready Time averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do Days Matter Air or Ready Time have ads?
Neither Days Matter Air nor Ready Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Days Matter Air or Ready Time?
Days Matter Air ships an update every 2 months, and Ready Time every 3 weeks. Most recently, Days Matter Air was updated on October 26, 2026 and Ready Time on October 24, 2026.

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