Reveal Timer vs DOY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reveal Timer
This app provides a countdown to upcoming Apple keynote events, keeping fans informed and engaged. It offers convenient access through Apple Watch and a Today widget, with automatic updates and customizable notifications.
- Countdown to Apple keynotes
- Apple Watch app and complication
- Today widget
- Automatic event updates
- Customizable notifications
- AirPlay Mirroring and TV Out support
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For Apple enthusiasts, the keynotes are exciting. Fans around the world attend and watch these events online. Reveal Timer is an app that counts down to the next one of these events, so that you can keep track of the time until each event with ease. Reveal Timer features both an Apple Watch app and a Today widget so you can access the timer with ease, whenever you want. Included in the Apple Watch app is a complication that lets you see the countdown every time you look at your wrist. The app gets the latest event automatically, so you don't have to do anything for it to update it's information. We can also notify you whenever a news event is announced and added to the timer. In addition to this, you can turn your TV into a timer with our special AirPlay Mirroring or TV Out support. It will even notify you about the event in the hour leading up to it, and can optionally provide a notification every morning telling you how many days are left to the event. Features: • Beautiful full screen design • Notifications in hours leading up to the event • Daily notifications before the event (optional) • Auto-updating • Today widget • AirPlay Mirroring and TV Out support • Apple Watch companion app • Apple Watch complication • Will always be free • No advertisements Download it today and start counting down! Reveal Timer and its developer(s) are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc.
DOY
This app helps you track important upcoming events by counting down the days. It also provides the Day Of Year and sunrise/sunset times for each event based on your location.
- Countdown to user-defined events
- Displays Day Of Year for events
- Provides sunrise and sunset times
- Location-based sunrise/sunset data
- Inspired by military 'short timer' tapes
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They say don't count the days, make the days count. Why not do both? 40 years ago, when I was serving in the U.S. Army Field Artillery, the PX sold tapes with tear-away numbers, allowing 'short timers' to countdown the days as they neared the end of their active duty service. Those tapes are the inspiration for DOY, which tracks the number of days until a user configurable set of events. As a bonus, for each upcoming event, DOY also provides the Day Of Year, and sunrise and sunset times based on your current longitude and latitude.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reveal Timer at 100% against DOY's 50%. Reveal Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Reveal Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Reveal Timer's written reviews are positive against 50% of DOY's.
Reveal Timer ships an update every 3 months, DOY every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reveal Timer | DOY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ayden Panhuyzen | Daniel Hansen |
Customer experience
Reveal Timer
DOY
In-app purchases
Reveal Timer
No in-app purchases
DOY
No in-app purchases









