Comparison

Reveal Timer vs DOY

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Countdown to Apple keynotes
  • Apple Watch app and complication
  • Today widget
  • Automatic event updates
  • Customizable notifications
  • AirPlay Mirroring and TV Out support
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Reveal Timer3 screens
DOY4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reveal Timer versus DOY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReveal TimerDOY
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAyden PanhuyzenDaniel Hansen

Customer experience

Reveal Timer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DOY

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Reveal Timer

No in-app purchases

None

DOY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reveal Timer free?
Reveal Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DOY free?
DOY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reveal Timer or DOY?
Reveal Timer is rated higher. Reveal Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while DOY averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Reveal Timer or DOY have ads?
Neither Reveal Timer nor DOY shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reveal Timer or DOY?
Reveal Timer ships an update every 3 months, and DOY every 4 months. Most recently, Reveal Timer was updated on October 11, 2026 and DOY on October 3, 2026.

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