Reveal Timer vs Future Past
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.
Future Past
Track important dates with a simple timeline. See days remaining or days past for any event. Syncs with your iOS Calendar and offers widgets for quick access.
- Off-calendar event timeline
- iOS Calendar sync
- Calendar view for event browsing
- iOS widgets
- Unlimited events (Pro)
- Unlimited calendar integration (Pro)
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Your important dates. Made simple. Add any event to see the days remaining or the days past. Future Past pulls the events you choose from your calendars into one clean, focused timeline — no more digging through calendar hell to find what matters. Features: Unified timeline — past and future events from your chosen calendars in one continuously scrolling view Favorites - star your most important dates to pin them to the top Fast search - find any event instantly, typos and all Home Screen widgets - see your next event or pin a specific one, right on your Home Screen Native calendar editing - add and edit events with the calendar picker you already know Future Past is free to use, with your timeline showing 1 week ahead and behind. Watch a short ad any time to unlock Pro - a timeline that stretches up to 100 years - for free, no purchase required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reveal Timer at none against Future Past's 1. Reveal Timer also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Future Past's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Future Past sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Reveal Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Reveal Timer against 5.0 for Future Past. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Reveal Timer ships an update every 3 months, Future Past every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reveal Timer | Future Past |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ayden Panhuyzen | Talking Chicken Friend |
Customer experience
Reveal Timer
Future Past
In-app purchases
Reveal Timer
No in-app purchases
Future Past
- Future Past Pro$14.99









