Comparison

Upcoming vs e

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

Head to head
About

Upcoming

This app helps you visualize and track upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Add widgets to your home screen, share progress with friends, and receive timely reminders. It's designed to make waiting for special moments more engaging.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Messages stickers
  • Shared countdowns with reactions
  • Birthday and calendar event import
  • Keepsakes for past events
Features
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Upcoming turns the things you are looking forward to into a number you can see. Pick a date — a birthday, a trip, a due date, the last day of term — and Upcoming counts the sleeps until it lands. Put the number on your Home Screen, drop it into someone else's chat, or wait for it together. On iPhone and iPad. WHAT IT DOES - Count down to anything, in whole days, with a name, a colour and a photo - Home Screen widgets in three sizes, and Lock Screen widgets - Stickers for Messages — drop the number straight into a chat - Nudges: a reminder a week out, the night before, the morning of - Three voices for those reminders — Chill, Playful, or Unhinged - Pull in birthdays from Contacts and events from your calendar - Keepsakes: when a countdown lands, keep it on the shelf with the photo, the date, and the number of sleeps you waited WAIT TOGETHER Invite someone into a countdown and you both watch the same number. Photos and reactions go in one thread as the day gets closer. Starting a shared countdown and joining one are both free. FREE FOR EVERYONE All features are included, with no subscription. - Unlimited countdowns for every birthday, trip, and day worth waiting for - Invite anyone to share a countdown, with photos, messages, and reactions in one thread - iCloud sync across your devices - Every widget, Messages sticker, and keepsake Terms of Use: https://claycircuitstudios.com/upcoming/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://claycircuitstudios.com/upcoming/privacy

About

e

This system facilitates online resource scheduling for private groups and clubs. Members can make reservations for shared resources, such as club facilities or jointly owned assets like aircraft or boats. It's designed for organizations needing an efficient way to manage shared asset bookings.

Highlights
  • Online resource scheduling
  • Private membership accounts
  • Group and club resource booking
  • Shared asset allocation
  • Time-share facility management
Features
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e-allocator is an on-line resource scheduling system for groups and clubs with private membership. To log into this app, you need to have an e-allocator account. e-allocator allows members of your club or group to make on-line bookings for whatever resources are shared among the membership. This is not a system for booking airline flights, hotel rooms or theatre tickets; it is your organization's or group's resources that the system allocates. The system provides an on-line booking service, and can be used across a wide range of applications such as private aircraft and boat ownership syndicates, sports and recreational clubs, and time-share facilities. Here are some possible scenarios where e-allocator could be used: - You run a club or group, and you would like to allow club members to make reservations for club facilities. - You are a part-owner of a light aircraft or boat, in which co-owners allocate time slots for themselves to use the resource. - You hire out conference rooms, lecture rooms, banqueting facilities or guest rooms, and you need an on-line booking system you and your staff can use to allocate resources to customers. e-allocator(TM) is a trademark of Dragon Technology Ltd.

Screenshots

Upcoming4 screens
e3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: e at 5.0 against Upcoming's 4.1. e also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Upcoming's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (15 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

e holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Upcoming has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Upcoming ships an update weekly, e monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Upcoming versus e: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpcominge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin PustDragon Technology Ltd

Customer experience

Upcoming

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

e

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

In-app purchases

None

Upcoming

No in-app purchases

None

e

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Upcoming free?
Upcoming is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is e free?
e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Upcoming or e?
e is rated higher. Upcoming averages 4.1 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while e averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Upcoming or e have ads?
Neither Upcoming nor e shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Upcoming or e?
Upcoming ships an update weekly, and e monthly. Most recently, Upcoming was updated on November 6, 2026 and e on November 2, 2026.

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