Upcoming vs Day Counter .
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Upcoming
Easily track and share important dates with customizable countdowns. Set reminders, import events from your calendar, and share visually appealing countdowns with anyone via universal links.
- Universal link sharing
- Customizable countdown display
- Smart calendar integration
- Powerful sharing options
- Recurring events management
- Smart reminders and notifications
- Birthday import from contacts
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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
Day Counter .
Track important dates with this cute day counter and reminder app. It helps you count down to events, count up days since a specific date, and receive reminders for birthdays and holidays. You can also use it to monitor expiration dates for food and other items.
- Countdown to events
- Count up days since
- Holiday tracking
- Birthday reminders
- Expiration date tracking
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A cute day counter and reminder app. - Countdown to events and dates - Count up days since - Upcoming holidays - Birthday countdown and reminders - Track food & item expiration dates Terms of Use (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Day Counter . at 4.8 against Upcoming's 4.0. Day Counter . also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 12) and review sentiment (88% vs 67%). Upcoming's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Day Counter . sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Upcoming asks for nothing beyond the download.
Day Counter . holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Day Counter . has 1.6K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Upcoming's written reviews are positive against 88% of Day Counter .'s.
Upcoming ships an update fortnightly, Day Counter . every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Upcoming | Day Counter . |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Pust | InnerGrow |
Customer experience
Upcoming
Day Counter .
Bugs and requests
Upcoming
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Day Counter .
Reported bugs
3 issues- Dates displaying incorrectly
- App crashing or freezing
- Widget not working properly
Requested features
4 requests- Calendar integration
- Ability to set time for events
- More widget design options
- Automatic event renewal/repeat
In-app purchases
Upcoming
No in-app purchases
Day Counter .
- Cute Countdown Meow3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Lifetime Sale$3.99
- Lifetime Premium$6.99
