Comparison

Upcoming vs Merrimack

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

Merrimack

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La APP Merrimack permite acceder a toda la información de los espacios Merrimack, así como gestionar en un solo lugar los servicios que ofrecen sus edificios: desde reservar salas de reuniones hasta informar sobre posibles incidencias. Merrimack pertenece a FÁBREGA, empresa dedicada a la promoción y alquiler de edificios de oficinas con más de setenta años de experiencia en el sector.

Screenshots

Upcoming4 screens
Merrimack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Upcoming at 3 against Merrimack's —. Merrimack's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 18.0). On price and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Upcoming versus Merrimack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpcomingMerrimack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better—
Requires iOS18.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenjamin PustFABREGA EMPRESA CONSTRUCTORA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA

In-app purchases

None

Upcoming

No in-app purchases

None

Merrimack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Upcoming free?
Upcoming is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Merrimack free?
Merrimack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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