Upcoming vs Nigh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable countdowns
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Messages stickers
- Shared countdowns with reactions
- Birthday and calendar event import
- Keepsakes for past events
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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
Nigh
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Nigh counts down to the moments you're waiting for, on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, and in the app. COUNTDOWNS THAT KEEP GOING Most countdown apps stop when the day arrives. Nigh handles the things that come around again: • Paydays every other Friday, rent on the 1st, trash day every Tuesday • Birthdays and anniversaries every year • Cycles made of phases, like a menstrual cycle or a 21/7 pill pack, with "3 days until the next phase" and a day-by-day ring When one passes, Nigh rolls over to the next, forever. MANY WAYS TO SEE IT Big number, progress bar, ring, fill, dots, weekends left, calendar, milestones, live timer, and phases. Show the count as days, weeks and days, months and days, hours, or "sleeps." WIDGETS FOR EVERYTHING Small, medium and large Home Screen widgets, plus Lock Screen widgets. Pick a different event and style for each one, and tap any widget to jump to its live countdown. REMINDERS YOUR WAY • Heads-up alerts like "Payday is tomorrow" before every occurrence • Milestones at 100 days, 30 days, 1 week and 1 day • Custom schedules: every Friday, the 1st and 15th, the third Friday of the month, and more • Preview any notification before you rely on it PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything you create stays on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no cloud. Nigh is free and supported by a small banner ad. There are no subscriptions and no in-app purchases, ever. Start from an example (Payday, Cycle, Pill Pack, Birthday, Vacation, Rent, Trash Day, Due Date) then change anything you like. Cycle and pill pack countdowns are estimates to help you plan. They aren't medical advice or a form of contraception.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Upcoming at none against Nigh's shown. Upcoming also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Nigh's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Upcoming ships an update weekly, Nigh every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Upcoming | Nigh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Pust | Justin Lewis |
In-app purchases
Upcoming
No in-app purchases
Nigh
No in-app purchases









