Comparison

Time Arrow vs Happy

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

Head to head
About

Time Arrow

Track important dates with a countdown and count-up tool. Never forget anniversaries, birthdays, or payment deadlines again. Offers quick recording, sharing, and customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up modes
  • Quick event recording
  • Card sharing
  • Multiple widget options
  • Annual/monthly anniversary display
  • Cloud backup (Premium)
  • Daily reminders (Premium)
Features
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■ Apple Today Recommendation ■ App Introduction Time Arrow is a count down day recording tool to help you manage important days such as anniversaries, birthdays, repayment days and so on. There are always days in life that you want to record: - Do you remember your mom's and dad's birthday? - How many days have you been born? - What's the date do you have to pay back your credit card every month? - How many days to get paid? - Will the rent be paid next month? - Do you need a physical examination once a year? - Don't forget to take medicine at night? - Did you walk the dog today? Did you shovel shit? - Don't forget to punch in at night? - Did you pay the tuition fee? - What's the date of this month? You must have more important days to record... ■ Function Introduction - Cycle design: a more intuitive display of the annual monthly anniversary. - Count down & Count up: one mode supporting two counting ways. - Quick Recording: No tedious steps, quick preset 1 step to complete. - Card Sharing: One-click Sharing Exquisite Countdown Days Cards to Friends. - Widget: multiple widgets for your choice, quick Preview. - Back up: Keep important information in the cloud without fear of loss (Premium) - Daily Reminder: Date approaching, timely reminder (Premium) - Add to Calendar: Export to system calendar and reminder (Premium) - Secure Access: Password needed when open app each time (Premium) - Hidden Page: flexible display, minimalism to the end (Premium) ■ About Me - Personal Works Apple Recommend App: Time Arrow, Flaaash, Easy Period, Lover List, Sun & Moon - Contact Information My Email: hanchongzan@icloud.com If you have any suggestions and ideas, you can send messages me at any time. I will continue to develop more good applications. Thanks for aurwiz's support to Russian Thanks for Nantadech's support for Thai ■ Terms of Use Time Arrow Premium Subscription is a subscription-based paid-up service, which means that you will pay in advance for future use of the service. You can currently choose to pay the service on an annual basis. At the end of each subscription cycle, your subscription is automatically renewed by default unless you explicitly cancel the automatic renewal or cancelled by Time Arrow. - Fees: Now Premium is set a standard fee as $0.99 per year. This price may be changed during promotion period. If the price is adjusted, the new price will take effect for the next subscription cycle. - Refund: After the trial period, you shall never be refunded the fee. Please voluntarily cancel your payment of service. - Unsubscribe: If you want to unsubscribe, please cancel it at least 24 hours in advance. You can cancel it as follow steps: Enter Into The System Settings - Click Apple ID - Click Subscription - Select Time Arrow Premium - unsubscribe. Terms of Use: https://shimo.im/docs/tGwwvxCvj8KxjyvX Privacy Policy: https://shimo.im/docs/CCDjcWytvwWRvxkt

About

Happy

This app helps you track important dates like birthdays and anniversaries with customizable countdowns and count-ups. It offers widgets, event journaling, and automatic calculations for special occasions.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up support
  • Anniversary and birthday tracking
  • Customizable widgets
  • Event journaling
  • Automatic date calculations
  • Birthday constellations and dynamic age icons
Features
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Happy:Days is a lovely and modern day counter for 2023 and beyond. It doesn't just count things down or up, but helps people to remind and celebrate the little things in a special way. • Support countdown & count-up, anniversary, birthday, and age. • A wide-time collection of widgets with customizable designs. • Linked relevant events in a two-way that to see how things connected. • Annotate the event node and time of journaling. • Automatically calculate the number of birthdays or anniversaries. • Display birthday constellations and dynamic age icons. • Support different time and age units. --- Happy:Days Pro Subscription Pricing and Terms Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription will automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. You can managed to turn off auto-renewal in your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited after purchases a subscription. Term of Service: https://floatingislandapps.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://floatingislandapps.com/privacy-policy --- If you have any questions or suggestions, welcome to drop us a line: allen@floatingislandapps.com Happy:Days @Instagram

Screenshots

Time Arrow4 screens
Happy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Time Arrow at 4.7 against Happy's 3.7. Time Arrow also leads on ratings volume (88 vs 12) and device support (3 vs 1). Happy's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Time Arrow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Happy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Time Arrow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Arrow has 88 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 77% and 78% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Arrow ships an update every 5 weeks, Happy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Time Arrow versus Happy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime ArrowHappy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (88 ratings) — better3.7 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews76.8% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings88 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer重赞 韩Floating Island Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Time Arrow

All ratings88 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive76.8%
Neutral10.7%
Negative12.5%

Happy

All ratings12 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Time Arrow

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - Yearly Subscription$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$4.99
3 purchases

Happy

Subscriptions2
  • Happy:Days Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Happy:Days Pro Yearly3 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Happy:Days Pro Lifetime2 variants$12.99

Questions

Is Time Arrow free?
Time Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Happy free?
Happy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Time Arrow or Happy?
Time Arrow is rated higher. Time Arrow averages 4.7 out of 5 from 88 ratings, while Happy averages 3.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Time Arrow or Happy have ads?
Time Arrow shows ads; Happy does not.
Which is updated more often, Time Arrow or Happy?
Time Arrow ships an update every 5 weeks, and Happy every 3 weeks. Most recently, Time Arrow was updated on September 23, 2026 and Happy on September 18, 2026.

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