Today.In.History vs Ahead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Today.In.History
Discover significant historical events that occurred on any given day. Access a curated list of the most relevant moments from the past.
- Daily historical events
- Relevant historical moments
- Event discovery
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Today in History, you can check the most relevant events in history.
Ahead
Easily track upcoming events like trips, birthdays, and holidays with customizable countdowns. Display these important dates on your home screen with glanceable widgets, so you never miss a moment.
- Recurring countdowns
- Built-in holiday calendars
- Customizable card styling
- Home screen widgets
- Sync across devices
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You're excited about that upcoming trip/party/holiday! Ahead keeps the dates you care about in view. Create countdowns for trips, birthdays, launches, anniversaries, deadlines, and the holidays you never want to miss. Ahead gives each date a clear card, a flexible schedule, and widgets that make your next moment glanceable without opening the app. What you can do: • Create recurring countdowns for daily, monthly, or annual events. • Add holiday countdowns from built-in country, seasonal, and religious calendars. • Choose actual or observed holiday dates where available. • Style each card with gradients, text color, icons, and optional artwork. • Choose your own artwork from Photos. • Pin one, two, or four countdowns in configurable widgets. • Keep countdowns synced between iPhone and iPad and available to widgets. Ahead is built for the small moments and the big ones: the flight you booked, the birthday you nearly forgot, the launch date you are counting toward, and the holidays that deserve their own place on your screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ahead at 100% against Today.In.History's 0%. Ahead also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Today.In.History's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Today.In.History sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ahead asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ahead holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Today.In.History's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ahead's.
| Parameter | Today.In.History | Ahead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manuel Posadas | Just About Normal, LLC |
Customer experience
Today.In.History
Ahead
In-app purchases
Today.In.History
- Remove Advertisements$0.99
Ahead
No in-app purchases
