Ready Time vs Day Counter .
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ready Time
This app helps you manage your schedule and avoid being late for appointments and events. It calculates when you need to leave and alerts you for tasks, offering features like calendar integration and task suggestions.
- Alerts for Countdowns and Tasks
- Calendar Autocomplete
- Task Suggestions
- Search for Countdowns
- Flight alerts with pre-filled details
- Dark Mode
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Always running late? Ready Time works backward from your Deadline to schedule every Step and alerts you when it's time to start each one. Add your Steps (pack, shower, drive, whatever). Set your Deadline. Ready Time calculates start times and sends a notification for each one. ・Morning routines: know when to start each thing so you're not rushing ・Catching a flight: from packing to TSA, timed out ・Getting kids out the door: the version where nobody yells ・Dinner prep: work backward from "guests arrive at 7" Features: ・Alerts for each Step in your Plan ・Running early or late: tap Done to move the rest of your Plan up, give a Step 5 more minutes, or skip it ・Live Activities: follow a running Plan on your Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and in StandBy ・Ask Siri when to leave or what's next, or tell it to move a one-time Plan's Deadline and Ready Time updates your start times ・Wide-screen layout for iPad and iPhone Duo ・Add a destination to any Step to see travel time by driving, cycling, or walking ・Shared Plans: share with friends and family; they get the same reminders, so you're all ready together ・Calendar integration: tap a flight or event to start a new Plan with the details filled in ・Step suggestions from your history ・Time Lock: pin a Step to a fixed time and schedule everything else around it ・Buffers between Steps ・Repeating Plans: daily, weekdays, or weekly ・Sync, duplicate, and archive ・Find your Plans in Spotlight search and open them from the Shortcuts app ・Start a new Plan from a Routine Free to use. A one-time Premium unlock adds Live Activities, Time Lock, repeating Plans, and more. No subscription. No ads. No login. You already know what you need to do. Ready Time just tells you when. --- Terms & Conditions: https://getreadytime.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://getreadytime.com/privacy/ Ivan ivan@getreadytime.com
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 ratings volume: Day Counter . at 1.6K against Ready Time's 10. Day Counter . also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Ready Time's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Ready Time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year and Day Counter . sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Ready Time against 4.8 for Day Counter .. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Day Counter . has 1.6K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Ready Time's written reviews are positive against 88% of Day Counter .'s.
Ready Time ships an update every 3 weeks, Day Counter . every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ready Time | Day Counter . |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 87.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nerd Tower | InnerGrow |
Customer experience
Ready Time
Day Counter .
Bugs and requests
Ready Time
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
Ready Time
- Countdown: Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Repeating Plans, Themes & More$4.99
Day Counter .
- Cute Countdown Meow3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Lifetime Sale$3.99
- Lifetime Premium$6.99
Questions
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