Comparison

How Long Left vs SmartPO

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

Head to head
About

How Long Left

This app helps you visualize the time remaining for your calendar events. It offers a Today Widget, Siri integration, and an Apple Watch app for convenient access. Receive notifications for upcoming events and customize your watch face with countdown complications.

Highlights
  • Countdown calendar events
  • Today Widget integration
  • Siri integration
  • Apple Watch app
  • Time remaining notifications
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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How Long Left is a simple app that helps you manage your time by displaying the time remaining of current calendar events. It also includes a Today Widget, Siri integration, and an Apple Watch app, time remaining notifications, and more. There is also an Apple Watch complication that, with an in-app purchase, can display a countdown for current and upcoming events.

About

SmartPO

This app streamlines purchasing and electronic invoicing for non-acute healthcare facilities. It allows users to build, approve, and manage orders and contract prices from multiple vendors, with mobile barcode scanning for easy order creation and inventory management.

Highlights
  • Order management
  • Contract price management
  • Electronic invoicing
  • Barcode scanning for order creation
  • Order approval
  • Inventory receiving
Features
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SmartPO™ is a simple purchasing and electronic invoicing system built to fit the needs of Non-Acute Healthcare Facilities. Our software provides a complete order management and contract price management solution, while allowing users to build orders, approve orders, view order confirmations, or manage contract prices from multiple vendors. Our mobile app allows users to create orders in a variety of ways, including scanning barcodes with their mobile devices. Users will also have the ability to approve orders and receive orders into inventory.

Screenshots

How Long Left4 screens
SmartPO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SmartPO at 5.0 against How Long Left's 3.8. SmartPO also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). How Long Left's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. How Long Left sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. SmartPO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SmartPO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: How Long Left has 39 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

How Long Left ships an update every 4 months, SmartPO monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
How Long Left versus SmartPO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHow Long LeftSmartPO
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (39 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan KontosMedProcure, LLC

Customer experience

How Long Left

All ratings39 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral10.3%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive58.5%
Neutral17.1%
Negative24.4%

SmartPO

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

How Long Left

One-time4
  • How Long Left Widget$1.99
  • Premium Watch Complication$4.99
  • Legacy Pro Lifetime$39.99
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  • How Long Left Pro (Lifetime)$49.99
None

SmartPO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is How Long Left free?
How Long Left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartPO free?
SmartPO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, How Long Left or SmartPO?
SmartPO is rated higher. How Long Left averages 3.8 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while SmartPO averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do How Long Left or SmartPO have ads?
Neither How Long Left nor SmartPO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, How Long Left or SmartPO?
How Long Left ships an update every 4 months, and SmartPO monthly. Most recently, How Long Left was updated on October 14, 2026 and SmartPO on October 6, 2026.

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