Comparison

How Long Left vs Sticky Timers and Countdowns

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

Sticky Timers and Countdowns

Display multiple custom timers directly on your lockscreen or in the dynamic island. Personalize their appearance with colors, emojis, and designs for at-a-glance tracking of various events. Offers quick restart and duplication features for efficient time management.

Highlights
  • Customizable timers
  • Lockscreen widgets
  • Dynamic Island display
  • Multiple timer views
  • Customizable designs and colors
  • Quick restart and duplicate timers
  • App shortcuts
Features
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Keep track of multiple timers at the same time from the dynamic island or your lockscreen with Sticky Timers. If you're keeping track of multiple things at the same time it's useful to have your timers available at a glance at all times. Customise colors, designs to make it fit in with your aesthetic! Features include: - Create custom timers - Customise background, emoji and text color for your timers - Quick timers for easy access - View up to six timers at the same time on your Lockscreen - Show up to two active timers at the same time in the Dynamic Island - Lockscreen Widget to start all your timers - Different alert sounds - Choose a background color for your Lockscreen timers - Quickly restart and duplicate timers - App shortcuts to quickly start timers from Siri or your own shortcuts Choose from different designs in the Dynamic Island and your Lockscreen: Compact: - One Timer with progress circle - One Timer with Emoji - Two Timers Expanded (long press on the dynamic island) and Lockscreen: - Coloured Pill - Coloured Pill with title - Minimal - Emoji If you purchase the 'Super Sticky Timers' in app purchase you will get - Unlimited Timers - Up to six active timers - All designs - Edit and create quick timers - Change the alert sounds - Show two timers in your compact Dynamic Island at the same time - Support Indie Development If you have any questions or feature suggestions, send an email to jordi@goodsnooze.com! This app offers subscriptions for "Super Sticky Timers". Subscriptions will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period (and charged to your iTunes account). You can turn off auto-renew/manage subscriptions in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use can be found at https://getvivid.app/stterms and Privacy Policy can be found at https://getvivid.app/stprivacy.

Screenshots

How Long Left4 screens
Sticky Timers and Countdowns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sticky Timers and Countdowns at daily against How Long Left's every 4 months. Sticky Timers and Countdowns also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.8). How Long Left's advantage is review sentiment (59% vs 48%) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. How Long Left sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Sticky Timers and Countdowns 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

Sticky Timers and Countdowns holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 51 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of How Long Left's written reviews are positive against 48% of Sticky Timers and Countdowns's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

How Long Left ships an update every 4 months, Sticky Timers and Countdowns daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
How Long Left versus Sticky Timers and Countdowns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHow Long LeftSticky Timers and Countdowns
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (39 ratings)4.0 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews — better48.4% of reviews
Number of ratings3951 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan KontosGood Snooze

Customer experience

How Long Left

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

Sticky Timers and Countdowns

All ratings51 ratings
Positive72.5%
Neutral9.8%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral16.1%
Negative35.5%

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
3 purchases

Sticky Timers and Countdowns

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is How Long Left free?
How Long Left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sticky Timers and Countdowns free?
Sticky Timers and Countdowns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, How Long Left or Sticky Timers and Countdowns?
Sticky Timers and Countdowns is rated higher. How Long Left averages 3.8 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Sticky Timers and Countdowns averages 4.0 from 51 ratings.
Do How Long Left or Sticky Timers and Countdowns have ads?
Neither How Long Left nor Sticky Timers and Countdowns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, How Long Left or Sticky Timers and Countdowns?
How Long Left ships an update every 4 months, and Sticky Timers and Countdowns daily. Most recently, How Long Left was updated on October 14, 2026 and Sticky Timers and Countdowns on October 22, 2026.

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