Comparison

How Long Left vs DoorCodes Vault

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

DoorCodes Vault

This app securely stores your access codes for places like apartment buzzers, gates, and offices. It provides privacy-safe reminders when you approach a saved location, ensuring you have the right code ready.

Highlights
  • Save access codes for various locations
  • Privacy-safe location-based reminders
  • Secure Reveal for hidden codes
  • Nearby and Recents views
  • Optional iCloud sync
Features
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DoorCodes keeps your saved access details ready when you actually need them. Save apartment buzzers, gate codes, garage entries, office suites, and other place-based access details in one calm, private app. When you get close to a saved place, DoorCodes can surface a privacy-safe reminder so you are not digging through notes, texts, or old emails at the door. DoorCodes is designed for everyday trust: - save places with one or more access codes - see Nearby and Recents views built around real arrival moments - keep lock-screen alerts privacy-safe - protect hidden codes with Secure Reveal - optionally sync through your private iCloud account Launch scope for v1 focuses on the iPhone and iPad core app experience. Apple Watch, widgets, and Live Activity remain out of the public launch promise, and Apple Watch is intentionally sidelined for this release unless launch scope changes in a later update.

Screenshots

How Long Left4 screens
DoorCodes Vault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DoorCodes Vault at 5.0 against How Long Left's 3.8. DoorCodes Vault also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months). How Long Left's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 3) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, 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 DoorCodes Vault sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DoorCodes Vault 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of How Long Left's written reviews are positive against 100% of DoorCodes Vault's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

How Long Left ships an update every 4 months, DoorCodes Vault every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
How Long Left versus DoorCodes Vault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHow Long LeftDoorCodes Vault
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (39 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan KontosTom Lewis

Customer experience

How Long Left

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

DoorCodes Vault

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
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
1 purchases

DoorCodes Vault

One-time1
  • DoorCodes Plus$9.99

Questions

Is How Long Left free?
How Long Left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DoorCodes Vault free?
DoorCodes Vault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, How Long Left or DoorCodes Vault?
DoorCodes Vault is rated higher. How Long Left averages 3.8 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while DoorCodes Vault averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do How Long Left or DoorCodes Vault have ads?
Neither How Long Left nor DoorCodes Vault shows ads.
Which is updated more often, How Long Left or DoorCodes Vault?
How Long Left ships an update every 4 months, and DoorCodes Vault every 8 days. Most recently, How Long Left was updated on October 14, 2026 and DoorCodes Vault on October 2, 2026.

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