Comparison

How Long Left vs Sands

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

Sands

Features
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Time is invisible until it is not. Sands makes it physical. Sands lives on your Apple Watch. A shrinking ring shows time passing, while haptics become more noticeable as a deadline approaches. It is designed for anyone who finds it easy to lose track of time. Timers you can feel Start a timer in two taps. The ring shifts from calm green to urgent red, and haptic feedback increases as time runs out. Leave-by alerts Set a leave time, such as 8:40 AM, and receive escalating haptic reminders at 15, 10, 5, and 2 minutes beforehand. Routines Build your morning from timed steps that advance hands-free. See whether you are on track, and adjust with one tap when needed. Get-ready mode Plan backward from when you need to leave. Sands tells you when to begin and helps pace each step, with quick recovery options when a task runs long. Hyperfocus sessions Receive gentle check-ins so you can stay aware of elapsed time. No lockouts and no judgment. Describe it, do not build it Say, “shower 10, dress 5, breakfast 15, out by 8:40,” and Sands creates a routine on your device. Private by design No account required. No servers or tracking. Your data stays on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

How Long Left4 screens
Sands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: How Long Left at 12.0 against Sands's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Sands sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
How Long Left versus Sands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHow Long LeftSands
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (40 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan KontosMohamed Ali

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

Sands

Subscriptions2
  • Sands Pro: Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Sands Pro: Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sands Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is How Long Left free?
How Long Left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sands free?
Sands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do How Long Left or Sands have ads?
Neither How Long Left nor Sands shows ads.

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