Comparison

TimeCount+ vs wakn up

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

Head to head
About

TimeCount+

Track upcoming and past events with precise countdowns. Customize your events with backgrounds, icons, and choose your preferred time units. View your countdowns on Apple Watch and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Add custom events
  • Create event categories with icons
  • Customize event backgrounds/photos
  • Apple Watch support
  • Home screen widgets
  • Set exact event times
  • Choose time units
Features
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TimeCount+ is the most efficient way of counting all your favorite events. Whether those who are about to happen, or those who have passed away and left good memories. See how much time is left for birthdays, holidays, holidays, wedding, Christmas, New Year, parties, and anything else you want. Make a progressive count of birthdays, the day you were born, and other special events of the past. • How many hours, minutes, and seconds until your next birthday? • How many months since you were born? • How much time is left for the graduation exam? • How many days until your wedding? • How long until your vacation begins? • How many days are left for Christmas? Features: • Add your own events. • Create categories for your events, with icons of your choice. • Customize your events with your own background or photo of your choice. • View your events on Apple Watch. • Display your events in the Widget. • Complications for faster access to your events on Apple Watch. • Decide what you want to see on the Widget or Apple Watch. • Change the background and text colors of your events. • Set the exact time for each event. • Choose the time units of the selected event. • Filter your events by categories. • Includes 24 wallpapers. • Does not contain advertisements or purchases within the application.

About

wakn up

This app is a discipline system designed to help you break the snooze habit and stop checking social media before getting out of bed. It uses engaging wake-up missions, custom sounds, and an app-blocking system to ensure you start your day with focus and purpose.

Highlights
  • Wake-up missions (math, memory, pattern, reaction)
  • Customizable difficulty levels
  • Powerful custom alarm sounds
  • App blocking until mission completion
  • Breaks the snooze habit
  • Builds strong morning routines
Features
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The alarm app that won't let you doomscroll. wakn up forces you to complete a real wake-up mission before your alarm stops — then locks social media and distracting apps until you've earned them. No snooze button. No scrolling in bed. No more wasted mornings. Built for heavy sleepers, people with phone addiction, and anyone serious about building a morning routine that actually sticks. WAKE UP WITH MISSIONS The only way to dismiss your alarm is to complete a challenge. No tap-and-sleep shortcuts. Math & memory challenges Push-ups & physical fitness missions Barcode scan — place it in another room so you have to get up Room exit — your alarm won't stop until you leave your bedroom Pattern recognition & reaction speed tests Voice alarm creation — say "set alarm for 6am with push-ups and block Instagram" and it's done Custom difficulty from manageable to brutal SOCIAL MEDIA & APP BLOCKER The moment your alarm fires, wakn up locks your chosen apps. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat — all blocked until your mission is complete. No willpower required. You physically cannot open them until you've earned it. This is the only alarm clock that stops morning doomscrolling at the source. BUILT FOR HEAVY SLEEPERS If you sleep through regular alarms, tap snooze without waking up, or disable alarms in your sleep — wakn up is built for you. Dismissing it requires real physical and mental effort. You cannot passively tap it away. Choose sounds designed to cut through deep sleep, or set escalating volume that gets louder until you're up. MORNING STREAK & HABIT TRACKER Every morning you complete builds your streak. Every miss breaks it. Daily streak with milestone achievements at 7, 14, 30 and 100 days Morning score based on how fast you wake and complete missions Points system with streak multipliers Full history of your wake times and discipline scores The longer your streak, the harder it becomes to quit. STOP DOOMSCROLLING IN THE MORNING Most people reach for their phone within 30 seconds of waking up. That dopamine hit from social media sets the tone for the entire day. wakn up breaks that habit by making your mission the first thing you do — not your feed. By the time apps unlock, you're already up, moving, and in control. LIVE ACTIVITY Track your step count, push-up progress, or time remaining directly on your lock screen and Dynamic Island. Updates in real time — no need to open the app. WHO IT'S FOR Heavy sleepers who can't wake up with normal alarms Anyone trying to stop hitting snooze People building a 5am or early morning routine Students, entrepreneurs, and gym-goers Anyone dealing with phone addiction or screen time problems People who want to stop doomscrolling first thing in the morning Anyone who wants to wake up with purpose instead of habit WHY IT WORKS Most alarms rely on sound alone. wakn up relies on psychology. You cannot passively dismiss effort. The moment your brain engages with a mission, sleep is no longer an option. Combine that with immediate app blocking and your morning is controlled before your old habits take over. This is not an alarm clock. It's a morning operating system. A subscription is required to access all features. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TimeCount+4 screens
wakn up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: wakn up at Free against TimeCount+'s $2.99. wakn up also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 12 months). TimeCount+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On review sentiment, 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

wakn up is free to download; TimeCount+ costs $2.99 up front. wakn up sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. TimeCount+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeCount+ ships an update every 12 months, wakn up every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TimeCount+ versus wakn up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeCount+wakn up
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—4.7 (144 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—144 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaulo CorreiaLogan Vicary

Customer experience

TimeCount+

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

wakn up

All ratings144 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative87.5%

In-app purchases

None

TimeCount+

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

wakn up

Subscriptions3
  • WaknUp Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • yearly discounted3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • WaknUp Premium Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • WaknUp Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is TimeCount+ free?
TimeCount+ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is wakn up free?
wakn up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TimeCount+ or wakn up have ads?
Neither TimeCount+ nor wakn up shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeCount+ or wakn up?
TimeCount+ ships an update every 12 months, and wakn up every 10 days. Most recently, TimeCount+ was updated on October 24, 2026 and wakn up on October 23, 2026.

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