Count Time Until & Days Since vs Future Past
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Count Time Until & Days Since
Track time counting down to or up from important events like birthdays, trips, or anniversaries. Customize counters with images and colors, organize them into categories, and view them on your home screen with widgets. Set smart alerts and sync across devices.
- Personalize with images and colors
- Count up or down for events
- Organize events by category
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Smart alerts for important dates
- Recurring event scheduling
- iCloud sync across devices
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Count Time – Your Personal Event Tracker Track time counting down or up for your most important moments—whether it’s a birthday, a concert, a trip, or any special date. Count Time is designed to be simple, intuitive, and highly customizable, so you can always stay on top of what matters most. “Nice! Simple and beautiful!” “This app is amazing! I track all my important events effortlessly. It’s super easy to use, and the customization options are fantastic.” “Works exactly as expected with no ads! The UI feels like a native iOS app, making it seamless to use.” FEATURES Personalization: Customize your time counters with your own images or vibrant colors to make each event unique. Count Up or Down: Track events before or after they happen—perfect for countdowns and anniversaries. Categories & Organization: Keep everything tidy by sorting your events into categories for quick access. Widgets for Home & Lock Screen: See your most important events at a glance with beautifully designed widgets. Smart Alerts: Set up to two notifications per event, so you’ll never forget an important date. Recurring Events: Easily schedule events to repeat automatically on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. iCloud Sync: Keep all your time counters and categories synced across your devices seamlessly. Share Your Counter: Spread the excitement—share your event counters on social media with just a tap! Terms of Use: javiergallo.com/count-time/terms
Future Past
Easily track important past and future dates with a unified timeline. Star favorite events, search instantly, and view upcoming dates on your home screen. Unlock extended timelines through ads or a subscription.
- Unified timeline of past and future events
- Favorite important dates
- Fast event search
- Home screen widgets
- Native calendar editing
- Extended timeline access
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Your important dates. Made simple. Add any event to see the days remaining or the days past. Future Past pulls the events you choose from your calendars into one clean, focused timeline — no more digging through calendar hell to find what matters. Features: Unified timeline — past and future events from your chosen calendars in one continuously scrolling view Favorites - star your most important dates to pin them to the top Fast search - find any event instantly, typos and all Home Screen widgets - see your next event or pin a specific one, right on your Home Screen Native calendar editing - add and edit events with the calendar picker you already know Future Past is free to use, with your timeline showing 1 week ahead and behind. Unlock Pro - a timeline that stretches up to 100 years - in either of two ways: watch a short ad for 24 hours of Pro access, no purchase required, or subscribe to Future Past Pro. Future Past Pro subscription: monthly, auto-renewing. The price is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://talkingchickenfriend.com/#privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Future Past at 100% against Count Time Until & Days Since's 64%. Future Past also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Count Time Until & Days Since's advantage is ratings volume (169 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Count Time Until & Days Since sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Future Past sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Future Past holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Count Time Until & Days Since has 169 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Count Time Until & Days Since's written reviews are positive against 100% of Future Past's.
Count Time Until & Days Since ships an update fortnightly, Future Past every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Count Time Until & Days Since | Future Past |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (169 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 169 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Javier Gallo Roca | Talking Chicken Friend |
Customer experience
Count Time Until & Days Since
Future Past
Bugs and requests
Count Time Until & Days Since
Reported bugs
6 issues- Widget is always days behind
- Widget does not update when opening the app
- Times are jumping ahead (e.g., midnight to 1 am)
- App keeps closing out when viewing a countdown for too long
- App crashes on launch after adding multiple counters
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- Widget shows 'unlock count Time +' making it unusable
Requested features
12 requests- Add custom and week day repetition (Mon-Fri)
- Allow 'all day events' similar to calendar
- Let users pick what dates of time to use (checkboxes for units)
- Allow custom repeat events
- Add custom and multiple alerts
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- Show more precise time units (e.g., fractional hours)
- Improve widget accuracy and display actual days
- Widgets should open to the selected countdown
- Default time to 12 am instead of current time
- UI tweaks to display most recent events
- Option to send a tip
- Show image when sharing an event in a message
Future Past
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Count Time Until & Days Since
- Monthly Plan$1.991 Month
- Weekly Plan3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Welcome Annual Plan1 Year trial$9.991 Year
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- Annual Plan3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
Future Past
- Future Past Pro$1.001 Month
- Future Past Pro$14.99
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