Comparison

Until vs Up Ahead

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

Head to head
About

Until

Easily track countdowns to significant life events. Add multiple events and view them directly on your home screen or smartwatch. Never miss an important date again.

Highlights
  • Countdown to important events
  • Add multiple events
  • Home screen widgets
  • Smartwatch integration
  • Track meaningful dates
Features
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Until is an app that lets you count down to the important events in your life. You can add multiple events and track them from your home screen or your watch.

About

Up Ahead

A visually appealing app to track upcoming events with customizable countdown widgets for your Home and Lock Screens. Create events in seconds and personalize them with unique patterns. Stay organized with reminders and attachments.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown widgets
  • Event timeline view
  • Unlockable decorative patterns
  • Flexible reminders
  • Event attachments (notes/links)
  • Recurring and multi-day events
  • iCloud backups
Features
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Up Ahead is a playful, beautiful way to keep track of everything you’re looking forward to. Create events in seconds, and build yourself an eclectic timeline full of birthdays, weddings, holidays, vacations, game releases, sporting events, or anything coming up that brings you joy. As your timeline grows, you’ll unlock themed patterns that can be used to give your events personality. Keep your countdowns top of mind with customizable widgets for your Home Screen or Lock Screen. --- CREATE EVENTS Up Ahead events are quick and simple to create — just give your event a name, a date (with optional time), a category icon, and a color. EVENT TIMELINE View your events in a unique timeline format that gives you visual information about how much time is passing between events, and allows you to easily look back on your entire event history. PATTERNS As you create events, you’ll start to unlock decorative patterns that can be applied to any of your events and appear in both your in-app timeline and your widgets. Patterns are unlocked based on the content of your events, or as weekly gifts. How many can you find? REMINDERS Schedule flexible reminders to get notified about the events you don't want to miss. ATTACHMENTS Keep all your event information in one place by attaching short notes or links to your events. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS * "Countdown" widgets are simple widgets for counting down to a specific event. * "Coming up" widgets come in multiple sizes and will dynamically count down to whatever event is coming up next. They can be customized with filters and display names, allowing you to create widgets such as “Next Raptors game” or “Upcoming game releases”. * "Timeline grid" widgets give you a colorful high-level overview of all your upcoming events. LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Simplified versions of “Countdown” and “Coming up” widgets are available to place right on your Lock Screen. SIRI SHORTCUTS Automate event creation or ask Siri about your events with Siri Shortcuts. TIMELINE FILTERING Quickly filter your events temporarily so that you can get a clean look at just the film releases you’re looking forward to, or the birthdays you want to remember. RECURRING EVENTS Mark an event as recurring — weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or yearly — to have it automatically replace itself in your timeline when an instance of the event has passed. MULTI-DAY EVENTS Give an event an optional end date to countdown to both an event’s beginning and its end. ICLOUD BACKUPS Automatically back up your events and pattern unlocks to iCloud Drive to ensure you never lose access to your data. EVENT SHARING Lightweight event sharing allows you to export and share colorful images of any event. SOUND AND HAPTICS Delightful sound effects and haptics bring the app to life. ...and lots more fun stuff to discover. --- The free version of Up Ahead is free forever, and contains no ads. If you’re looking for the best way to simply pop a few good-looking countdown widgets onto your Home Screen or Lock Screen, downloading Up Ahead for free is a great place to start. With an in-app subscription to Up Ahead Plus, you’ll get all the bells and whistles: unlimited event creation, recurring and multi-day events, the full suite of widget types, and more. --- Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Privacy policy: https://upaheadapp.com/privacy Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Until3 screens
Up Ahead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Until at weekly against Up Ahead's every 5 weeks. Until also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 84%) and device support (4 vs 1). Up Ahead's advantage is ratings volume (684 vs 18). On price, rating, 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. Until sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Up Ahead sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Until against 4.9 for Up Ahead. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Up Ahead has 684 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Until's written reviews are positive against 84% of Up Ahead's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Until ships an update weekly, Up Ahead every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Until versus Up Ahead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUntilUp Ahead
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (18 ratings)4.9 (684 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.6% of reviews
Number of ratings18684 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin ClarkDaniel Gauthier

Customer experience

Until

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Up Ahead

All ratings684 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews159 reviews
Positive83.6%
Neutral8.2%
Negative8.2%

Bugs and requests

Until

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Up Ahead

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Widget doesn't update automatically
  • Backup feature doesn't work
  • Sound effects stopped working
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

11 requests
  • Unlock all patterns
  • More color options
  • More icons and customization
  • Calendar integration
  • Siri and reminder integration
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  • iPad app
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Ability to set end dates for recurring events
  • Periodic reminders for past events
  • Family sharing
  • Import events from other calendars

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Until

One-time1
  • Until Pro$1.99
3 purchases

Up Ahead

Subscriptions2
  • Up Ahead Plus$1.491 Month
  • Up Ahead Plus$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Up Ahead Plus$29.99

Questions

Is Until free?
Until is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Up Ahead free?
Up Ahead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Until or Up Ahead?
Up Ahead is rated higher. Until averages 4.8 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Up Ahead averages 4.9 from 684 ratings.
Do Until or Up Ahead have ads?
Neither Until nor Up Ahead shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Until or Up Ahead?
Until ships an update weekly, and Up Ahead every 5 weeks. Most recently, Until was updated on June 4, 2026 and Up Ahead on September 28, 2026.

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