Comparison

CannotWait vs Tendify

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

Head to head
About

CannotWait

Track important upcoming and past events with a modern, user-friendly countdown and day counter. See precise days remaining or elapsed, with detailed time views and customizable designs. Share event snapshots and use home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Precise day countdowns
  • Days since/day counter
  • Detailed time view (seconds to days)
  • Event photo collection
  • Shareable event snapshots
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Customizable design
Features
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Never miss a moment that truly matters. CannotWait is your personal day counter and date tracker, showing you exactly how many days are left until your next big moment, or how much time has passed since a special event. A countdown to a birthday, days since your anniversary, or an approaching deadline? Everything at a glance. DAY COUNTER & DATE TRACKER Add any event and instantly see how many days are left or have already passed. Perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, vacations, projects, and personal milestones. DETAILED TIME BREAKDOWN View the remaining or elapsed time in seconds, minutes, hours, and days, exactly as precise as you need it. PHOTO MEMORIES CannotWait automatically pulls matching photos from your Photo Library for past events, building a beautiful visual timeline of all your milestones. SHARE Capture a snapshot of your countdowns and share them with your friends. WIDGETS Keep track of your most important dates right on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. SIRI AI & SHORTCUTS CannotWait is optimized for Siri AI, when available on your device. Just ask: "Hey Siri, how many days until my vacation?". Create events, check any countdown hands-free, and build your own automations using the Shortcuts app. CUSTOMIZABLE DESIGN Choose from various color schemes and backgrounds to style the app to your taste. CannotWait’s design is fully optimized for Liquid Glass. PRIVACY COUNTS TOO No tracking with data linked to you and no fingerprinting. Your events are never shared with, sold to, or analyzed by any third parties. MADE BY A REAL HUMAN CannotWait has been actively built for over five years by an independent developer with deep experience and a passion for iOS development. Download for free today and support independent, human-made software.

About

Tendify

This app tracks recurring tasks and habits that don't fit a traditional calendar. It visually alerts you when tasks are due or overdue, allowing for quick completion and reset. Integrates with various Apple devices and offers optional reminders.

Highlights
  • Time since last completion tracking
  • Customizable task frequency alerts
  • One-tap task completion
  • Widgets and device integration (Apple Watch, Siri, Shortcuts)
  • Optional reminders
  • No account required, local data storage
Features
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Tendify keeps track of the things a calendar was never built for. The water filter gets changed "every month or so." The plants get watered "when they look thirsty." You call your parents "regularly." None of it fits in a calendar — so it slips. Tendify watches the one thing that matters here: how long it's been. • Every item shows the time since you last did it • Set how often it should happen: it turns amber as the day nears, red once you're late • One tap marks it done and the count starts over • Widgets on both screens, a Control Center button, Apple Watch, Siri and Shortcuts • Reminders, if you want them The "In-App Purchases" line on this page is a tip jar: a coffee, a burger or a pizza for the developer, if the app earned it. No account. No account, and no server of ours: your list lives on your device. iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch stay in step through your own iCloud, which we cannot see into.

Screenshots

CannotWait4 screens
Tendify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CannotWait at none against Tendify's 3. CannotWait also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Tendify's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and device support (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and iOS requirement 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. Tendify sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. CannotWait asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CannotWait against 5.0 for Tendify. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CannotWait ships an update monthly, Tendify every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CannotWait versus Tendify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCannotWaitTendify
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent FriedrichMaksim Valynets

Customer experience

CannotWait

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Tendify

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CannotWait

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tendify

One-time3
  • Coffee$1.99
  • Burger$4.99
  • Pizza$9.99

Questions

Is CannotWait free?
CannotWait is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tendify free?
Tendify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CannotWait or Tendify?
CannotWait and Tendify are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do CannotWait or Tendify have ads?
Neither CannotWait nor Tendify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CannotWait or Tendify?
CannotWait ships an update monthly, and Tendify every 3 days. Most recently, CannotWait was updated on November 14, 2026 and Tendify on October 31, 2026.

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