Comparison

Time Left vs Ripples

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

Head to head
About

Time Left

This app helps you visualize the finite nature of your time, displaying the remaining days, months, and years. It encourages a more present and creative life by emphasizing the preciousness of each moment. Your data remains private, with no notifications or ads.

Highlights
  • Displays remaining days, months, and years
  • Emphasizes the preciousness of time
  • Encourages a happy and creative life
  • No notifications, ads, or sign-up
  • Private data storage
  • Unlockable widgets and customization (Pro)
Features
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No notifications. No ads. No sign-up. Just you and your time. TIME LEFT DESCRIPTION Sometimes life seems really short, and other times impossibly long. This app will help you to emphasize that it’s most certainly finite. Time Left shows you, the days, months, and years you have left and that they are all you have got. Don’t be afraid, that means the only appropriate word to describe your time left is “precious”. So I hope this app will enable you to create a life in which you will be happy and creative. WHAT ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY? I think Privacy is a fundamental human right. To that end, I have designed Time Left from the ground up without any external framework. In this way, your data, like your birthdate, stays entirely private. HOW CAN YOU HELP ME? As I don’t collect any data on this app, to improve it I need your help! You can send me an email to julien@lacroix.dev for any feedback, issues, or bugs on this app or just to say “Hello!”. I answer every email! ********** A special thank you to Wait But Why for this amazing article (https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html). Without their work, this app would not have seen the light of day. ********** TIME LEFT PRO - Unlock widgets & skins. - Unlimited moments. - Live Photos in Life Calendar. - Automatically access all future features and widgets. - Support an indie developer. ********** Terms of Use: https://gettimeleft.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://gettimeleft.app/privacy

About

Ripples

This app helps you build and maintain new habits and achieve your goals. It offers a visual calendar grid to track your progress, detailed metrics, and the ability to log specific amounts for each action. You can also add notes, use Siri shortcuts, and view your progress with widgets.

Highlights
  • Visual calendar grid progress tracking
  • Vital metrics and analytics
  • Track specific amounts and custom units
  • Notes and journal entries
  • Siri shortcuts and automation
  • Interactive widgets
Features
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Build habits with a visual tracker that makes daily progress easy to see—and easier to continue. Ripples turns every check-in into a clear, color-coded picture of your routines, goals, and consistency. SEE THE PATTERN Use flexible calendar grids to spot streaks, gaps, and trends at a glance. Organize habits into dashboards and create a view that fits your routine. TRACK MORE THAN CHECKMARKS Record simple check-ins or quantities such as pages, minutes, water, distance, money, and custom units. Add a note to any entry and review your history in the Journal. STAY CONSISTENT WITH LESS FRICTION Set multiple reminders, check in from interactive widgets, and build Shortcuts or Siri automations for the routines you repeat every day. UNDERSTAND YOUR PROGRESS See current and best streaks, consistency metrics, totals, averages, and daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly charts. Compare years to understand what changed and where you are improving. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your habits and goals remain visible only to you and sync through end-to-end encrypted iCloud. Start with one habit. Watch the pattern grow. Privacy Policy: https://www.ripples.day/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Time Left4 screens
Ripples4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ripples at 93% against Time Left's 73%. Ripples also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Time Left's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, ratings volume, 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. Time Left sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Ripples sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ripples holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 245 and 235 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Time Left's written reviews are positive against 93% of Ripples's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Left ships an update every 6 days, Ripples fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Time Left versus Ripples: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime LeftRipples
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (245 ratings)4.7 (235 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.5% of reviews92.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings245 — better235
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJulien LacroixMykola Harmash

Customer experience

Time Left

All ratings237 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews113 reviews
Positive73.5%
Neutral8.0%
Negative18.6%

Ripples

All ratings235 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.3%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.1%

User reviews

Time Left

From 245 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Innovative memento mori concept
  • 🎨 Beautiful and elegant design
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
  • 🆓 Free app with no ads or data collection
  • 📱 Effective widget implementation

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive premium subscription ($260/year)
  • 🐛 Widget functionality broken after updates
  • 🐛 Display rendering issues (upside-down text, missing elements)
  • 🐛 App crashes and fails to load on some devices
  • 🐛 Slow performance and laggy navigation

Ripples

From 235 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Minimalist and clean UI design
  • 🎨 Beautiful animations and fluid interactions
  • 📱 Excellent widget implementation
  • 🚀 Simple and intuitive to use
  • 💰 One-time purchase (no subscription)

Room to improve

  • 🔔 Unreliable notification system
  • 🐛 UI bugs affecting usability
  • 💳 Purchase restoration issues
  • 🔐 Lifetime purchase unlock problems
  • ⚠️ No developer response to support issues

Bugs and requests

Time Left

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Widget not updating daily after recent updates
  • Display text rendering issues (font size problems)
  • App fails to load past welcome screen on some devices
  • Widget incompatibility with iOS 18.4
  • Years and months numbers displaying upside down
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  • Days not appearing in display
  • Laggy page transitions
  • Current day needle stuck and not moving
  • Developer unresponsive to support requests

Requested features

11 requests
  • Lock screen widget support
  • Apple Watch widget integration
  • Multiple time granularity options (weeks, days, hours)
  • Life expectancy limit increased beyond 90 years
  • Customizable row lengths in calendar view
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  • Auto dark mode for app and widgets
  • Specific date countdown feature
  • Weekly and monthly visualization options
  • Ability to adjust widget size and display metrics
  • Calendar view showing weeks per year
  • Pan and zoom functionality for overall view

Ripples

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Notifications not working reliably
  • UI bugs causing app to become unusable
  • Restore purchases not functioning
  • Pro features not unlocking after purchase
  • Lifetime purchase redemption not working

Requested features

12 requests
  • Check-in reminders/notifications
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Weekly and monthly habit tracking
  • Filtering by categories or tags
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  • Smaller board sizes for better screen visibility
  • Easier bulk check-in for past dates
  • Notes field for individual check-ins
  • Habit reordering functionality
  • Compact main menu view
  • Track amounts with custom units (e.g., pages read)
  • Square widgets

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Time Left

Subscriptions3
  • Per week$4.997 Days
  • Annual3 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • Per year$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • One time$24.99
5 purchases

Ripples

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Powerpack$9.99
  • Powerpack Family$17.99
  • Ripples Plus Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Time Left free?
Time Left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ripples free?
Ripples is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Time Left or Ripples?
Ripples is rated higher. Time Left averages 4.5 out of 5 from 245 ratings, while Ripples averages 4.7 from 235 ratings.
Do Time Left or Ripples have ads?
Neither Time Left nor Ripples shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Left or Ripples?
Time Left ships an update every 6 days, and Ripples fortnightly. Most recently, Time Left was updated on October 29, 2026 and Ripples on October 25, 2026.

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