Comparison

Meteor vs Left

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

Head to head
About

Meteor

This app allows users to create and display small notes directly within their notification center. It serves as a constant reminder for important tasks or information, eliminating the need to open a separate notepad.

Highlights
  • Notification center notes
  • Visible reminders
  • Quick note taking
  • Calendar integration
  • Lock screen access
Features
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We don’t use a notepad, but we check notifications. Meteor is for those who need a ‘VISIBLE’ small note, not big plans. Take notes in the notification center instead of a notepad. Then they’ll always be there. - Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Left

Visualize your time with customizable widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy. Track life progress, countdowns to important events, and monitor habits with streak tracking. Offers a clean and visually appealing way to stay aware of your time.

Highlights
  • Time progress widgets (year, week, day)
  • Life progress tracking
  • Event countdowns
  • Habit and streak tracking
  • Customizable widget styles and colors
  • Apple Calendar sync
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Left is a time-awareness app built on one idea: your time is limited, and seeing it changes how you use it. Left turns time into something you can see, then helps you act on it with habits, streaks, countdowns, and a planner for your day. TIME LEFT See where you are in the year, month, week, day, hour, and your life. Each unit is a symbol; the past dims, what remains stays in view. Your life in weeks, year progress, and life progress, made tangible. Choose dots, symbols, colors, and layouts. A quiet, honest way to face limited time without it becoming morbid. HABITS, STREAKS & AIMS Left is a habit tracker for the person you are trying to become. Build habits on any schedule: daily, several times a day, weekly, monthly, or custom. Track streaks and protect them, count the days since anything that matters, and set reminders so nothing slips. And you don't have to do it alone: share a habit or streak with a friend, keep each other accountable, and send kudos, cheers, and encouragement when it counts. With aims, you have a flexible goal tracker for anything you can count, helping you build up or cut down. Stay on track and see your progress every day. AHEAD - COUNTDOWNS & DATES Add the dates that pull you forward: trips, birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, weddings, deadlines, retirement, and personal milestones. Count down to each one, import from Apple Calendar, and track both the days until and the days since. New: every Ahead date now has its own to-do list, so you can plan the small tasks that make the date happen and check them off as it approaches. Share an Ahead date with a friend, follow it side by side, comment, and add to-dos together on joint dates. PLANNER Planner pulls everything that matters into one beautiful, time-first view: your habits, streaks, Ahead dates, Apple Calendar events, Apple Reminders, weather, sleep, and workouts, together at last. Not another calendar, but a clear, calm picture of what the day is actually asking of you. Because everything lives in one place instead of five apps, Planner is a quiet ally for ADHD minds: see the whole day at a glance and miss nothing. Two new widgets come with it: a Planner widget and a Calendar widget for your Home Screen. FASTING TOOL A simple yet beautiful fasting tool inside Left. Pick a fasting window, start it in a tap, and follow every fast live from your Lock Screen, widgets and the Dynamic Island. Your history and stats are all there too. FRIENDS All-new. Add the people who matter and keep each other moving. Stay accountable on the habits and streaks you share, join an Ahead date together, comment, add to-dos, and stay in the loop as it counts down. Private by design, with no public feed. WHY LEFT Other apps give you habits without design, or aesthetics without depth. Left combines both: the widget range, the design quality, and the full set of time tools, in one app made with restraint and taste. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Meteor4 screens
Left4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Left at none against Meteor's shown. Left also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days). Meteor's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid) and review sentiment (84% vs 75%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Meteor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Left sells 27 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. 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 — 4.5 for Meteor against 4.6 for Left. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 140 and 387 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Meteor's written reviews are positive against 75% of Left's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meteor ships an update every 11 days, Left every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Meteor versus Left: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeteorLeft
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (140 ratings)4.6 (387 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.5% of reviews — better74.7% of reviews
Number of ratings140387 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB278 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAsterisk Co.Cntxt Limited

Customer experience

Meteor

All ratings140 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative13.6%

Left

All ratings387 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews296 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative16.2%

Bugs and requests

Meteor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Left

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widget not working
  • Blank screen on widget after update
  • Percentage left showing -inf%

Requested features

5 requests
  • Custom lifespan input
  • Ability to set custom milestones
  • Widget color customization
  • Life widget
  • Ability to track minutes left in the day

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Meteor

Subscriptions3
  • Meteor Plus Monthly Plan$1.991 Month
  • Meteor Pro Monthly Plan$7.991 Month
  • Meteor Pro Annual Plan3 Days trial$34.991 Year
27 purchases

Left

Subscriptions13
  • Left Premium$0.997 Days
  • Left Premium$2.997 Days
  • Left Premium2 variants$3.997 Days
Show 10 more
  • Thanks!$3.991 Year
  • LEGEND$8.991 Year
  • Left Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Left Premium$19.997 Days
  • Left Premium$24.991 Year
  • Left Premium7 Days trial2 variants$24.991 Year
  • Left Premium$29.991 Year
  • Left Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Left Premium$34.991 Year
  • Left Premium7 Days trial2 variants$34.991 Year
One-time14
  • Left+$0.99
  • Awesome$1.99
  • Left+$2.99
Show 11 more
  • Left+$3.99
  • Legend$4.99
  • Left+ Thanks$5.99
  • Left+$6.99
  • Left+$7.99
  • Left+$8.99
  • Left Premium$12.99
  • Left Premium$29.99
  • Left Premium2 variants$49.99
  • Left Premium2 variants$69.99
  • Left Premium$149.00

Questions

Is Meteor free?
Meteor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Left free?
Left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meteor or Left?
Left is rated higher. Meteor averages 4.5 out of 5 from 140 ratings, while Left averages 4.6 from 387 ratings.
Do Meteor or Left have ads?
Meteor shows ads; Left does not.
Which is updated more often, Meteor or Left?
Meteor ships an update every 11 days, and Left every 3 days. Most recently, Meteor was updated on September 24, 2026 and Left on September 22, 2026.

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