Comparison

Ducala vs depart.

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

Head to head
About

Ducala

Features
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Calculate in hours and minutes. up to thousand hours.

About

depart.

This app provides a single countdown to tell you the exact moment to leave for your destination, factoring in live traffic and a safety buffer. It offers lock screen and dynamic island integration, and smart adjustments for Pro users. The core features are free, with an optional Pro upgrade for advanced planning.

Highlights
  • Live traffic-based departure countdown
  • Lock screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • Calendar event auto-start
  • Automatic departure detection
  • Smart departure adjustments (Pro)
  • Weather-aware buffer alerts (Pro)
  • Trip history and on-time stats
Features
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depart watches the traffic for you and tells you the exact moment to leave so you make it on time. one countdown, one decision, that's the whole app. you tell depart where you're going and when you need to be there. it pulls live drive time from apple maps, adds your safety buffer, and shows a single number: the minutes until you should leave. when traffic shifts, the number shifts. you don't have to keep checking. the countdown also lives on your lock screen and inside the dynamic island. when it's time to go, depart taps you on the wrist. and the moment you actually leave, the trip clears itself. depart is built around the leave-by decision, not around following you the whole drive. THE CORE IS FREE FOR EVERYONE • countdown timer with live traffic updates • lock screen live activity and dynamic island • calendar auto-start, so any location-tagged event becomes a trip • auto-end on departure, so depart clears itself once you've left • map confirmation popup before each trip starts • 8 home screen icon variants in 8 color palettes (custom hex too) • trip history with on-time stats • multi-trip queue, so you can chain a day's plans • share-eta via imessage • siri shortcuts: ask "hey siri, when do i leave?" • apple watch live activity • ios widgets in small, medium, large, plus lock screen circular, rectangular, and inline • upcoming-trips queue widget DEPART PRO ($9.99 one-time, or $0.99/month) • smart departure adjustments. depart learns from your history. if you arrive 3 minutes early every monday, depart quietly trims the buffer for that destination. • per-day buffer overrides. friday cushion can differ from sunday cushion for the same place. • weather-aware buffer and prep alerts. depart checks the forecast at your arrival time and adds minutes for rain or snow, with a heads-up a few hours out. • trip planner. transport mode per trip (walk or drive), parking buffer per destination, alternate routes, and a first-time-destination heuristic. • calendar conflict detection and meeting smarts. flag the meetings that actually matter and depart will grow the buffer for them automatically. • calm mode and quiet hours. lock the countdown to the sage tone, and silence courtesy reminders during a window of your choosing. • insights+. per-destination on-time rates, day-of-week patterns, and the total minutes of traffic depart caught before you left. • history export in csv, json, and pdf. • developer info. build, runtime, trip state, location, flags. pro comes two ways: a $9.99 one-time lifetime purchase, or a $0.99/month auto-renewing subscription. both unlock the same features, and every future pro feature ships at no extra cost. PRIVACY depart is local-first. no account, no sign-in. your destinations, trip history, and recurring templates stay on your phone. depart runs no server of its own. your location goes to apple maps for drive time (and, on pro, to apple weather for the forecast at your destination). your purchase is handled by apple and revenuecat, which sees an anonymous id, never your identity, location, or trips. that's the only data that leaves your device. WHO IT'S FOR people who hate being late but hate calculating when to leave even more. depart does the math, watches the traffic, and gets out of your way.

Screenshots

Ducala3 screens
depart.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ducala at none against depart.'s 2. Ducala also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). depart.'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price and ads 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. depart. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Ducala asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ducala ships an update fortnightly, depart. weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Ducala versus depart.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDucaladepart.
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeerachart JongkoldeeJaved Hoosein

In-app purchases

None

Ducala

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

depart.

Subscriptions1
  • depart pro$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • depart pro — lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Ducala free?
Ducala is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is depart. free?
depart. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ducala or depart. have ads?
Neither Ducala nor depart. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ducala or depart.?
Ducala ships an update fortnightly, and depart. weekly. Most recently, Ducala was updated on October 18, 2026 and depart. on October 14, 2026.

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