Comparison

Almost Time vs Ahead

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

Head to head
About

Almost Time

Track time remaining until important events with a visually appealing countdown app. Personalize your countdowns with colors and emojis, and share them easily. Access live updates on your Lock Screen and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns
  • Personalized backgrounds and emojis
  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island live activities
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Event sharing as images
  • Pro version for folders and notes
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Looking for a sleek and practical countdown app? Look no further than Almost Time! Count down to any event with ease, whether it's a birthday, anniversary, or the release of your favourite movie. See exactly how many years, days, hours, minutes, and seconds are left until your event. With Almost Time, you can personalize your countdowns by adding background colours and emojis. Plus, share them with friends and family as images. Access live countdowns right from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and track all your events with a variety of Home and Lock Screen widgets. Upgrade to Almost Time Pro and unlock even more features, like the ability to organize your countdowns into folders, add notes, and customize the app's accent colours and icon. Download Almost Time now and start counting down to your next big event! (Please note that Live Activities and Lock Screen Widgets are not available on iPad.)

About

Ahead

Easily track important life events with this user-friendly calendar countdown application. View upcoming events as home screen widgets, receive timely notifications, and share your countdowns with others. Sync events across devices and enjoy a dark mode option.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Event notifications
  • Cross-device sync
  • Event sharing
  • Dark mode
Features
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Count down to the days that matter. Ahead keeps your trips, birthdays, holidays and big days in one calm list, sorted soonest first, and puts them on your Lock Screen, Home Screen and wrist. MAKE EACH PLAN YOUR OWN • Give any plan a photo background: pick a preset, use one of your own photos, or create one with Image Playground on iOS 27 • Count in days, weeks or months, or let Smart pick • Pin the plans you care about most to the top • Count up from the moments worth remembering, like a move or a birth ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AND HOME SCREEN • Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Lock Screen widgets, including a ring that fills as the day gets closer • Home Screen widgets for your next plan or the next four • An extra-large widget for iPad PLAN IT TOGETHER • Share plans with family and friends • Keep notes with checklists and formatting • Attach photos, tickets and documents • Publish your plans to Apple Calendar • Reminders when a plan is close EVERY DEVICE • iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, always in sync • A sidebar and detail layout on iPad, Mac and iPhone Duo • Watch complications that show the plan you choose • Back up and restore your plans from Settings AHEAD FREE Notes, sharing, reminders, widgets, Mac and Apple Watch, with up to 5 active plans. No ads. AHEAD PLUS Unlimited active plans, photos and files, premium backgrounds, every countdown format and all app themes. Billed yearly, or once for life. Questions or ideas? Tap Suggest a new feature in Settings. We read every one. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Almost Time4 screens
Ahead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ahead at 5.0 against Almost Time's 3.8. Almost Time's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Almost Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ahead sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ahead holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Almost Time ships an update monthly, Ahead every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Almost Time versus Ahead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlmost TimeAhead
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRx Software LimitedAlex Malek

Customer experience

Almost Time

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ahead

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Almost Time

One-time1
  • Almost Time Pro$3.99
2 purchases

Ahead

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Subscription$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$12.99

Questions

Is Almost Time free?
Almost Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ahead free?
Ahead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Almost Time or Ahead?
Ahead is rated higher. Almost Time averages 3.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Ahead averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Almost Time or Ahead have ads?
Ahead shows ads; Almost Time does not.
Which is updated more often, Almost Time or Ahead?
Almost Time ships an update monthly, and Ahead every 5 weeks. Most recently, Almost Time was updated on November 3, 2026 and Ahead on November 7, 2026.

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