Comparison

Almost Time vs Start

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

Start

Easily track elapsed and remaining time for daily tasks. Register time entries with start and end reservations, receive notifications, and categorize activities. Visualize ongoing tracks and search past records to improve life quality.

Highlights
  • Time tracking registration
  • Ongoing track visualization
  • End reservation and push notifications
  • Category classification
  • Search past records
Features
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Have you ever thought, "How much time has passed?" in your daily life? 'Start-End' is an app developed to provide a little help in such questions. When time tracking is needed, you can easily register and visualize elapsed time and remaining time with just a few settings. Through repeated records, pattern recognition is possible, contributing to improving the quality of life. [ Key Features ] 1. Time Tracking Registration - Easily register with just a few settings such as name (required), start and end reservation time, and notification preference. 2. Ongoing List - Easily visualize all ongoing tracks in a list format. 3. End Reservation & Push Notifications - Specify the end reservation time to check the remaining time and receive notifications at the end time. 4. Category Classification - Provides 10 categories for easy classification according to your preferences. (Name changes can be made through settings) 5. Search - Provides a search function to easily find past records. [ App Permissions ] * Required Permissions - None * Optional Permissions - App Tracking: User data is used for providing personalized advertisements. - Notifications (Push): Receive notifications when registered items end. [ Contact/Feedback ] * Email Inquiry: lawtinapps@gmail.com [ License ] * Image : https://lawtinapps.blogspot.com/2024/01/start-end-image-license.html

Screenshots

Almost Time4 screens
Start4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Start at 5.0 against Almost Time's 3.8. Start also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Almost Time's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, device support 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. Almost Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Start asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Start holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Almost Time's written reviews are positive against 67% of Start's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Almost Time ships an update monthly, Start every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Almost Time versus Start: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlmost TimeStart
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRx Software LimitedBeomSeok Chae

Customer experience

Almost Time

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

Start

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Almost Time

One-time1
  • Almost Time Pro$3.99
None

Start

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Almost Time free?
Almost Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Start free?
Start is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Almost Time or Start?
Start is rated higher. Almost Time averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Start averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Almost Time or Start have ads?
Start shows ads; Almost Time does not.
Which is updated more often, Almost Time or Start?
Almost Time ships an update monthly, and Start every 6 months. Most recently, Almost Time was updated on September 30, 2026 and Start on September 17, 2026.

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