Comparison

Ahead vs Riva Offices

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

Head to head
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/

About

Riva Offices

Features
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Riva Offices is a boutique private office and co-working space. Use our app to connect, book meeting rooms + more.

Screenshots

Ahead4 screens
Riva Offices4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Riva Offices at none against Ahead's 2. Riva Offices also leads on ads (none vs shown). Ahead's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 13 months) and device support (4 vs 1). On price 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. Ahead sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Riva Offices asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ahead ships an update every 5 weeks, Riva Offices every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ahead versus Riva Offices: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAheadRiva Offices
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 13 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex MalekRIVA CO WORKING PTY LTD

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ahead

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Subscription$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$12.99
None

Riva Offices

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ahead free?
Ahead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Riva Offices free?
Riva Offices is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ahead or Riva Offices have ads?
Ahead shows ads; Riva Offices does not.
Which is updated more often, Ahead or Riva Offices?
Ahead ships an update every 5 weeks, and Riva Offices every 13 months. Most recently, Ahead was updated on November 7, 2026 and Riva Offices on October 27, 2026.

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