Days Until vs JOT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Days Until
Easily track the number of days until important events. This app offers a simple, no-fuss interface for setting up and viewing countdowns. Receive notifications and check your progress directly on your smartwatch.
- Event countdowns
- Smartwatch integration
- Customizable notifications
- Simple user interface
- Quick setup
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How many days until... ? That’s a frequently asked question! With this app it’s possible to answer this question with a few clicks. Simple, no configurations or menus, for people that like simplicity. It is possible to configure notifications and check your countdowns in your watch.
JOT
This app helps you focus on completing one important task each day, aligned with your long-term goals. It guides you to set daily priorities based on your core objectives and tracks your progress with visual feedback.
- Set one daily task
- Define three core quarterly pillars
- Prioritized backlog with a cap
- Contribution-style progress heatmap
- Customizable daily reminders
- Private by design, no account needed
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JOT stands for Just One Thing — and that's exactly what you get. One to-do per day. Not a list. Not a system. One thing that actually matters. Most to-do apps help you collect tasks. JOT helps you finish the one that counts. HOW IT WORKS • Set three Core Pillars — the things you're actually working toward this quarter, like "Ship my side project," "Run a half marathon," or "Be present with my family." • Each morning, set your JOT: one task, usually serving one of your pillars (or the built-in Chores & Errands, because life happens). • Do it. Mark it done. That's the whole app. ALWAYS IN SIGHT A home-screen widget shows today's JOT at a glance — and gently asks for one when you haven't set it. Done for the day? The widget says so. PILLARS THAT KEEP YOU HONEST Your three pillars can only be changed once per calendar quarter — a deliberate constraint that forces you to commit to what matters instead of reshuffling your priorities every week. Past quarters are kept as history, so you can see how your focus has evolved. A BACKLOG WITH A POINT OF VIEW Ideas for future days go in the backlog, ordered by priority — and it's capped at ten. If you have more than ten todos, they were probably never getting done anyway. Pull one in with a tap whenever you're picking your day's JOT. SEE YOUR CONSISTENCY A contribution-style heatmap shows every day you followed through, with streaks and a per-pillar breakdown each quarter. Tap any pillar to see exactly what you did and when — or slide back through past days right on the dashboard, and check off something you finished but forgot to record. REMINDERS THAT KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP Three daily nudges at times you choose. Haven't set a JOT? It reminds you to set one. Set but not done? It nudges you to finish. Done? Silence. You've earned it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No analytics. No servers. Your data lives on your device and syncs quickly across your devices through your own iCloud — we never see it, because there's nothing for us to see it with. One thing a day, pointed at what matters. That's JOT.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: JOT at 5.0 against Days Until's 4.3. JOT also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). Days Until's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
JOT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Days Until ships an update every 7 months, JOT fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Days Until | JOT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quadrimind | Seven Six Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Days Until
JOT
In-app purchases
Days Until
No in-app purchases
JOT
No in-app purchases








