Comparison

It's Almost Time vs Scrollit 2X

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

Head to head
About

It's Almost Time

Track the time remaining until important events with customizable countdowns. Set notifications and choose display details for each occasion. Share events with friends and access them across devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown display (years to seconds)
  • Adjustable colors for portrait and landscape modes
  • Event notifications
  • Unlimited occasions
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Event sharing via email and messages
  • Multiple widget types
Features
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Ever wonder how long until your next vacation, how many shopping days until Christmas, or how long until your next birthday? Well, now you can have that information at your fingertips. You simply enter the date and time of the event of interest and watch the seconds tick away! • Specify the level of detail to be displayed from Years down to Seconds • Specify the colors used to display the countdown and text • Control over the details and colors used separately for Portrait and Landscape modes • Set a notification when the occasion date and time arrives • Unlimited number of occasions • Occasions are stored securely in your iCloud account, so no one except you has access to them • Ability to share and receive occasions between your friends using email and messages • Several different types of Widgets

About

Scrollit 2X

Transform your device into a scrolling LED message board. Display messages and emoticons in various LED styles, perfect for noisy environments or when you can't speak. Share your creations or repeat messages endlessly.

Highlights
  • Scrolling LED message display
  • Dual message display
  • Unlimited message length
  • Integrated emoticons
  • Adjustable speed and color
  • Endless loop option
  • Right-to-left text support
Features
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ScrollIt 2X turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into an L.E.D. double message display board. ScrollIt 2X will help you tell your friends, colleagues, or anyone something - when they can’t hear you: at a club, concert, class, meeting, lecture, or even a restaurant. Just type your messages and hit Display, and ScrollIt 2X will scroll the messages for everyone around to see. What adds to the fun is that ScrollIt 2X offers easy-to-type emoticons right from the same keyboard. Make your text even more fun to watch! The phone vibrates quietly to let you know when the message has finished. (Replaced with a short beep on iPod Touch and iPad.) The endless-loop option lets ScrollIt repeat your message indefinitely. ScrollIt 2X features: • Simple yet powerful design with no confusing buttons or switches • Run two messages simultaneously or single message of full screen size (to run single message, simply delete the text in any of the preview lines) • Unlimited messages length • Emoticons from the same keyboard • Mini live preview for easy color and speed selection • Short vibration at the end of scrolling • Endless-loop option • Right-to-left display for Arabic or Hebrew • Three L.E.D. shapes: neon, round, and square • Recently-used messages list with one-tap access • Sharing of colorful messages with friends through SMS or other apps Use ScrollIt 2X for: • Flirting: display messages to people at the disco, bar, or other crowded places. • Talk to your friends at school or college: send your visual message up to 50 feet across a classroom. • Cheer at a concert or sports event: that rock star or your favorite player deserves to know how you feel! • In the office: get rid of unwanted visitors without even talking to them. • If you can't or don't want to talk: you’re sick or in a bad mood. • Just to be cool: we guarantee you’ll be popular anywhere with ScrollIt 2X! We’re constantly improving ScrollIt 2X, and we value our users’ opinions. If you want to send us your feedback or you have a problem with the app, please contact us via our support page before submitting a review to the App Store. Remember that we can probably solve your problem, but we cannot respond to reviews. Thank you. We support Ukraine

Screenshots

It's Almost Time4 screens
Scrollit 2X3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: It's Almost Time at $1.99 against Scrollit 2X's $9.99. It's Almost Time also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). Scrollit 2X's advantage is ratings volume (454 vs 28) and review sentiment (81% vs 70%). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

It's Almost Time costs $1.99 and Scrollit 2X $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

It's Almost Time holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scrollit 2X has 454 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of It's Almost Time's written reviews are positive against 81% of Scrollit 2X's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

It's Almost Time ships an update every 5 weeks, Scrollit 2X every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
It's Almost Time versus Scrollit 2X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIt's Almost TimeScrollit 2X
Price$1.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.6 (28 ratings) — better4.3 (454 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews81.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28454 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhot-n-GUI, LLCAMAXIM APPS, INC

Customer experience

It's Almost Time

All ratings28 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%

Scrollit 2X

All ratings454 ratings
Positive81.9%
Neutral7.9%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews281 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral10.7%
Negative7.8%

Bugs and requests

It's Almost Time

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Scrollit 2X

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scrolling does not work as intended
  • Keyboard issues (wrong characters, unresponsive)
  • App crashes or fails to open
  • Forced advertisement cannot be removed

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options
  • Ability to sync dual lines
  • Export/share created messages
  • Improved keyboard functionality

In-app purchases

None

It's Almost Time

No in-app purchases

None

Scrollit 2X

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is It's Almost Time free?
It's Almost Time costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scrollit 2X free?
Scrollit 2X costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, It's Almost Time or Scrollit 2X?
It's Almost Time is rated higher. It's Almost Time averages 4.6 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Scrollit 2X averages 4.3 from 454 ratings.
Do It's Almost Time or Scrollit 2X have ads?
Neither It's Almost Time nor Scrollit 2X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, It's Almost Time or Scrollit 2X?
It's Almost Time ships an update every 5 weeks, and Scrollit 2X every 4 months. Most recently, It's Almost Time was updated on September 5, 2026 and Scrollit 2X on September 20, 2026.

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