Time Left vs Soon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Left
Visualize your remaining time on Earth with this app. Input your birthdate and expected lifespan to see your life broken down into month blocks or a 24-hour day. It encourages purposeful living by highlighting the preciousness of every moment.
- Visualize lifespan in month blocks
- Life clock condensed to a 24-hour day
- Detailed countdown of remaining time
- Customizable color themes
- Widget support
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How much time do you have left? Enter your date of birth and your life expectancy, and LIFE LEFT makes the answer visible: your life in months, as a 24-hour clock, and as a countdown that never stops. A simple memento mori app for anyone who wants to spend their time on what actually matters. Not recommended if you'd rather not hear the clock ticking. ■ What you see ・Month Blocks – your whole life in months. Filled blocks are behind you; empty blocks are what's left. ・Life Clock – if your life were a single day, what time would it be right now? ・Countdown – the years, weeks, days, hours and minutes you have left. ・This Year – how much of this year is still ahead of you. ・Waking hours – set your average sleep and see only the hours you are actually awake. ■ Who it's for ・For anyone who feels the days slipping past and wants to start over. ・For anyone drawn to memento mori, Stoicism and the "Die with Zero" mindset. ・For anyone planning a bucket list, a career change, or simply a better week. ■ Hard Mode (one-time purchase, optional) ・Once a month, a notification tells you that another block of your life is gone. Blunt, honest, and not for everyone. ・Home Screen widgets that keep your remaining time in view. ・Color themes. ・No ads. Your remaining time is only an estimate. What you do with it is up to you.
Soon
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Something good is coming. Soon keeps the moments you are looking forward to close: a trip, a birthday, a launch, a wedding, the holidays. Create a countdown in seconds, then let it live where you already look — your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, StandBy and the Dynamic Island. COUNTDOWNS THAT FEEL HUMAN Choose how each moment counts. Days for a launch. Sleeps for a holiday or a birthday. Weeks for a race. Exact hours, minutes and seconds when it has to be precise. See how much of the wait is already over, or count up the years since a moment you never want to forget. ON YOUR HOME AND LOCK SCREEN Beautiful widgets in every size, from a single hero countdown to your next few moments at a glance. Lock Screen widgets for a quick look without unlocking. Designed for the tinted and clear Home Screen styles, with your own photo or a colour and symbol. FINAL STRETCH As a timed moment gets close, it goes live: a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island counts down the final hours, second by second, until it is time. ONE QUIET REMINDER One notification, on the day, only if you ask for it. No badges, no nagging. SHARE THE MOMENT Turn any countdown into a card for Messages, a story or a square post, in a few taps. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. Nothing is uploaded to us. Your events and photos stay on your iPhone and, if you choose, in your own iCloud. TRY EVERYTHING FOR SEVEN DAYS Soon is free to use in full for seven days — every countdown, every style and design, every widget, Final Stretch Live Activities and iCloud sync, with nothing held back and no card required. After that, one purchase of $4.99 keeps it all, forever. No subscription, no ads, no account. Your countdowns are always yours: you can export them at any time, whether or not you buy. Look forward to something.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Soon at none against Time Left's shown. Soon also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Time Left's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Time Left sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Soon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Time Left ships an update every 2 weeks, Soon every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Left | Soon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (39 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAIKI YUASA | GreenVine |
In-app purchases
Time Left
- Premium Plan$4.99
Soon
- Pro$4.99









