Comparison

Wait Menu vs HarborKeep

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

Head to head
About

Wait Menu

Track upcoming events with a simple, lightweight countdown app. See remaining time in days, hours, and minutes, and get notified before events start. Integrates with your system calendar and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns
  • System calendar integration
  • Customizable notifications
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
  • Dark Mode support
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Track the time remaining until your upcoming events with a simple, lightweight app designed to match the native system experience. Wait Menu helps you stay focused on what’s coming next by showing exactly how much time is left - down to the days, hours, and minutes. See your events at a glance with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Enable notifications to get notified when an event starts, with optional early reminders. Connect your system calendar to import existing events or add new ones directly. Choose which calendar to use and keep everything in sync. Designed with simplicity in mind, Wait Menu offers a distraction-free interface that matches native system design language. Dark Mode ensures a sleek look day or night, while iCloud sync keeps your events up to date across all your devices. Enjoy the waiting!

About

HarborKeep

Organize critical family information, including medical records, legal documents, and emergency contacts, in a secure private vault. Easily store notes, photos, and files, and access them quickly when needed. Information is protected on your device and can sync across Apple devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Private life vault
  • Family records organization
  • Emergency information storage
  • Medical notes and insurance details
  • Secure notes and login details
  • Attach documents and images
  • Sync across Apple devices via iCloud
Features
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When something goes wrong, the right information should be easy to hand over. HarborKeep keeps your family's important records private on your iPhone and iPad, and turns the essentials into a one-page sheet someone else can use. PRINT AN EMERGENCY SHEET One page for the fridge or a sitter: the emergency number, your address and helpful household information, who to call, the people who live with you and their allergies and conditions, medications, doctors, and the home plan. Fields you mark private are left out, and the page explains when details could not be included. YOU CHOOSE WHAT GOES ON IT Start with the Emergency Sheet Guide, or pick each detail yourself. Add contacts from Apple Contacts without giving HarborKeep access to your whole address book, reuse contacts you've already saved, or type them in. Your address and each household member are separate choices, and each medication can say who takes it. Preview the page, then print, AirDrop, message, or save it to Files. ONE PLACE FOR WHAT MATTERS Keep insurance, identification, medical contacts, medications, legal papers, pets, and household records organized with categories, favorites, and related records. Pin what matters to the Emergency tab. Set optional reminders before policies and IDs expire, with notification text that keeps details private. PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS THAT WORK FOR YOU Scan documents, extract text, and search what's inside them. Review photo tags and suggested dates, and decide what to apply. Analysis runs on your device. YOUR DATA, YOUR COPIES Create encrypted backups for free, and keep an offline recovery kit with them. The kit can open supported backups on a computer without HarborKeep, within documented size and format limits. Save a Readable Copy as PDFs and files you can open anywhere, with the option to leave out designated private fields. Review your copy before sharing. Recover deleted records from Recently Deleted for up to 30 days. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your records are encrypted before they're stored and protected by Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. Sync across your devices using the same Apple Account with iCloud and iCloud Keychain turned on. HarborKeep has no separate account, no ads, and no third-party tracking. ALSO INCLUDED Formatted notes and drawings with Plain, Lined, Grid, or Dots paper, share-sheet capture with Shared Inbox, encrypted drafts that survive interruptions, a password and passphrase generator, and AutoFill for saved logins. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL ONE-TIME UPGRADE Records, search, the emergency sheet, the Household Profile, encrypted backups, readable copies, and up to 12 attachments per record are free. HarborKeep Pro is a one-time purchase that adds unlimited custom category photos and up to 25 attachments per record. No subscription.

Screenshots

Wait Menu4 screens
HarborKeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HarborKeep at Free against Wait Menu's $1.99. Wait Menu's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

HarborKeep is free to download; Wait Menu costs $1.99 up front. HarborKeep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wait Menu asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wait Menu against 5.0 for HarborKeep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wait Menu ships an update every 11 days, HarborKeep every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Wait Menu versus HarborKeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWait MenuHarborKeep
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.618.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacek GlazikC. Ray Carroll LLC

Customer experience

Wait Menu

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HarborKeep

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Wait Menu

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

HarborKeep

One-time1
  • Secure Import & Export$3.99

Questions

Is Wait Menu free?
Wait Menu costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HarborKeep free?
HarborKeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wait Menu or HarborKeep?
Wait Menu and HarborKeep are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Wait Menu or HarborKeep have ads?
Neither Wait Menu nor HarborKeep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wait Menu or HarborKeep?
Wait Menu ships an update every 11 days, and HarborKeep every 9 days. Most recently, Wait Menu was updated on October 24, 2026 and HarborKeep on October 24, 2026.

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