Almanac vs dwindle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Almanac
Easily track upcoming events with a personalized countdown. Get notified when your special days arrive. Customize the look and feel to match your style.
- Event countdowns
- Customizable widgets
- Personalized appearances
- Device-specific storage
- Event notifications
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Almanac is a simple app to keep track of the events you look forward to. Simply add an event in the future and the app will count down the days until then and notify you on the day it happens. Almanac is highly customizable with widgets, custom app icons, and custom appearances to make it feel like your own. All events are stored privately in your device. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
dwindle
This app offers a customizable widget to visualize your time and prevent it from slipping away. Choose from different widget sizes, personalize colors, pixels, and backgrounds, or set your own countdowns.
- Visual year tracking
- Large and compact widgets
- Customizable colors
- Customizable pixels
- Customizable background
- Countdown timer option
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Dwindle makes your days visual. A customizable widget to not let time slip away unnoticed. · Your year, your time, made visual · Large widget and compact widget · Customize the colors, pixels and background · Set your own countdown if you prefer Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Almanac at Free against dwindle's $1.99. Almanac also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). On ads, monetization model, device support 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
Almanac is free to download; dwindle costs $1.99 up front. dwindle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Almanac asks for nothing beyond the download.
Almanac ships an update every 3 weeks, dwindle every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Almanac | dwindle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gabriel Valdivia | Muhammad Adil Abdul Halim |
Customer experience
Almanac
dwindle
In-app purchases
Almanac
No in-app purchases
dwindle
- dwindle$1.991 Year
- Dwindle$3.99
- dwindle$4.99
