Liqua vs Inner City
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Liqua
Visually track important dates and events with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Create unlimited countdowns, personalize their appearance, and receive timely reminders for moments that matter.
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Unlimited countdowns
- Customizable colors and icons
- Event reminders
- Import from Apple Calendar
- Count down and count up
- Cloud Sync (Premium)
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Make every day count with Liqua. Liqua brings a smooth Liquid Glass countdown experience to your Home Screen and Lock Screen, helping you track birthdays, trips, launches, milestones, and memories with clarity and style. Create unlimited countdowns, customize colors and icons, and watch time flow toward—or away from—the moments that matter most. Whether it is a big event or a small joy, Liqua keeps it beautiful. FREE FEATURES • Lock Screen and single-event widgets • Unlimited countdowns • No ads and a clean, distraction-free experience • Sort upcoming, past, or alphabetical events • Reminders on the day (9 a.m. for all-day events) • Import from Apple Calendar • Liquid Glass design for iOS 26 with adjustable opacity • Custom colors and text contrast • All-day or timed events • Personal notes for every event • Custom emoji icons • Two free wallpapers • Count down and count up • Built-in feature requests PREMIUM FEATURES — ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Extra widgets with 3- and 6-event lists • Reminders 24 hours before an event • Automatic daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly repeats • Built-in and custom tags • iCloud sync across all your devices Lifetime access with one simple payment. No subscriptions. Designed for iOS 26 with smooth glass effects. Liqua — countdown made beautiful. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Inner City
This app transforms habit tracking into a city-building experience. As you complete daily habits and personal goals, you'll unlock new buildings and watch your virtual city expand. It offers a simple, distraction-free design with all data stored locally for privacy.
- Track daily habits and goals
- Build and grow a virtual city
- Unlock unique buildings
- Simple, calming design
- Local data storage
- Works offline
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Inner City is a habit tracker that turns your daily progress into a growing city. Instead of checking off boring lists, you’ll build a world — one habit at a time. Complete habits, unlock new buildings, and watch your Inner City expand as you stay consistent. FEATURES: • Track daily habits and personal goals • Build and grow a city through real progress • Unlock unique buildings as rewards • Simple, calming design with no distractions • All data stored locally on your device — no accounts required No Ads. No Tracking. No Logins. Inner City is fully private and works offline. Start small. Stay consistent. Build something meaningful. Download Inner City and begin growing your city today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Inner City at 5.0 against Liqua's 3.3. Inner City also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Liqua's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Liqua sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Inner City asks for nothing beyond the download.
Inner City holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Liqua ships an update every 9 days, Inner City fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liqua | Inner City |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Szymon Tadrzak | Ryan Lewandowski |
Customer experience
Liqua
Inner City
In-app purchases
Liqua
- Lifetime Access$2.99
- Lifetime Access$4.99
- Lifetime Access$9.99
Inner City
No in-app purchases









