Milestone vs Day Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Milestone
Track significant life events, habits, and future dates with a clean, private counter. Visualize progress with detailed breakdowns and customizable widgets. Stay motivated by counting days since milestones or counting down to important occasions.
- Track days since events
- Countdown to future events
- Habit and recovery tracking
- Detailed time breakdowns
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Private and offline functionality
- Timeline view of events
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Milestone helps you track days since or until the moments that matter most. From habits and health to relationships, pets, and career goals, stay organized and motivated with a clean, minimal design. See exactly how long it's been since a past event or how much time remains until an upcoming one with clean, easy-to-read counters. Free Features • Count up from past events or count down to future ones • Timeline view of all your events • Detailed progress and time breakdowns • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Reminders and milestone notifications • Works offline with on-device data storage Premium • Unlimited events • iCloud sync across your devices • Custom milestones • Beautiful share cards Every day counts. EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy https://jstnwll.com/milestone/privacy/
Day Counter
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Count your days and chase your future! - Privacy Policy https://yukimiyamoto-project.github.io/app-legal/privacy.html - Terms of Service https://yukimiyamoto-project.github.io/app-legal/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Milestone at none against Day Counter's shown. Day Counter's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.1). 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. Milestone sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Day Counter sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Milestone ships an update every 3 weeks, Day Counter every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Milestone | Day Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 27.1 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Michael Willemsen | Yuki Miyamoto |
In-app purchases
Milestone
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Day Counter
- Pro$2.991 Month
