Comparison

Timely vs Luna Days

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

Head to head
About

Timely

Features
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Timely puts countdowns on your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, Apple Watch, and Mac, so the remaining time is always in sight even while your phone is locked.

 When you add a location to a countdown, Timely accounts for traffic, prep time and how early you want to arrive. When it’s time to go, start turn-by-turn navigation with a tap, even for multi-stop trips.

 Adding new countdowns is fast and easy. You can even pick an event right from your calendar.

 Timely can be automated through the Shortcuts app. Add countdowns automatically without opening the app, or even unlocking your phone.

 Every countdown gets an emoji. Private, on-device AI picks one based on your title, while still making it easy to choose your own.

 Built by one independent developer. There are no ads and no accounts. Timely Plus adds extended Shortcuts actions and server-assisted Live Activity starts and dismissals.

 Timely can be particularly useful for people with ADHD or time blindness, as well as anyone who finds abstract clock times difficult to hold in mind.

 Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.rowanstrang.com/timely/privacy

About

Luna Days

This app helps you visualize and celebrate important upcoming events and track significant ongoing milestones. It offers customizable countdowns with photos and emojis, and counts up from important dates, marking your progress.

Highlights
  • Countdown to events with custom photos and emojis
  • Count up from significant dates and track streaks
  • Birthday calculator without needing the birth year
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • Live Activity countdowns
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Syncs with Contacts and Calendar
  • Private by design with no ads or analytics
Features
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Some days are still far away. Luna brings them close enough to feel now. Your calendar remembers the date. It doesn't remember why it matters. The trip you've waited six months for sits in the same gray box as a dentist appointment — until it sneaks up on you. Luna Days takes the moments that matter out of the grid and puts them where you'll actually see them. COUNT DOWN TO WHAT'S COMING Birthdays, weddings, vacations, a due date, the first day of school. Give each one a color, an emoji, and a photo. Watch it come closer at a glance in the morning and on a widget between messages — and when the day arrives, Luna makes it feel different. COUNT UP FROM WHAT YOU'VE KEPT Some days aren't getting closer — they're becoming part of who you are. Sober days, a running streak, days since you started something hard. Luna counts them up and marks the milestones: 30, 60, 90, 100, 365 and beyond. Nobody claps for day 100. Luna does. BIRTHDAYS WITHOUT THE MATH Enter someone's age instead of their birth year and Luna works out the rest — "34" today becomes "Turns 35" on the day. Don't know the year at all? The birthday still works. MADE TO BE GLANCED AT - Home Screen widgets: one countdown, your next three, or a compact list - Lock Screen widgets, including a ring that fills in real time - A Live Activity that follows the final day down to the second - A Calendar Countdown widget that follows a calendar you pick — nothing to import - Apple Watch app and complications - Siri: "Hey Siri, days until Trip to Japan in Luna" - A real iPad layout — three panes, not a stretched phone app ORGANIZED AROUND YOUR LIFE A birthday can be Birthdays and Family at once, so one tap shows a whole side of your life. Filter by tag, search everything, and choose the view that suits you: list, compact, grid, or calendar. See a month as a wall of days, or a whole year at once. EFFORTLESS TO SET UP Pull birthdays straight from Contacts and events from Calendar — no retyping, and nothing in your calendar is changed. Name something and Luna suggests the emoji and color itself. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No analytics. Nothing collected. Luna has no analytics and no servers of ours — nothing about you is ever sent anywhere. Your countdowns live on your devices and sync through your own private iCloud, which the developer cannot read. Luna Days is free. Start with the next thing you're looking forward to.

Screenshots

Timely4 screens
Luna Days4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Luna Days at none against Timely's 4. Luna Days also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Timely sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Luna Days asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Timely versus Luna Days: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelyLuna Days
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROWAN STRANGAlirko LLC

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Timely

Subscriptions2
  • Timely Plus (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Timely Plus (Yearly)$8.991 Year
One-time2
  • Add Countdown Extended$12.99
  • Refresh Timely$12.99
None

Luna Days

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timely free?
Timely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Luna Days free?
Luna Days is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timely or Luna Days have ads?
Neither Timely nor Luna Days shows ads.

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