Comparison

Time Progress vs Countdown Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Time Progress

Visualize your time with progress bars for the year, month, and day. Create countdowns for important dates and track progress for projects or events. Features include recurring events, home screen widgets, and iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Year, month, and day progress visualization
  • Countdown and progress event tracking
  • Recurring event scheduling
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
  • Import and export functionality
Features
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Time Progress keeps the days that matter in view: how many days are left until the next one, how many have passed since the last, and how far the year has come. The day you are waiting for sits at the top, big enough to read at a glance. Put it on your Home Screen or Lock Screen and you do not even have to open the app. HOW MANY DAYS LEFT A trip, an exam, a birthday, a wedding, a due date, a last day at work. Add a name and a date and Time Progress counts down to it. The nearest one is always up top, and days that have gone by move to Past. HOW MANY DAYS SINCE Give something a start date and watch the number grow: the day you met, the day the baby arrived, the day you quit. For a habit you are breaking, let it restart: start over when you slip, and your longest streak and restart count stay on record. REMINDERS AND MILESTONES Get a reminder 7 days before, 1 day before or on the day, at the time you choose. Count-ups can tell you when they reach 7, 30 or 100 days, and every year after that. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN Small, medium and large widgets, plus Lock Screen widgets. Show the next day automatically, a day you pick, or the year, the month or today. Tap a widget to jump straight to that day. THE YEAR, THE MONTH, TODAY The Progress tab shows how much of the year, the month and today has already gone, live. Add a stretch of time of your own with a start and an end, such as a semester, a training plan or a whole life of 80 years, and watch it move toward 100%. SHARE A DAY Turn a countdown, a milestone or the year's progress into a clean card and send it to the people it matters to. TWO THEMES, LIGHT AND DARK Plum and Indigo, each in light and dark. Widgets and share cards follow your choice. Supports large text sizes and VoiceOver. FREE TO USE Up to 5 active events, one standard reminder per event (7 days before, 1 day before or on the day), every widget, both themes and sharing are free. No ads, no account, no sign-up. TIME PROGRESS PRO One purchase unlocks Time Progress Pro for good: unlimited active events, advanced reminders (several per event, on your own days and times), CSV import and export, iCloud Sync across your devices, and Print & PDF export. It is not a subscription: pay once, and Pro works on every device signed in to your Apple Account. Privacy: your days are stored on your device, and in your own iCloud account when sync is on. The app collects usage analytics to help us improve it. There is no advertising and no tracking. The privacy policy has the details.

About

Countdown Calendar

Features
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TimeFeel makes time visible. Count down to the days you're waiting for โ€” trips, birthdays, weddings, exams โ€” or count up from the moments that changed everything, and see exactly where you stand at a glance. Countdown & Count-up Create a countdown for any event, or count up from any date. Switch between "time left" and "time passed" to see time the way you want. Repeating countdowns Birthdays, anniversaries and paydays roll over on their own. Repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, or build a rule as flexible as Reminders โ€” the second Tuesday of every month, the last day of the month โ€” with an optional end date. Import from Calendar Pick the events you want from your calendar and turn them into countdowns in a tap. Nothing is added until you choose it. Holiday ideas Start from New Year, Christmas and other yearly dates without typing a thing. A live clock everywhere Countdown cards, widgets, the Lock Screen and Apple Watch tick in real time โ€” days first, then hours, minutes and seconds. Open-ended timers No end date needed. Track how long something has been going โ€” a habit, a journey, a chapter of your life โ€” without setting a finish line. Progress at a glance Every countdown shows how much of its span has passed, as a ring or as a percentage of time done or left. Custom colors & photos Pick an accent color for each countdown. With Plus, use your own photo โ€” it becomes a soft, blurred full-screen backdrop. Smart notifications Every countdown tells you when it ends. Add reminders a set number of days before or after, or when a percentage of the time has passed. Widgets on every screen Home Screen widgets in two sizes, plus Lock Screen widgets โ€” a ring, or a line right under the clock. Your countdown is there before you unlock. Apple Watch The full app on your wrist, plus complications for your watch face โ€” your next countdown sits right on the dial. Live Activities When a countdown enters its last stretch, it appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island โ€” photo and all โ€” and keeps ticking there until it's done. Find any countdown Search by name and group your countdowns by year or month. iCloud sync All your countdowns sync automatically across your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch via iCloud. Plus Unlock photo backgrounds, unlimited countdowns, advanced notifications and new app icons โ€” monthly with a free first week, or a one-time purchase that's yours forever. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Time Progress4 screens
Countdown Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Progress at none against Countdown Calendar's 1. Countdown Calendar's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Countdown Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Time Progress asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Progress ships an update every 6 weeks, Countdown Calendar every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Time Progress versus Countdown Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime ProgressCountdown Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBin YangSerhii Surzhykov

In-app purchases

None

Time Progress

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Calendar

One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Time Progress free?
Time Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Calendar free?
Countdown Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time Progress or Countdown Calendar have ads?
Neither Time Progress nor Countdown Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Progress or Countdown Calendar?
Time Progress ships an update every 6 weeks, and Countdown Calendar every 6 days. Most recently, Time Progress was updated on October 8, 2026 and Countdown Calendar on October 9, 2026.

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