Comparison

Time Progress vs VÁNA

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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

VÁNA

Features
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How much of the year has truly passed? Not what the calendar says - how much you've actually felt. VÁNA displays your year's progress through an elegant ring that shifts color with the seasons. But its true soul is Slow Perception: mathematical curves inspired by real research in psychology and neuroscience that transform linear progress into something that mirrors how your brain perceives time - slow at the start, fast at the end. PERCEPTION CURVES • Logarithmic - inspired by the Weber-Fechner law (1860) • Slow - inspired by Janet and Lemlich's proportional theory • Very Slow - for those who want to savor every week • Custom - adjust the intensity with a slider WIDGETS FOR EVERY OCCASION • Home Screen: small, medium, and large • Lock Screen: circular, rectangular, and inline • Tap the widget to toggle between linear and perceived view FLEXIBLE TIME FRAMES • Calendar, academic, or fiscal year • Current month or week • Or choose your own start and end dates SEASONAL COLORS The ring changes color following the seasons, inspired by the Elvish calendar of Imladris — from icy blue in winter to spring green, from summer gold to autumn rust. TOTAL PRIVACY No data collected. No network connections. Zero tracking. Everything stays on your device. VÁNA is named after the Valië of Spring in Tolkien's Silmarillion - "the Ever-young", in whose gardens time is forever young.

Screenshots

Time Progress4 screens
VÁNA3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Progress at none against VÁNA's 3. Time Progress also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). VÁNA's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). 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. VÁNA sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Time Progress asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Progress ships an update every 6 weeks, VÁNA every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Time Progress versus VÁNA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime ProgressVÁNA
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBin YangSergio Ferraresi

In-app purchases

None

Time Progress

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

VÁNA

One-time3
  • Lembas$0.99
  • Miruvor$2.99
  • Silmaril$3.99

Questions

Is Time Progress free?
Time Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VÁNA free?
VÁNA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time Progress or VÁNA have ads?
Neither Time Progress nor VÁNA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Progress or VÁNA?
Time Progress ships an update every 6 weeks, and VÁNA every 2 weeks. Most recently, Time Progress was updated on October 8, 2026 and VÁNA on October 19, 2026.

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