Comparison

Time left 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 left

Features
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Keep a countdown to your next trip, birthday, anniversary or deadline. Count the days since a new job, a relationship, or a fresh start you want to remember. Time Left gives your dates a home that feels like a notebook. Handwritten lettering, paper textures, little sketches and tally marks make the wait something you can see. Choose light paper or the new dark paper theme. Put a countdown widget on your Home Screen or Lock Screen, or check your dates on Apple Watch. Open the app for the hours left today and a look at your week, month and year. MAKE ROOM FOR YOUR DATES โ€ข Create a countdown for birthdays, holidays, exams, concerts, deadlines and dates of your own. โ€ข Count the days since a moment that matters to you. โ€ข Set daily, weekly, monthly or yearly repeats. โ€ข Add reminders to upcoming dates. โ€ข Choose hours, days, weeks, months, years or percentages, or let Automatic choose. โ€ข Pick a widget drawing, from tally marks and a sun arc to an hourglass, candle or jar. โ€ข Use tally marks in medium countdown widgets, too. โ€ข Import dates from the Apple calendars you choose. โ€ข Look back at completed countdowns in Past dates. โ€ข Turn on optional iCloud sync to keep your dates across devices. FREE TO START Keep up to three active personal dates for free, with small tally and sun-arc widgets. The Apple Watch app is free, too. Time Left Pro adds unlimited countdowns and count-ups, more widget sizes and more drawings. One-time purchase. No subscription.

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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 left4 screens
Countdown Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

Time left and Countdown Calendar are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Time left sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Calendar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time left ships an update every 9 days, Countdown Calendar weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Time left versus Countdown Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime leftCountdown Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.618.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size33 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPRABAKARAN RAVICHANDRANSerhii Surzhykov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Time left

One-time1
  • Time Left Pro$1.99
2 purchases

Countdown Calendar

Subscriptions1
  • Plus Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$11.99

Questions

Is Time left free?
Time left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Calendar free?
Countdown Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time left or Countdown Calendar have ads?
Neither Time left nor Countdown Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time left or Countdown Calendar?
Time left ships an update every 9 days, and Countdown Calendar weekly. Most recently, Time left was updated on October 24, 2026 and Countdown Calendar on October 24, 2026.

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