Comparison

Due Pal vs Today Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Due Pal

This app provides a persistent visual countdown to your next scheduled event, designed to combat time blindness for individuals with ADHD. It offers customizable visual styles and smart reminders to help manage transitions between tasks and appointments.

Highlights
  • Persistent visual countdown
  • Always-visible on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
  • Two visual styles: Flip Clock & Digital
  • Smart transition reminders
  • Flexible daily scheduling
  • High-contrast readable design
Features
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If you have ADHD, you know the feeling: you glance at the clock, it says 2:15. You look again — it's 4:47. Two and a half hours vanished. Your meeting started 17 minutes ago. This is time blindness. It isn't laziness or carelessness — your brain genuinely doesn't feel time passing. A clock tells you what time it is. DuePal shows you how much time you have left. HOW IT WORKS Set the anchor points of your day once: 9:30 — Stand-up 12:00 — Lunch 14:00 — Focus block 17:30 — Wrap up 18:30 — Pick up kids DuePal counts down to the next one, live. When it arrives, the countdown hands over to the next on its own — no timers to restart, no alarms to set again. Add a start time and a progress bar fills as the window runs out. ALWAYS IN SIGHT • Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island, with a Skip button • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in every size • Apple Watch app with complications • Control Center control, Siri and Shortcuts You never have to remember to check. The countdown is already there. A HEADS-UP BEFORE EVERY SWITCH For ADHD brains the hard part isn't the task — it's switching. Get a heads-up minutes before each due, then a reminder when it arrives. On iOS 26 and later, dues can ring as real system alarms, even in Silent mode. WORKDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Weekday dues skip your country's public holidays automatically — 20 countries and regions supported, including make-up workdays in mainland China and Taiwan. Skip a single day off with one tap. COUNTDOWNS FOR THE DAYS AHEAD Weekend, payday, the next public holiday, birthdays, trips and exams. Pin the one you care about to the top and to your widgets. MADE TO BE READ AT A GLANCE Sixteen clock styles, from a flip clock to a progress ring, and twelve color themes. High contrast, large numbers, no clutter — you should know how much time you have in under a second. Go full screen to read it from across the room. QUICK TO SET UP Start from routine templates or a quick 25-minute timer. iCloud keeps your dues the same on iPhone and iPad. WHO DUEPAL IS FOR Adults with ADHD who lose track of time between meetings and tasks. Students who miss class changes and study blocks. Parents juggling school pickup, meals and bedtime. Anyone who has set a 15-minute timer and been shocked when it went off "already." WHY NOT A REGULAR TIMER A timer counts a set length, stops at zero, and has to be started again every time. DuePal counts to the times of your whole day, repeats on workdays, knows your holidays and moves on to the next thing by itself. FREE AND PREMIUM DuePal is free to download. The free version includes two dues, two countdowns of your own, the Live Activity, Dynamic Island and the Current Due widget. DuePal Premium adds unlimited dues and countdowns, Ring as Alarm, public-holiday skipping, the Apple Watch app and complications, the Countdowns widget, and every clock style and color theme. Choose a weekly or yearly subscription (the yearly plan starts with a 3-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. If you bought DuePal before it was free, Premium is already yours. No ads, no account. Privacy: https://elevenapril.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://elevenapril.com/terms

About

Today Countdown

Features
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When you think you still have a few hours, the day slips away. Today Countdown shows the time left until the end of your day in a single unit: “269 minutes left” or “16,140 seconds left.” Watching one big number count down is a quiet, constant reminder of how precious today is. FEATURES • See the time left until the end of the day in minutes or seconds • Set any deadline you like: bedtime, the end of your workday, a due date • Repeat every day, or count down once to a specific date and time • Tap the number to switch units; it switches to seconds automatically in the last minute • Get notified when the time left reaches the number of minutes you set • Widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy • Light, Dark, and Navy themes SIMPLE AND PRIVATE • No ads • No account required • Your data stays on your iPhone and is never sent anywhere

Screenshots

Due Pal4 screens
Today Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Today Countdown at none against Due Pal's 5. Due Pal's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Due Pal sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Today Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Due Pal ships an update every 9 days, Today Countdown weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Due Pal versus Today Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDue PalToday Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer帅 陈Kazuki Watanabe

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Due Pal

Subscriptions3
  • DuePal Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • DuePal Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • DuePal Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Premium Lifetime Welcome Offer$29.99
  • DuePal Premium Lifetime$39.99
None

Today Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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