Comparison

TimeLeft vs Timeflies

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

Head to head
About

TimeLeft

Organize upcoming dates and visualize remaining time for important events. Create and manage a list of occasions like birthdays, trips, and anniversaries with real-time countdowns and timely reminders.

Highlights
  • Real-time event countdowns
  • Customizable reminders and notifications
  • Sortable event list
  • Quick date filters
  • Detailed event view
  • Event editing and updating
Features
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Some dates deserve better than a note buried in your calendar. TimeLeft turns the moments you are waiting for into live countdowns you can read at a glance — in the app and right on your Home Screen. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Create a countdown in seconds: a name, an emoji, a date and a time • Watch the time left tick down in months, days, hours and minutes • Pin your most important event to a Home Screen widget • Switch between a compact list and a visual grid • Filter by All, Next 7 days or This month, and sort by closest or furthest away • Add notes to an event so the details travel with the date • Look back at everything that has already happened FOR EVERY KIND OF DATE Birthdays and anniversaries. Trips and holidays. Weddings and graduations. Concerts, exams, paydays, due dates, retirement, Christmas and New Year. Anything you are counting on. DAILY REMINDERS Turn reminders on and TimeLeft checks in once a day at noon, so nothing important quietly sneaks up on you. MAKE IT YOURS Pick an emoji for every event from a searchable picker. Set dates to repeat every year for the ones that come back around. Choose a light, dark or system theme. Use the app in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Russian or Simplified Chinese. NOTHING TO SET UP No account, no sign-up, no login. Your events stay on your device and the app works offline. Start counting down to what matters.

About

Timeflies

This app helps you stay focused on important goals by creating visual countdowns for deadlines, exams, or personal milestones. Break down your objectives into manageable tasks and track your progress to turn pressure into steady advancement.

Highlights
  • Create countdowns for any event
  • Track time remaining in various units
  • Break down goals into actionable tasks
  • Check off completed tasks
  • Build reminder plans with local notifications
  • Local data storage
Features
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Timeflies helps you stay aware of how much time remains for the things that matter most. Create a countdown for any goal, deadline, exam, launch, trip, or personal milestone. Break it into clear tasks, track progress, and keep the remaining time visible so it is easier to act with focus instead of delay. With Timeflies, you can: • Create countdowns with a title, deadline, and color theme • See time remaining in years, months, days, or seconds • Break each countdown into actionable tasks • Check off completed tasks and edit task notes • Build reminder plans with local notifications • Keep your progress stored locally on your iPhone Timeflies is designed for people who want deadlines to feel real, visible, and manageable. Whether you are preparing for an exam, finishing an application, planning a launch, or working toward a personal goal, Timeflies helps turn pressure into steady progress.

Screenshots

TimeLeft3 screens
Timeflies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Timeflies at free against TimeLeft's ad-supported. Timeflies also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). TimeLeft's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TimeLeft against 5.0 for Timeflies. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeLeft ships an update weekly, Timeflies every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
TimeLeft versus Timeflies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeLeftTimeflies
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGonzalo Caira AguilarHaiping Sun

In-app purchases

None

TimeLeft

No in-app purchases

None

Timeflies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimeLeft free?
TimeLeft is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timeflies free?
Timeflies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TimeLeft or Timeflies?
TimeLeft and Timeflies are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do TimeLeft or Timeflies have ads?
Neither TimeLeft nor Timeflies shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeLeft or Timeflies?
TimeLeft ships an update weekly, and Timeflies every 3 days. Most recently, TimeLeft was updated on September 19, 2026 and Timeflies on September 14, 2026.

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