Comparison

Days Until vs Pend

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

Head to head
About

Days Until

Features
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Days Until is the most beautiful way to count down to the moments that matter most. Whether it’s a holiday, a wedding, a birthday, or that vacation you’ve been dreaming of, Days Until helps you build excitement with stunning visuals and precision tracking. FEATURES: β€’ Beautiful Countdowns: See exactly how many days, hours, and minutes are left until your big event. β€’ Home Screen Widgets: Keep your most anticipated events right on your Home Screen with our premium, customizable widgets. β€’ Custom Backgrounds: Personalize every countdown. Upload your own photos to make each event truly yours. β€’ Smart Reminders: Get notified when your event arrives so you never miss a beat. β€’ Repeating Events: perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, and weekly goals. TRACK EVERYTHING: Use Days Until for: Vacations & Travels Birthdays & Anniversaries Weddings & Big Life Events Concerts & Gigs Holidays (Christmas, Halloween, New Year's) Retirement & Graduations Upgrade to Days Until Pro to unlock unlimited countdowns, exclusive widget styles, and a completely ad-free experience. Days Until Pro Subscription Access all premium features with a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.days-until.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/Start the countdown today!

About

Pend

Features
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Pend tracks time remaining until future events and time elapsed since past ones - birthdays, trips, deadlines, anniversaries, milestones. It runs on iPhone and iPad, and puts countdowns on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen, in Live Activities, and in Siri, Spotlight and Control Centre. COUNT DOWN OR COUNT UP β€’ Count down to future events - birthdays, trips, deadlines β€’ Count up from past milestones - anniversaries, quit dates, first days ORGANISE BY COLLECTION β€’ Group countdowns into custom collections β€’ Keep work, personal, and family events separate WIDGETS EVERYWHERE β€’ Home Screen widgets in small, medium, and large sizes β€’ Lock Screen widgets for at-a-glance tracking β€’ Live Activities on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen SIRI, SHORTCUTS AND SPOTLIGHT β€’ Ask Siri how long until a countdown and hear the answer, without opening the app β€’ Create a countdown by voice, with Siri asking for the title and date β€’ Open any countdown by voice, or use all three in Shortcuts and automations β€’ Countdowns appear in Spotlight search, with the number in the result CONTROL CENTRE, ACTION BUTTON AND STANDBY β€’ A Control Centre tile showing and opening the next countdown β€’ A tile for adding one, and both are mappable to the Action Button β€’ Long-press the app icon for the three countdowns landing soonest β€’ A large-type treatment in StandBy, for a charging iPhone on a desk or bedside RECURRING EVENTS β€’ Weekly, monthly, or yearly recurrence β€’ Auto-advances to the next occurrence when the date passes EIGHT CARD STYLES β€’ Eight designed styles, from clean and minimal to bold and dark β€’ Share any countdown as an image, with no app branding PRIVACY FIRST β€’ No ads, and no tracking across apps β€’ Anonymous analytics only β€’ Your data stays yours PEND PRO β€’ Unlimited countdowns and collections β€’ Count-ups β€’ All eight card styles β€’ iCloud sync across all your devices β€’ Live Activities, share cards, and alternate app icons Pend Pro is a single purchase. No subscription, no renewal, nothing to cancel.

Screenshots

Days Until3 screens
Pend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Days Until at every 2 days against Pend's every 2 months. Days Until also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Days Until sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Pend sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Days Until ships an update every 2 days, Pend every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Days Until versus Pend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDays UntilPend
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days β€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size49 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris Barber-RileyJamie Newman

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Days Until

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Annual$5.991 Year
1 purchases

Pend

One-time1
  • Pend Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Days Until free?
Days Until is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pend free?
Pend is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Days Until or Pend have ads?
Neither Days Until nor Pend shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Days Until or Pend?
Days Until ships an update every 2 days, and Pend every 2 months. Most recently, Days Until was updated on November 5, 2026 and Pend on November 13, 2026.

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