Comparison

This Year Progress 2026 vs Calypso

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

Head to head
About

This Year Progress 2026

This app helps you visualize the passage of time throughout the year, showing your progress and remaining time. It offers subtle notifications and dynamic wallpapers to encourage mindful appreciation of each day. Designed for those who prefer a calm, minimalist approach to time management.

Highlights
  • See year's progress at a glance
  • View remaining time in real-time
  • Automatically update wallpaper
  • Home screen widgets
  • Subtle milestone notifications
Features
Read full description

Time always moves at the same pace. But because it feels so ordinary, we rarely stop to notice it. This app helps make the passage of time visibleβ€”showing how far the year has progressed and how much time remainsβ€”so you can treat each day with a little more care. There are no big goal-setting features or flashy tools. It simply and quietly shows you where you are, right now. --- ## What you can do with this app ### See the year’s progress at a glance * Instantly check how much of the year has passed, in percentage ### View remaining time in real time * Remaining days, hours, minutes, and seconds Not to make you think β€œonly X days left,” but to help you notice: β€œthis is where I am now.” ### Automatically update your wallpaper * Generate a wallpaper that reflects the year’s progress * Update it automatically every day (Requires iOS Shortcuts. Clear, step-by-step instructions are included.) ### Home Screen widgets * Small, medium, and large sizes supported Check your progress without opening the app. ### Subtle notifications * Notifications at milestones such as 1%, 2%, 5%, and 10% A gentle reminder to notice the passage of time. --- ## Recommended for people who * Don’t want to waste time, but don’t want to be managed by it * Don’t want the year to end β€œbefore they know it” * Prefer minimal, calm design * Want a small moment to pause each day --- ## About the design Information is kept to a minimum to reduce visual noise. The app is designed to stay quietly in your daily lifeβ€” present, but never demanding attention. Time cannot be stopped. But you can choose how you notice it. If this app helps you value β€œtoday” just a little more, that’s more than enough.

About

Calypso

Features
Read full description

Calypso shows you exactly how much of your day, week, month, quarter, and year has passed β€” one enormous number, nothing else competing for your attention. Set your date of birth and Calypso adds one more measurement: how far through your expected life you are, laid out as a grid of every week you're likely to have. Not to unsettle you β€” to make the time you do have a little harder to waste by accident. WHAT'S INSIDE β€’ One number at a time β€” day, week, month, quarter, year, or life β€” with everything else falling away beneath it as quiet hairlines β€’ A square for every week of your life, filling in as you live them β€’ Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, so the number is there before you even open the app β€’ A short quote about time, tapped to read larger, changing each time you open Calypso β€’ A first-launch animation, and nothing else asking for your attention after that DESIGNED TO BE LEFT ALONE Calypso doesn't send notifications, doesn't ask you to log in, doesn't collect any data at all. It has no network connection to anything β€” everything it shows is calculated on your device, from a date you gave it, and nowhere else. Open it, glance at the number, get on with your day. Built for iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

This Year Progress 20264 screens
Calypso4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calypso at none against This Year Progress 2026's 1. Calypso also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. This Year Progress 2026 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Calypso asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
This Year Progress 2026 versus Calypso: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThis Year Progress 2026Calypso
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews83.3% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” better
Requires iOS17.617.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAIKI YUASAGeoffrey Harte

In-app purchases

1 purchases

This Year Progress 2026

One-time1
  • Premium Plan$3.99
None

Calypso

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is This Year Progress 2026 free?
This Year Progress 2026 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calypso free?
Calypso is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do This Year Progress 2026 or Calypso have ads?
Neither This Year Progress 2026 nor Calypso shows ads.

Other comparisons