Comparison

Clip Days Left vs Anticipāt

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

Head to head
About

Clip Days Left

Features
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What are you looking forward to? A trip, a birthday, a reunion, or a special project. Clip Days Left turns the dates ahead into personal countdowns. CREATE YOUR COUNTDOWN Give it a name, choose a date, and see how many days are left. Add a photo from your library, choose a ready-made scene, or pick a color. SEE WHAT’S NEXT Your nearest date takes the spotlight. Browse your other countdowns in a compact list and follow the time elapsed since each event was created. Past dates have their own place in Memories. MAKE IT YOURS Explore Original, Sunset, Ocean, Forest, and Lavender themes. Pair your photos with a curated palette of soft colors and an interface that keeps your dates in focus. CHECK AT A GLANCE Bring your countdowns to Home Screen widgets. See your next date on Apple Watch and follow a Live Activity on the Lock Screen or in the Dynamic Island on compatible devices. GET A REMINDER Choose a reminder on the event date or ahead of time. Reminders are scheduled for 9 AM, depending on your selection and the time available, and require notification permission. SHARE THE ANTICIPATION Create Story or Feed images using a photo or a poster design. Share an invitation so someone else can create their own copy of the countdown in the app. FOLLOW YOUR YEAR See the days left and your year’s progress in a dedicated view. START FOR FREE Create up to 3 active events and use one widget. The optional Pro unlock is a one-time purchase, with no subscription, for unlimited countdowns, multiple widgets, and sharing without the app name and link. Count the days to what matters to you. Interface available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, French, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, German, Italian, Dutch, Polish, and Swedish.

About

Anticipāt

This app helps you visualize and count down to important upcoming events. Personalize each countdown with photos, colors, and fonts, and receive timely reminders. It also offers a home screen widget for quick access and saves past events for reflection.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget
  • Customizable event cards
  • Flexible time formats
  • Calendar import
  • Event reminders
  • Past event archive
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Anticipāt counts down to the days you're looking forward to. Add a trip, a concert, a birthday, or anything else worth the wait, and watch the days fall away on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island as the moment gets close. It's free. There are no ads, no subscription, and no account to create. NEW IN THIS VERSION Anticipāt has been redrawn. Your photo now gets the whole frame, with the countdown set below it on paper instead of printed on top of someone's holiday picture. Events sit in a ruled register you can scan at a glance, and there are five themes to print it all on, from cream paper to true black. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Count down to trips, concerts, birthdays, holidays, or anything you like. • Put a countdown on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets that update on their own. • See your next event on your Apple Watch with a watch-face complication. • Watch the final hours tick down by the minute, with a Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown on iPhones that support it. • Pick from five themes, and set a font and a colour on any single event. • Add a photo from your library or search free photos from Unsplash, then frame it exactly how you want it. • Get a reminder 30 days, 7 days and 1 day before, plus the day itself, and turn them off per event. • Share a countdown as a card for your group chat or your story, or copy a link a friend can open to add the same event. • Ask Siri how many days until something, or to add a countdown. • Keep birthdays and holidays recurring year after year, add notes, and import dates from your calendar. • Look back at your year with a shareable recap every December. YOUR EVENTS STAY YOURS Anticipāt works fully offline and stores nothing on our servers. Your events ride your device's normal iCloud backup, and you can export a file at any time. Turn on iCloud Sync and they keep in step across your own iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud, with no account to create. Photo search and calendar import use the network when it's there and step aside quietly when it isn't. Part of the Āpex Suite by HYTimes App Studio. Pay once, own forever. No subscriptions.

Screenshots

Clip Days Left4 screens
Anticipāt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Anticipāt at none against Clip Days Left's 1. Anticipāt also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On price, ads and device support 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. Clip Days Left sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Anticipāt asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clip Days Left ships an update monthly, Anticipāt every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Clip Days Left versus Anticipāt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClip Days LeftAnticipāt
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaurivan PadilhaDennis Hodgson

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clip Days Left

One-time1
  • Clip Days Left Lifetime$0.99
None

Anticipāt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clip Days Left free?
Clip Days Left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anticipāt free?
Anticipāt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clip Days Left or Anticipāt have ads?
Neither Clip Days Left nor Anticipāt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clip Days Left or Anticipāt?
Clip Days Left ships an update monthly, and Anticipāt every 2 weeks. Most recently, Clip Days Left was updated on November 5, 2026 and Anticipāt on October 31, 2026.

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