Clip Days Left vs Anticipāt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clip Days Left
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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.
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.
- Home screen widget
- Customizable event cards
- Flexible time formats
- Calendar import
- Event reminders
- Past event archive
- Offline functionality
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Clip Days Left sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Anticipāt asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Clip Days Left | Anticipāt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maurivan Padilha | Dennis Hodgson |
In-app purchases
Clip Days Left
- Clip Days Left Lifetime$0.99
Anticipāt
No in-app purchases









