Comparison

Next Big Day vs Hulo

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

Head to head
About

Next Big Day

Visualize your year with a unique dot matrix timeline and countdown to important events. Add tasks, notes, and photos to create rich memory journals. Share custom countdown images and sync with your Apple Calendar.

Highlights
  • Yearly dot matrix timeline visualization
  • Event countdowns for milestones
  • Home screen widgets
  • Event planning with tasks and notes
  • Rich memory journaling
  • Custom countdown image sharing
  • Apple Calendar sync
Features
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Countdown the days until your most important moments. Next Big Day is a powerful event countdown app with widgets that lets you see your entire year at a glance. Instead of a simple list of dates, every day is represented as a dot in a beautiful visual timeline. Watch time pass, see upcoming events light up, and track exactly how many days are left until the moments that matter. Whether you're counting down to a vacation, birthday, wedding, trip, or major milestone, Next Big Day helps you stay excited, organized, and focused on what’s coming next. SEE YOUR ENTIRE YEAR • Visualize the whole year as a 365-day dot matrix timeline • Every day is a dot - events appear directly on the calendar • Instantly understand where you are in the year and what’s coming next EVENT COUNTDOWN • Track days until birthdays, vacations, weddings, and milestones • See upcoming events highlighted directly on your yearly timeline • Clear countdown views show exactly how many days remain • Share your countdowns as beautiful images. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Beautiful countdown widgets for your Home Screen • Choose from countdown rings, event lists, and the signature Year Matrix widget • See your events and progress without opening the app PLAN EVERY EVENT • Add tasks and checklists for each event • Save notes, links, photos, and voice recordings • Turn every milestone into a rich memory journal • Generate and share high-resolution, custom countdown images straight to Instagram, WhatsApp, or iMessage in one tap. APPLE CALENDAR SYNC • Import events directly from Apple Calendar • Keep your schedule perfectly aligned across apps THEMES & CUSTOMIZATION • Elegant dark mode interface • Multiple premium color themes • Designed to look beautiful on every iPhone PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your timeline is personal. Next Big Day runs completely on your device: • No accounts • No tracking • No ads • No subscriptions • No data collection Start your countdown today and watch your year unfold one day at a time. EULA: https://gemshi.com/DDay/eula.html

About

Hulo

Features
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Hulo — No-Zero Day Tracker A no-zero day means you did at least one thing today. It doesn't have to be big. It just has to be something. Hulo helps you show up every single day — and never let a day go to zero. Build a streak that actually means something. Every time you log your day, your streak grows. Miss a day? Your streak breaks. It's that simple — and that powerful. The commitment to just one thing a day is enough to change your life over time. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH HULO Track your no-zero streak — Log each day you showed up. Watch your streak grow one day at a time. Log your day your way — Add notes about what you did, check off tasks, and capture what made the day count. Earn badges — Hit milestones at 1, 7, 21, 30, 60, 100, and 365 days. Each badge is a reminder of how far you've come. Grace period — Life happens. Once a month, you can restore a broken streak and keep your progress alive. Timeline — Scroll through every day you showed up. Your journey, visualised. Daily reminders — Get a gentle nudge at the time that works for you, so you never forget to log your day. Guest mode — Start immediately, no account needed. Upgrade later to sync your data across devices. WHY NO-ZERO DAYS? Most habit apps make you feel guilty when you miss a day. Hulo is different. The goal isn't perfection — it's consistency. You only need to do one thing. Write a sentence. Take a walk. Drink more water. As long as it's something, it counts. Show up today. Then tomorrow. Then the day after. That's how streaks are built — and that's how lives are changed.

Screenshots

Next Big Day4 screens
Hulo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hulo at none against Next Big Day's 1. Hulo also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, 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. Next Big Day sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hulo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Next Big Day ships an update every 2 weeks, Hulo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Next Big Day versus Hulo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext Big DayHulo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGemsheer ChalilR HARI KRISHNAN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Next Big Day

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$8.99
None

Hulo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Next Big Day free?
Next Big Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hulo free?
Hulo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Next Big Day or Hulo have ads?
Neither Next Big Day nor Hulo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Next Big Day or Hulo?
Next Big Day ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hulo every 3 weeks. Most recently, Next Big Day was updated on October 1, 2026 and Hulo on September 17, 2026.

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