Comparison

Next Big Day vs Life Tile

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

Life Tile

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Your day as a Mondrian-inspired grid. Passive. Private. On-device. Life Tile tracks where you spend your time and shows it as a colorful square grid. Your phone knows where you are. Life Tile uses that to build a picture of your day. Each colored block is a place or activity, sized by how long you were there. At a glance, you see exactly where your time went. HOW IT WORKS Life Tile detects the places you visit in the background. Set up a place once — name it, pick a category — and it's tracked automatically from then on. You can also correct or adjust entries when needed. PRIVACY Your location and activity data stays on your device. No accounts, no servers, no ads. Optional iCloud sync between your own devices only. Anonymous usage stats can be turned off in Settings. SQUARE TILE CHART Your day as a grid of colored blocks. It stays readable even with many categories. The bigger the block, the more time you spent there. TREEMAP, MAP & LIST Zoom out to your day, week, or month. The treemap shows proportionally where your time goes. Switch to map view to see every place you visited, or list view to browse your timeline. Patterns and habits become obvious. TWO-LEVEL CATEGORIES Organize your activities with main categories and subcategories. Exercise > Outdoor Run, Entertainment > Concert, Meals > Lunch — as detailed as you want. SLEEP & WORKOUTS Pulls sleep and workout data from Apple Health to complete the picture of your day. No extra setup needed. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS Check your day from the home screen. Widgets show your current activity and today's breakdown. Shortcuts let you automate common actions. CSV IMPORT Coming from another time-tracking app? Import your CSV data and keep your history. ONE-TIME PURCHASE No subscription. Buy once, use forever.

Screenshots

Next Big Day4 screens
Life Tile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Next Big Day at 18.6 against Life Tile's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Life Tile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Next Big Day ships an update every 2 weeks, Life Tile every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Next Big Day versus Life Tile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext Big DayLife Tile
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGemsheer Chalildugodogu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Next Big Day

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$8.99
1 purchases

Life Tile

One-time1
  • Life Tile Full Access$9.99

Questions

Is Next Big Day free?
Next Big Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Life Tile free?
Life Tile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Next Big Day or Life Tile have ads?
Neither Next Big Day nor Life Tile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Next Big Day or Life Tile?
Next Big Day ships an update every 2 weeks, and Life Tile every 9 days. Most recently, Next Big Day was updated on October 25, 2026 and Life Tile on October 17, 2026.

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