Next Big Day vs TickDay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
TickDay
This minimalist app helps you privately track important dates with a clean, offline design. See upcoming events at a glance with home screen widgets. Start with a few free countdowns and unlock unlimited events with a one-time purchase.
- Offline countdown tracking
- Home screen widgets
- Minimalist black and white design
- One-time purchase
- Yearly repeat events
- Privacy-focused, no data collection
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TickDay counts down the days to the moments that matter — birthdays, anniversaries, trips, and deadlines — right on your home screen. • Beautiful widgets: see your next countdown at a glance, in 6 sizes • Start with 3 countdowns; unlock unlimited with a one-time purchase • Yearly repeat for birthdays and anniversaries • Reminders so you never miss an important date • Count up (days since) or count down (days until) Your data stays on your device — private by design. No account, no tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Next Big Day at free against TickDay's free with in-app purchases. TickDay's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Next Big Day sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TickDay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Next Big Day against 5.0 for TickDay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Next Big Day ships an update every 2 weeks, TickDay every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Next Big Day | TickDay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gemsheer Chalil | Quanhong Zhao |
Customer experience
Next Big Day
TickDay
In-app purchases
Next Big Day
- Lifetime Pro$8.99
TickDay
- Lifetime Full Access$1.99









