AuraSeason vs Dayception
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
AuraSeason
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AuraSeason turns the invisible flow of time into something you can see โ every single day. How much of Winter is left? What percentage of the year has passed? When exactly does the next full moon rise? Most people feel time slipping away. AuraSeason makes it visible. One glance at your Home Screen tells you: "I'm 92% through Winter. 7 days until Spring." No calendars to check. No math to do. Just a beautiful ring that fills up as time moves forward. SEASON PROGRESS โ FREE โข Know exactly how far through Winter, Spring, Summer, or Autumn you are โข Circular progress ring widgets for your Home Screen (Small + Medium) โข Lock Screen widgets: Accessory Circular, Rectangular, and Inline โข Choose Meteorological or Astronomical seasons โข Siri Shortcut: "How many days until the next season?" UNLOCK EVERYTHING โ $2.99 ONE TIME No subscriptions. No recurring charges. Pay once, own it forever. Year, Month & Day Progress Track the year, the current month, and today โ each with its own widget and progress ring. Unlimited Custom Events Create countdowns for anything โ vacations, birthdays, product launches, exams. Pick an emoji or SF Symbol, set the date, choose a theme. Live Activity Your progress โ always visible on the Lock Screen and in Dynamic Island. No need to open the app. Insights Dashboard โข Moon Phase: name, illumination percentage, days to next full moon โข Daylight: total hours of light, sunrise and sunset times โข Light Delta: how today compares to yesterday โข Golden Hour: exact start and end window for perfect light โข Season Milestones: 25%, 50%, 75%, 90% progress markers 8 Widget Surfaces Home Screen (Small + Medium), Lock Screen (Circular, Rectangular, Inline), StandBy, Control Center, Live Activity. 11 Color Themes Dynamic, Mono, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Neon + 4 gradient backgrounds: Sunrise, Aurora, Cream, Ocean. 4 Fonts ยท 4 Layouts ยท 2 Progress Styles Rounded, Serif, Monospace, System. Classic, Minimal, Centered, Typographic. Dot Grid or Bar. DESIGNED FOR iOS 26 Built with Liquid Glass โ translucent, adaptive, and beautiful in every lighting condition. WHY ONE-TIME PAYMENT? Great software shouldn't cost you every month. $2.99 once. All features. All future updates. Forever. AuraSeason โ feel every season. Track every day.
Dayception
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Some things are worth counting down to. Dayception turns the dates that matter โ birthdays, trips, launches, anniversaries, the big day โ into beautiful countdowns you'll actually want to look at. Counted in sleeps, with a live timer ticking to the second as the day nears, on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Most countdown apps stop at "days until." Dayception keeps going. THE INSIGHTS ENGINE Under every countdown is a real analytics engine that reads the shape of your year. See where your months cluster on a year heat-map. Get smart cards that surface what's coming โ the next milestone, your busiest month, your longest countdown. Break the year down by category. And flip a date you've passed into a count-up, to mark the time since it mattered. ON EVERY SCREEN - Widgets for the Lock Screen and Home Screen โ and they show in StandBy - A live countdown in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen - A countdown that lives in your Mac menu bar, always a glance away - Siri and Shortcuts: "how many sleeps until my holiday?" - Reminders that build as the day nears: a month out, a week out, the night before, the morning of THE DETAILS - Recurring birthdays and anniversaries roll over on their own - Working-days-until, aware of UK and US holidays - Sort by soonest, pin what matters to the top, archive what's done - Turn any countdown into a beautiful card for Stories or Messages in a single tap PRIVATE BY DESIGN Dayception is offline-first. Your countdowns live on your devices and sync only through your own private iCloud โ no account to create, nothing stored on our servers, and no analytics, ads or trackers. Ever. PAY ONCE Five countdowns are free, for as long as you like. Unlock unlimited countdowns and the full insights engine for a single price โ no subscription. During the launch window it's ยฃ14.99 as a Founder, which also gets you an exclusive Founder app icon and a Founder badge in the app. Made for people who like to anticipate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AuraSeason at 18.0 against Dayception's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. AuraSeason sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dayception sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | AuraSeason | Dayception |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mateusz Byrtus | NetSmiths Ltd |
In-app purchases
AuraSeason
- AuraSeason$2.99
Dayception
- Dayception Founder$14.99









