Comparison

SinceUntil vs Desk Clock

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

Head to head
About

SinceUntil

Visually track upcoming events or past milestones with customizable widgets. Create countdowns for anything, import from calendars, and share your progress. Offers a native iOS experience with a focus on privacy.

Highlights
  • Home, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets
  • Count down to future events
  • Count up from past milestones
  • Calendar event import
  • Recurring event tracking
  • Customizable colors and icons
  • Shareable countdowns
Features
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Count down to what's next or count up from the moments that matter. SinceUntil puts live countdowns everywhere you look: Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy, and Apple Watch. CREATE IN SECONDS Pick a date, a color, and an icon (or any emoji). Done. Future dates count down, past dates count up, and the direction switches automatically. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK • Widgets for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy • Apple Watch app and watch-face complications • Live Activities: pin a countdown to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Control Center controls and Home Screen quick actions • Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight: ask for a countdown or search your events STAYS IN SYNC Your events follow you to every device with private iCloud sync, and milestone notifications celebrate meaningful marks like 100 days or 1 year. POWER FEATURES • Import from your calendar, or auto-track recurring activities like gym visits • Recurring countdowns, progress bars, and calendar breakdowns • Share events as beautiful cards that friends can import with one tap • Backup, restore, and CSV export WHAT'S FREE Everything, for up to 3 events. WHAT'S PRO Unlimited events. That's it: $0.49/month, $2.99/year, or $5.99 once and it's yours forever. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts. No tracking. No analytics. Your events sync privately via iCloud, and the developer never sees your data. Privacy Policy: https://sinceuntil.pages.dev Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Desk Clock

Features
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Turn your iPhone into a beautiful desk clock. Prop it on a nightstand, a dock, or your desk, pick a face, and let it run. The screen stays awake for as long as the clock is up. TEN FACES, EACH ONE CRAFTED - Digital, in three materials: solid, frosted, and glass - Flip, the classic split-flap board - Analog, a Bauhaus-inspired dial with a golden second hand - E-ink, quiet as paper - Pixel, LED, and Time Tuner, for a warm retro glow - Card, Caption, and Photo, ambient faces with personality Swipe to change faces. Long-press to browse them all in a gallery. EASY ON YOUR EYES AT NIGHT Most faces sit on a true black canvas, so the screen stays quiet in a dark room and OLED displays sip power. The Photo face goes further: its scenery changes from day to night with the real sun in your time zone. MADE FOR THE DESK AND THE BEDSIDE - Works in portrait and landscape - No ads, no account, nothing to set up FREE TO USE, ONE PURCHASE TO OWN IT ALL Digital, Flip, and E-ink are free, and you can preview every face live. A single lifetime purchase unlocks all ten. No subscription. PRIVACY Desk Clock collects no data. No analytics, no tracking, nothing leaves your iPhone.

Screenshots

SinceUntil4 screens
Desk Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SinceUntil at 3 against Desk Clock's 1. Desk Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. SinceUntil sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Desk Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SinceUntil versus Desk Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSinceUntilDesk Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWalter SyskoAnh Phong

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SinceUntil

Subscriptions2
  • SinceUntil Pro$0.491 Month
  • SinceUntil Pro$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • SinceUntil Pro$5.99
1 purchases

Desk Clock

One-time1
  • All Access$9.99

Questions

Is SinceUntil free?
SinceUntil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Desk Clock free?
Desk Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SinceUntil or Desk Clock have ads?
Neither SinceUntil nor Desk Clock shows ads.

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