Comparison

VÁNA vs Year Progress

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

Head to head
About

VÁNA

Features
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How much of the year has truly passed? Not what the calendar says - how much you've actually felt. VÁNA displays your year's progress through an elegant ring that shifts color with the seasons. But its true soul is Slow Perception: mathematical curves inspired by real research in psychology and neuroscience that transform linear progress into something that mirrors how your brain perceives time - slow at the start, fast at the end. PERCEPTION CURVES • Logarithmic - inspired by the Weber-Fechner law (1860) • Slow - inspired by Janet and Lemlich's proportional theory • Very Slow - for those who want to savor every week • Custom - adjust the intensity with a slider WIDGETS FOR EVERY OCCASION • Home Screen: small, medium, and large • Lock Screen: circular, rectangular, and inline • Apple Watch: progress ring on your wrist • Tap the widget to toggle between linear and perceived view FLEXIBLE TIME FRAMES • Calendar, academic, or fiscal year • Current month or week • Or choose your own start and end dates SEASONAL COLORS The ring changes color following the seasons, inspired by the Elvish calendar of Imladris — from icy blue in winter to spring green, from summer gold to autumn rust. TOTAL PRIVACY No data collected. No network connections. Zero tracking. Everything stays on your device. VÁNA is named after the Valië of Spring in Tolkien's Silmarillion - "the Ever-young", in whose gardens time is forever young.

About

Year Progress

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See exactly how much of this year is gone, how many days are left, and how many days stand between today and every date you care about. Most calendars show you squares on a page. This app shows you time itself: an animated ring that fills as the year moves, a dot grid with one dot for every single day of the year, and a live count of days passed, days remaining, and percent complete. Then it lets you drop your own dates onto that year — birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, deadlines, launch days — and counts down to each one, day by day. Everything is computed right on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no server. WHAT YOU GET - Know the state of your year at a glance, with a progress ring and percentage that move every day - See all 365 days at once in a dot grid, with today highlighted and your own dates marked - Get an exact "X days away" or "X days ago" number for every date you add - Stop re-entering the same dates: repeat any event yearly, monthly, weekly, or on your own interval - Be reminded before it is too late — 7 days, 3 days, or 1 day ahead, or on the day itself - Keep it all organized with categories, colors, notes, pinning, and upcoming/past filters PERFECT FOR - People who feel the year slipping away and want a number instead of a feeling - Anyone who keeps forgetting birthdays and anniversaries until the day after - Students, freelancers, and planners counting down to deadlines and delivery dates - Goal-setters who think in quarters, half-years, and "days left to finish this" WHY NOT JUST USE THE CALENDAR APP? Your calendar answers "what day is it on?" It does not answer "how many days do I have left?" There is no year-completion percentage, no day-by-day grid of the whole year, and no countdown that tells you in one look that a birthday is 12 days out. That is the entire job of this app, and it does that job on one screen. PRIVACY Your dates never leave your iPhone. No account to create, no cloud upload, no analytics profile, no ads, no tracking. Delete the app and the data goes with it. FULL ACCESS The year ring, the 365-day dot grid, the seasonal moments, and your first 5 countdowns are free. Full Access unlocks unlimited events, recurring events, every reminder timing, pinning, notes, custom categories, the Insights screen, and export to .ics calendar or .csv spreadsheet files. It is available as a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The price is shown in your local currency before you confirm, and a subscription can be cancelled anytime in your App Store settings. Add the one date you have been dreading — or looking forward to — and see the number today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

Screenshots

VÁNA3 screens
Year Progress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: VÁNA at every 2 weeks against Year Progress's monthly. Year Progress's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. VÁNA sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Year Progress sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VÁNA ships an update every 2 weeks, Year Progress monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
VÁNA versus Year Progress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVÁNAYear Progress
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergio FerraresiPhuc Pham

In-app purchases

3 purchases

VÁNA

One-time3
  • Lembas$0.99
  • Miruvor$2.99
  • Silmaril$3.99
2 purchases

Year Progress

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$2.997 Days
  • Annual Premium$14.991 Year

Questions

Is VÁNA free?
VÁNA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Year Progress free?
Year Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VÁNA or Year Progress have ads?
Neither VÁNA nor Year Progress shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VÁNA or Year Progress?
VÁNA ships an update every 2 weeks, and Year Progress monthly. Most recently, VÁNA was updated on October 2, 2026 and Year Progress on September 28, 2026.

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