RetroDotTimer vs DaysUp · Count Anything

A full-screen countdown that looks like the dot-matrix displays of vintage arcades and early computing. Set the time, put your iPhone or iPad face up on your desk, and let the pixel grid count down. ONE TIMER, FULL SCREEN • A large dot-matrix countdown, readable across the room • Tap the display to start, pause, or resume — or turn on the Start/Pause button if you prefer one • Optional landscape mode that fills the whole screen • Keep the screen awake while a timer runs, with an only-while-charging option LOCK SCREEN AND DYNAMIC ISLAND • The Live Activity shows a real dot-matrix face, not a plain text label • It counts down on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • It follows the color scheme you chose in the app, including changes made mid-run • At zero it morphs into a checkmark and chimes once WIDGETS, CONTROLS, AND SIRI • A Home Screen widget that mirrors the timer, display-only • Control Center buttons to start a Pomodoro or a preset without opening the app • Siri and Shortcuts: start a timer, a preset, a Pomodoro, or the stopwatch, and pause, resume, or reset TIMER MODES • Presets: 5, 10, 25, and 45 minutes • Custom duration, 1 to 180 minutes • Classic Pomodoro: 25 minutes of work, 5-minute breaks, a 15-minute long break, 4 rounds • Stopwatch with a live hundredths-of-a-second sub-display • Multi-phase custom timers for intervals, rounds, and routines DISPLAY STYLES • Dot Matrix — the original pixel grid, with adjustable dot weight and square or round dots • 7-Segment — slanted LED calculator digits • Flip Clock — split-flap digits with animated transitions (Pro) • Big & Small — blocky digits with size-varied segments (Pro) COLOR • Transparent, Dark, and Light schemes • Six premium schemes: Amber, Green Terminal, Blue Glow, VFD Cyan, Sunset, Neon Pink (Pro) • Any text and background color you like (Pro) • Multicolored digits with Rainbow, Pastel, Neon, and Sunset palettes (Pro) WHEN TIME IS UP • Freeze at 00 or morph into a checkmark • A notification when the countdown ends • Sound and haptic alerts between Pomodoro and custom-timer phases WHAT THIS IS NOT Retro Dot Timer runs one timer at a time. No task lists, no labels, no session history, no analytics, no cloud sync. It is a single, quiet countdown. PRIVACY No accounts, no tracking, no analytics, no data collection. Everything works offline. FREE AND PRO The app is a free download and stays useful forever without paying. Presets, custom durations, the Dot Matrix and 7-Segment displays, square dots, Pomodoro, the stopwatch, the widget, Control Center buttons, Siri shortcuts, and the Live Activity are all free. Pro is a single one-time purchase, never a subscription. On iPhone and iPad it adds the Custom Timer Editor, six premium color schemes, custom colors, multicolored digits, and the Flip Clock and Big & Small displays. Pro is a Universal Purchase — the same payment unlocks the Mac menu-bar app. Every Pro feature is unlocked free for 14 days, starting automatically at first launch. No signup, no payment details. When the trial ends nothing is charged, Pro features simply return to the free tier, and any custom timers you saved stay runnable. LANGUAGES English, Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), German, French, Simplified Chinese. REQUIREMENTS iOS 18.0 or later. iPhone and iPad. SUPPORT contact@andeanbearstudios.com

How many days since your new job? Your first date? The day you moved in? DaysUp counts up from any moment, live to the second. See it at a glance on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. Pick a starting point and DaysUp keeps a running count from then on. The big number is days; tap in for years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds, ticking in real time. WHAT PEOPLE TRACK • Days together, and anniversaries • Since a new job, or a new home • A new pet's age • A daily habit or practice • "Since I last ate out" • Anything you want to watch grow NEW IN 1.3 • No ads, anywhere in the app • Design with AI: describe a feeling and get a card design. A badge shows whether it was made on your iPhone or with Apple's Private Cloud Compute • Customize: icon, style, colors and background glyph in one sheet • Your design follows your tracker to its widgets, Live Activity, Dynamic Island and StandBy • Today: all your counts in one quick daily check-in, with an optional reminder WIDGETS EVERYWHERE • Small and medium Home Screen widgets for any tracker • The Board widget shows all your trackers at once, in medium or large • Ring and Big Number widget styles • Lock Screen widgets • Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a live ring toward your next milestone, also in your Apple Watch Smart Stack (Pro) MILESTONES & GOALS, ONLY IF YOU WANT THEM • Optional milestones celebrate a week, a month, a year, and beyond, with confetti • Optional goals show progress toward a target date or number of days • Keep it as simple as one number, or as rich as you like MAKE IT YOURS • Four card styles: minimal, bold, playful, and vivid • Color themes that look right in light and dark mode • A big library of symbols, and a background glyph that can match your icon or be its own • The AI card designer builds a look from a few words (Pro, needs Apple Intelligence) SHARE THE MOMENT • Turn any tracker into a shareable image, in four designs RESET WITHOUT JUDGMENT • For recurring "since last…" things, reset any time • DaysUp keeps a plain log of past counts: just dates and durations PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads and no tracking • Your trackers sync across your devices with iCloud • Your tracker names and dates live in your own private iCloud account, not on our servers • The AI card designer runs on your iPhone, or on Apple's Private Cloud Compute DAYSUP PRO • Unlimited trackers • Live Activities on the Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch Smart Stack • The AI card designer • Premium color and icon packs • Custom colors The free version covers 3 trackers and has no ads. Choose monthly, yearly (with a one-week free trial), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Start counting up today. — DaysUp Pro monthly and yearly plans are auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or when a free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you subscribe. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://calpinlabs.com/daysup/terms Privacy Policy: https://calpinlabs.com/daysup/privacy