Comparison

AskFirst vs Til.

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

Head to head
About

AskFirst

This app generates personalized preparation kits for various appointments, including prioritized questions, documents to bring, red flags, and suggested phrases. It helps users feel confident and prepared for medical, legal, financial, and other consultations. Users can also prepare for appointments on behalf of loved ones and share their kits.

Highlights
  • Personalized prep kits
  • Prioritized questions with explanations
  • Specific documents and items to bring
  • Red flags and warning signs
  • Advocacy phrases for feeling dismissed
  • Follow-up actions
  • Preparation for others
  • Shareable prep kits
Features
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Walk into your next appointment prepared, confident, and impossible to dismiss. AskFirst: Appointment Prep builds you a personalized prep kit before any appointment: doctor visits, mechanic trips, legal consultations, school meetings, financial advisor sessions, home service calls, and more. Describe your situation and get a custom game plan in seconds. WHAT'S IN YOUR PREP KIT Prioritized questions to ask, with a short explanation of why each one matters. Documents and items to bring, specific to your situation, not a generic checklist. Red flags to watch for, warning signs that something isn't right. Exact phrases to say if you feel dismissed, real words you can use, not vague advice. Follow-up actions for after the appointment, so nothing falls through the cracks. ASK FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS Got a question your prep kit didn't cover? Ask up to 3 follow-up questions per prep and get specific, actionable answers based on your situation. BROWSE THE APPOINTMENT LIBRARY Explore tips, questions, red flags, and checklists for 30+ appointment types across 9 categories. Fully translated in all 14 supported languages. EVERY PREP KIT IS TAILORED TO YOU "Cardiologist follow-up after abnormal EKG" produces a completely different kit than "annual physical." AskFirst doesn't give generic advice. It gives you a game plan built around your specific situation. PREPARING FOR A LOVED ONE? Toggle "preparing for someone else" and everything adjusts: questions, documents, and advocacy phrases, for someone helping a parent, spouse, or child at their appointment. SHARE YOUR PREP KIT Send your full prep kit as a shareable link to a family member or friend before the appointment so you both walk in on the same page. Shared links display in the language they were created in. COPY INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS Tap any question to copy it to your clipboard. Perfect for pasting into your notes app before you walk in. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from seven accent colors: Emerald, Blue, Indigo, Teal, Rose, Coral, and Lavender. The app adapts to light or dark mode automatically. ONE PURCHASE. EVERYTHING UNLOCKED. Try your first prep kit free. Unlock unlimited preps, follow-up questions, and the full appointment library for $9.99, one time, forever. No subscriptions, no hidden fees. 9 APPOINTMENT CATEGORIES Medical, Auto/Mechanic, Legal, School, Financial, Home Services, Real Estate, Civic, and Other. YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS Your appointment details are processed by Anthropic's Claude API to generate your prep kit. AskFirst does not store your personal health, legal, or financial information after your kit is generated. 14 LANGUAGES SUPPORTED Prepare in the language you're most comfortable in. AskFirst supports English, Español, Français, 中文, Português, 한국어, العربية, Kreyòl Ayisyen, 日本語, Deutsch, Italiano, Nederlands, Türkçe, and Svenska, so nothing gets lost in translation. AskFirst is your advocate in your pocket. A preparation tool, not a substitute for professional medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice. Terms of Use: https://askfirstapp.com/terms

About

Til.

Features
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Til. is a beautifully minimal countdown app that tells you the days until - or since - the moments that matter. Add a birthday, anniversary, trip, or deadline. Get an answer at a glance from your home screen, lock screen, or inside the app. Never miss a moment, never get caught off guard. Til. finds birthdays and calendar dates for you to review, then turns the ones you choose into calm, beautiful countdowns. Nothing is uploaded, and Til. never asks for Contacts or Calendar access until you open Smart Import and tap to begin. - COUNT DOWN TO WHAT MATTERS Track birthdays, anniversaries, trips, deadlines and the moments you are waiting for. Pin what matters most, organize events into folders and keep every date close with Home Screen widgets. - COUNT IT YOUR WAY A date can feel different depending on how you count it. See days, sleeps, weeks, months, working days or weekends. Each event can use the unit that makes sense for it. - GET THERE READY Add a simple plan to any event. Keep tasks, notes, links and reminders beside the countdown so the number becomes something you can act on. Start from a template or make the plan your own. - SHARE PRIVATELY Send a countdown as a private link or QR code, or create a designed Card, Story or Square image. Shared links carry only the event title, date, type, icon and repeat setting—never photos, notes, plans or reminders. - PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No Til. servers. Your events stay on your device unless you choose optional Pro sync through your own iCloud or Google Drive account. Til. contains no analytics or tracking SDKs. - TIL. PRO Use every display unit, import beyond the free event limit, create larger plans, apply templates, design share cards, unlock every theme and widget, and keep devices in sync through your own cloud account. - NO ADS, EVER Til. doesn't show ads, sell your data, or use dark patterns. We make a great app, you pay if you want more, and that's the whole deal. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AskFirst4 screens
Til.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AskFirst at every 2 days against Til.'s monthly. 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. AskFirst sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Til. sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AskFirst ships an update every 2 days, Til. monthly. Both last shipped on October 10, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
AskFirst versus Til.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAskFirstTil.
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames NapolitanoSeif Ibrahim

In-app purchases

3 purchases

AskFirst

Subscriptions2
  • ReadyRoom Pro+$1.991 Month
  • ReadyRoom Pro+ (Annual)$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • ReadyRoom Pro$4.99
3 purchases

Til.

Subscriptions2
  • Til. Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Til. Pro - Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Til. Pro - Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is AskFirst free?
AskFirst is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Til. free?
Til. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AskFirst or Til. have ads?
Neither AskFirst nor Til. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AskFirst or Til.?
AskFirst ships an update every 2 days, and Til. monthly. Most recently, AskFirst was updated on October 10, 2026 and Til. on October 10, 2026.

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