Weekend Left vs Kala
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Weekend Left
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Christmas is 14 weekends away. What are you doing with them? Weekend Left counts your time in weekends, not days β because weekends are when you actually get to do things. Set the date, list what you want to do before it, and watch the number come down. Not sure where to start? Weekend Left suggests the days people around you count down to β Christmas, New Year, Diwali, Thanksgiving, Boxing Day, Golden Week β each already showing how many weekends are left. One tap makes it your goal. Count down together. Share a goal with friends or family and everyone sees the same number. - Countdown goals with target dates - Suggested goals for your country and language - A bucket list for each goal - Deadlines that repeat and remind you before they lapse β permits, licences, leases - Days, weekends and months remaining - An icon and colour per goal, plus tags and notes - Groups with invite codes - Home and lock screen widgets FREE: 3 goals, 20 bucket items, 1 group. PRO: Unlimited everything. One-time purchase.
Kala
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Time, beautifully counted. If you are planning a wedding, counting down to a vacation, watching exams approach, observing Ramadan, Easter or Christmas, or simply tracking days since a life event that mattered, Kala is built for you. It is a serene countdown and day counter in a calm editorial interface β 180+ ready-made events, accurate recurrence, and widgets that turn your Home Screen into a quiet event calendar. There is no account, no sign-up and no cloud upload. Your dates and notes stay on this device, the app keeps working in airplane mode, and there is no third-party server in the loop. Every feature described below is unlocked only with an auto-renewable subscription purchased inside the app. New users receive a 3 day free trial; you may cancel anytime during the trial to avoid being charged. Add a date in seconds with a note, emoji and recurrence, then pick how it lives β hero, list or focus view. The 180+ presets cover holidays, religious dates, sports finals, birthdays and personal milestones, and floating holidays auto-correct across the Gregorian, Hijri, Hebrew and Chinese calendars for the next decade. Home Screen, Lock Screen and Dynamic Island widgets keep days remaining visible at a glance, Live Activities take over the last 24 hours of any countdown timer, and built-in milestones at 365, 100, 50, 30, 14, 7, 3, 1 and day-of arrive as rich notifications. Shareable cards in Story, Square and Twitter formats turn a birthday or Halloween countdown into something worth posting without leaving the app. Beyond the basics, Kala handles the awkward middle of the calendar. Days-since counters run the other direction for sobriety, a baby's first smile, the day you quit a job or the day a pet went home. Recurring annual events know when they have just passed and flip to the next instance without a manual reset. The countdown widget supports stacking multiple events on a single tile, so a wedding, an exam and a Ramadan opener can share one corner of the Home Screen. Sharing a countdown to a partner exports a clean card rather than a screenshot with your battery indicator visible. Premium themes, 12 accent colors, photo backgrounds and editorial fonts let you tune the feel. The interface ships in 15 in-app languages with full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type, an Apple Watch companion brings complications to your wrist, and the whole app works offline. Useful for anyone counting down to a vacation, watching exams approach, building an event calendar of life events, or quietly marking the days since something mattered. Unlock with Pro: - Unlimited countdowns across one-time and recurring events - All 12 accent themes, premium gradients, fonts and photo backgrounds - Multi-event Upcoming widget, Live Activities and Dynamic Island - Apple Watch app with complications - Daily, weekly and monthly recurrence Subscription Pricing & Terms Features require a subscription. Pricing and terms available in-app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription and free-trial conversion in Settings > Apple ID after purchase. Any unused portion of the free-trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Kala at none against Weekend Left's shown. Weekend Left's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Weekend Left sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kala sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Weekend Left ships an update every 11 days, Kala weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weekend Left | Kala |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Weekly β better |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takehisa Okano | Bahattin Duran |
In-app purchases
Weekend Left
- Weekend Left Pro$2.99
Kala
- Premium Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year









