Pend vs Grattis

Pend tracks time remaining until future events and time elapsed since past ones - birthdays, trips, deadlines, anniversaries, milestones. It runs on iPhone and iPad, and puts countdowns on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen, in Live Activities, and in Siri, Spotlight and Control Centre. COUNT DOWN OR COUNT UP • Count down to future events - birthdays, trips, deadlines • Count up from past milestones - anniversaries, quit dates, first days ORGANISE BY COLLECTION • Group countdowns into custom collections • Keep work, personal, and family events separate WIDGETS EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets in small, medium, and large sizes • Lock Screen widgets for at-a-glance tracking • Live Activities on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen SIRI, SHORTCUTS AND SPOTLIGHT • Ask Siri how long until a countdown and hear the answer, without opening the app • Create a countdown by voice, with Siri asking for the title and date • Open any countdown by voice, or use all three in Shortcuts and automations • Countdowns appear in Spotlight search, with the number in the result CONTROL CENTRE, ACTION BUTTON AND STANDBY • A Control Centre tile showing and opening the next countdown • A tile for adding one, and both are mappable to the Action Button • Long-press the app icon for the three countdowns landing soonest • A large-type treatment in StandBy, for a charging iPhone on a desk or bedside RECURRING EVENTS • Weekly, monthly, or yearly recurrence • Auto-advances to the next occurrence when the date passes EIGHT CARD STYLES • Eight designed styles, from clean and minimal to bold and dark • Share any countdown as an image, with no app branding PRIVACY FIRST • No ads, and no tracking across apps • Anonymous analytics only • Your data stays yours PEND PRO • Unlimited countdowns and collections • Count-ups • All eight card styles • iCloud sync across all your devices • Live Activities, share cards, and alternate app icons Pend Pro is a single purchase. No subscription, no renewal, nothing to cancel.

Grattis helps you remember birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and the days that matter—and makes it easy to send personalized digital birthday cards directly from the app. Add important dates to a beautiful circular year view and see what is coming up at a glance. Grattis keeps track of ages, recurring dates, zodiac signs, and birthday reminders, so you have time to plan before the day arrives. You can import birthdays from Calendar, customize reminders, add photos or emoji, share selected days with other Grattis users, and keep upcoming dates on your Home Screen with the widget. Simple, personal, and built for the moments you do not want to miss.