Soonly vs Anticipāt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soonly
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Soonly turns waiting into excitement. A beautiful countdown app to track every big day — birthdays, weddings, vacations, exams, baby due dates, retirement, album drops, anything. Watch your dream day get closer, second by second. WHY YOU'LL LOVE SOONLY UNLIMITED COUNTDOWNS — FREE Add as many events as you like, with no cap. See exact days, hours, minutes & seconds until any event. Switch to weekdays-only for deadlines and work projects. STUNNING WALLPAPERS 16 hand-crafted gradient themes — Aurora, Sunset, Ocean, Cosmic, Rose Gold & more. Four are free; the rest unlock with Pro, along with your own photos as a backdrop. REMINDERS THAT ACTUALLY HELP Nudges 30 days, 7 days and 1 day before — and the moment it arrives. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Your next big day, right on the Home Screen — plus a Live Activity that ticks on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. AUTO-IMPORT BIRTHDAYS Pull birthdays straight from your Contacts. Never forget a loved one's special day again. SMART REPEATS Set events to repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. Soonly automatically rolls them forward when the day arrives. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Categorize with tags: Birthday, Holiday, Travel, Work, Custom. Filter & sort instantly. EMOJIS & COLORS 30+ emojis and 10 vibrant colors to personalize every event card. CELEBRATION CONFETTI Confetti bursts when your big day finally arrives! NOTES & DETAILS Attach notes, plans, packing lists to any countdown. DARK MODE Effortlessly beautiful in light & dark. Auto-switches with your device. YOUR EVENTS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE No accounts, no sign-up. Your events, photos and notes are stored locally and never uploaded to us. Soonly is free and supported by ads — Pro removes them completely. SOONLY PRO • Remove all ads • All 16 wallpaper themes • Custom photo backgrounds • Home Screen widget, always on • Live Activity & Dynamic Island • Yearly plan or one-time lifetime purchase Soonly Pro Yearly is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase and never renews. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rafhan-hub.github.io/soonly-count-down-privayc-policy/ PERFECT FOR • Brides counting down to the wedding • Parents tracking baby due dates • Students before exams & graduation • Travelers planning vacations • Fans waiting for concerts, movies & album releases • Anyone retiring soon! • Holiday lovers — Christmas, New Year, Eid, Diwali, Hanukkah • Couples counting anniversaries • Project managers hitting deadlines Download Soonly free today and start counting down to the moments that matter most. Questions? Email hello@skyloopapps.com
Anticipāt
This app helps you visualize and count down to important upcoming events. Personalize each countdown with photos, colors, and fonts, and receive timely reminders. It also offers a home screen widget for quick access and saves past events for reflection.
- Home screen widget
- Customizable event cards
- Flexible time formats
- Calendar import
- Event reminders
- Past event archive
- Offline functionality
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Anticipāt counts down to the days you're looking forward to. Add a trip, a concert, a birthday, or anything else worth the wait, and watch the days fall away on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island as the moment gets close. It's free. There are no ads, no subscription, and no account to create. NEW IN THIS VERSION Anticipāt has been redrawn. Your photo now gets the whole frame, with the countdown set below it on paper instead of printed on top of someone's holiday picture. Events sit in a ruled register you can scan at a glance, and there are five themes to print it all on, from cream paper to true black. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Count down to trips, concerts, birthdays, holidays, or anything you like. • Put a countdown on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets that update on their own. • See your next event on your Apple Watch with a watch-face complication. • Watch the final hours tick down by the minute, with a Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown on iPhones that support it. • Pick from five themes, and set a font and a colour on any single event. • Add a photo from your library or search free photos from Unsplash, then frame it exactly how you want it. • Get a reminder 30 days, 7 days and 1 day before, plus the day itself, and turn them off per event. • Share a countdown as a card for your group chat or your story, or copy a link a friend can open to add the same event. • Ask Siri how many days until something, or to add a countdown. • Keep birthdays and holidays recurring year after year, add notes, and import dates from your calendar. • Look back at your year with a shareable recap every December. YOUR EVENTS STAY YOURS Anticipāt works fully offline and stores nothing on our servers. Your events ride your device's normal iCloud backup, and you can export a file at any time. Turn on iCloud Sync and they keep in step across your own iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud, with no account to create. Photo search and calendar import use the network when it's there and step aside quietly when it isn't. Part of the Āpex Suite by HYTimes App Studio. Pay once, own forever. No subscriptions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Anticipāt at none against Soonly's 2. Anticipāt also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Soonly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per year. Anticipāt asks for nothing beyond the download.
Soonly ships an update every 2 months, Anticipāt every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Soonly | Anticipāt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Muhammad Rafhan | Dennis Hodgson |
In-app purchases
Soonly
- Premium Yealry$6.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$24.99
Anticipāt
No in-app purchases









