Comparison

ro vs Days Left

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

Head to head
About

ro

Transform your iPhone home screen into a calm, minimal, and aesthetically pleasing environment. This app offers expertly designed layouts and a toolkit of 9 widgets to support your focus and reduce distractions.

Highlights
  • Minimalist home screen design
  • Customizable app launchers
  • Text-only widgets
  • Minimal dashboards
  • Weather summaries
  • Quote widgets
  • Privacy-focused data handling
Features
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In Danish, "ro" means calm, peace, and tranquility. Your phone should be a tool that supports your focus. ro transforms your iPhone home screen into a calm, minimal, and beautifully aesthetic environment. EFFORTLESS HARMONY ro does the design work for you. Personalize your apps, tint colors, and custom text, while the foundational layouts remain expertly proportioned. This guarantees that your home screen will always look perfectly balanced and distraction-free. 9 CRAFTED WIDGETS Explore a focused toolkit of 9 widgets, including text-only app launchers, minimal dashboards, weather summaries, and subtle quotes. COMMUNITY DRIVEN ro is an evolving, independent project. Join our Discord community to share feedback, request new widgets, and help shape the app's future. PRIVACY FIRST What happens on your home screen stays on your device. ro collects no personal data, uses no analytics trackers, and reads your calendar strictly on-device.

About

Days Left

Features
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The year passes faster than we notice. Days Left turns it into something you can see, and the moments inside it, into something you can count down to. Whether you are tracking a trip, a birthday, or just trying to stay aware of how the year is moving, Days Left keeps it in front of you. Quiet. Beautiful. On every home screen. YOUR YEAR AS 365 DOTS - See the whole year at a glance, with each day a single dot. - Days lived fill up; days ahead stay open. Today is highlighted. - Three home layouts to choose from: Editorial, Centered, and Weeks. - Refreshes automatically at midnight, so what you see is always honest. COUNT DOWN TO WHAT MATTERS - Add events with a title, a date, and an icon you pick from a curated set. - Birthdays, trips, anniversaries, deadlines, holidays, marathons, or anything else. - Each event shows the days left, percent passed, and a dot-grid progress meter. - Optional reminders fire the day before, so important dates do not slip by. HOME AND LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS - 11 year-progress widgets in small, medium, and large sizes. - 7 event countdown widgets in small, medium, and large sizes. - Lock screen widgets: circular, rectangular, and inline. - Every widget reflows with your chosen color theme. MAKE IT YOURS - Eight accent themes: Classic, Electric Blue, Neon Mint, Purple Dream, Sunset Glow, Amber Fire, Crimson, and Ice. - Adaptive across light and dark mode, so contrast stays right either way. - Your accent reflows everywhere: home, events, widgets, paywall. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Your events live on your device. No server, no account, no sign-in. - No tracking. No analytics. No third-party data sharing. - Reminders are scheduled locally on your iPhone, never routed through us. - The widget extension reads from a shared on-device store, nothing more. HOW TO USE 1. Open Days Left and watch the year fill in as 365 dots. 2. Tap the plus button on the home screen to add your first event. 3. Long-press your home screen, tap plus, and search "Days Left" to add a widget. 4. Open Settings to pick a color theme that feels like you. 5. Turn on a reminder for an event so the day before lands gently in your notifications. Stop letting the days blur. See them, count them, and make every one of them count. Free to download. Some features require a premium purchase. Privacy Policy: https://estifie.com/apps/daysleft/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://estifie.com/apps/daysleft/terms-of-use

Screenshots

ro3 screens
Days Left4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Days Left at 17.6 against ro's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. ro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Days Left sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ro ships an update every 11 days, Days Left fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
ro versus Days Left: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterroDays Left
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilip SmalecErtugrul Sari

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ro

One-time1
  • Full Collection$2.99
2 purchases

Days Left

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$5.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$19.99

Questions

Is ro free?
ro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Days Left free?
Days Left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ro or Days Left have ads?
Neither ro nor Days Left shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ro or Days Left?
ro ships an update every 11 days, and Days Left fortnightly. Most recently, ro was updated on September 18, 2026 and Days Left on August 22, 2026.

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