Until Nxt vs Novaday
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Until Nxt
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Every day matters. Until Nxt is a beautifully simple countdown app for the moments that shape your year — birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, deadlines, and everything in between. No accounts. No noise. Your dates live on your device, where they belong. WHY UNTIL NXT • Local-first and private — nothing leaves your iPhone • Quiet by design — no ads, no trackers, no spam notifications • Open it, see what's next, close it — that's the whole point WHAT YOU CAN COUNT • Birthdays of family and friends • Holidays around the world • Trips, vacations, weddings, graduations • Subscription renewals and expiration dates • Project deadlines and personal goals • Anniversaries and recurring milestones • Anything else worth waiting for — or remembering FOUR WAYS TO SEE TIME • Calendar — a clean month and year view of everything ahead • Lists — organize events into books like Family, Holidays, or Work • Upcoming — what's happening next, ordered by date • Life Countdown — gently see your life in weeks MAKE IT YOURS • Ten theme packs — Simple, Abstract, Cute, Minimal, Kawaii, Japan, Retro, Patterns, Wallpapers, and a curated Pro pack • Light and dark themes that follow your system • Interface available in 14 languages • Repeating yearly events • Count up from a past date or down to a future one • Lock-screen and Home Screen widgets for your closest dates New: import dates from your Apple Calendar to track them — everything stays on your device. PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST Until Nxt stores your events locally on your device. No sign-up, no email, no cloud account, no analytics, no ad networks. We don't know who you are — and we'd like to keep it that way. UNTIL NXT PRO Go beyond the free tier with three small upgrades: • Your own photos as event backgrounds — pick any image from your library • Pin more than 6 events to your home screen — keep every date that matters in view • The full theme collection — premium wallpapers and the curated Pro pack Choose what fits: • Pro Monthly — $2.99 per month, auto-renews until cancelled • Pro Annual — $14.99 per year, auto-renews until cancelled (save about 50% vs monthly) • Pro Lifetime — $24.99 one-time purchase, no renewal Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in App Store → your Apple ID → Subscriptions. A countdown should feel like a quiet promise to yourself, not another app fighting for your attention. Install Until Nxt today and start counting what matters. — Terms of Use: https://margaritasi.github.io/until-nxt-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://margaritasi.github.io/until-nxt-legal/privacy.html
Novaday
This app helps you track important upcoming events by counting down the days. It offers a virtual companion to share the waiting period with, providing notes and memories. AI can generate personalized messages for your countdowns.
- Event countdowns
- Virtual companion
- AI-generated notes
- Memory wall
- Home screen widgets
- Offline AI model
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Some days are worth counting down to. A wedding, a trip, an exam result, the day someone finally comes home. Novaday keeps those days close — and gives you a little friend to wait with. A FRIEND FOR THE WAIT Choose a companion that matches your mood and give your countdown a face. Your friend waits with you and leaves you little notes along the way — sometimes encouraging, sometimes just sweet. WHEN THE DAY COMES, IT BECOMES A MEMORY A countdown doesn't simply end here. When the day arrives, it settles onto your memory wall with all its notes and its story — so the waiting itself becomes something you can look back on. NOTES, WRITTEN JUST FOR YOU If you like, AI can write your daily notes — personal to what you're waiting for. It runs entirely on your device: the model is downloaded once, then works without internet. Prefer ready-made messages? That works too, instantly. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Bring your countdown and your friend to the home screen with widgets, and see how many days are left at a glance. Widgets are part of Novaday +. QUIETLY YOURS No account, no sign-up. Your countdowns and your notes stay on your device. Just you and the day you're waiting for. NOVADAY + The free version is supported by ads. Your first few countdowns are ad-free; after that, creating a new one asks you to watch a short ad first. Novaday + is a one-time purchase: it removes the ads and unlocks widgets, all five characters, character customization, app icons and iCloud backup. Whatever you're waiting for, may the days pass gently. Novaday counts them with you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Until Nxt at none against Novaday's shown. Until Nxt also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Until Nxt sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Novaday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Until Nxt ships an update every 2 days, Novaday every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Until Nxt | Novaday |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | A.I. Software Apps | Yusuf SIRIN |
In-app purchases
Until Nxt
- Until Nxt Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Until Nxt Pro Annual$14.991 Year
- Until Nxt Pro Lifetime$22.99
Novaday
- Novaday +$4.99









