Comparison

Soon vs Anticipāt

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

Head to head
About

Soon

Features
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Soon turns the moments you're looking forward to into beautiful countdowns you'll actually see every day. Create a countdown for anything — a birthday, a holiday, a trip, a wedding, an exam, or a deadline — pick an icon and a theme, and watch the days tick down. Add it to your Home Screen or Lock Screen and the moment is always one glance away. FREE, FOR EVERY COUNTDOWN • Unlimited countdowns with custom icons and emoji • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in every size • Categories with colored badges — birthdays, holidays, deadlines, travel, concerts • Smart suggestions: type "Mom's birthday" and Soon picks the icon, color and category for you • One-tap import from your calendar — birthdays and events become countdowns instantly • Reminders on the day and one advance reminder • Confetti when the big day arrives • Share any countdown as a beautiful card • Clean, fast, native, and private — your data never leaves your device • Fully available in English and Norwegian SOON PRO For the ones who want more: • All 20 themes • Custom colors — give any countdown exactly the shade you want • All advance reminders (1, 3 and 7 days before) • Share cards without the watermark Soon Pro is available monthly or yearly. — SUBSCRIPTION INFO — Soon Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and the subscription renews automatically at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://akselcb-sketch.github.io/soon-app/privacy.html

About

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.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget
  • Customizable event cards
  • Flexible time formats
  • Calendar import
  • Event reminders
  • Past event archive
  • Offline functionality
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Soon4 screens
Anticipāt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Anticipāt at none against Soon's 2. Anticipāt also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Soon sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Anticipāt asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soon ships an update every 6 weeks, Anticipāt every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Soon versus Anticipāt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoonAnticipāt
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHELGE JOHANNESSEN BJORLANDDennis Hodgson

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Soon

Subscriptions2
  • Soon Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Soon Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
None

Anticipāt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soon free?
Soon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anticipāt free?
Anticipāt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Soon or Anticipāt have ads?
Neither Soon nor Anticipāt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soon or Anticipāt?
Soon ships an update every 6 weeks, and Anticipāt every 2 weeks. Most recently, Soon was updated on September 25, 2026 and Anticipāt on October 13, 2026.

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