Comparison

OneLife vs Novaday

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

Head to head
About

OneLife

Features
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en: How would you live today if you could see your remaining time ticking away? OneLife turns your life expectancy into a live countdown — every second, visibly passing — and pairs it with the gentlest of habits: writing down one beautiful moment every day. COUNTDOWN • A live rainbow countdown of your remaining time, down to a tenth of a second • Years / days / hours / minutes / seconds breakdown and a life progress bar • Five themes: Dark, Light, Flowing gradient, Photo slideshow, and an optional stark Alert-red mode DAILY MOMENTS • Record the happiest or most meaningful thing of each day in 30 seconds • Streak tracking turns remembering into a habit • A gentle bedtime reminder — silenced automatically once you have checked in POSTERS & RECAPS • Turn any moment into a beautiful shareable poster • Weekly, monthly and yearly recaps of your moments • Backgrounds: gradients, deep solid colors, or your own photos ALWAYS IN SIGHT • Lock screen and home screen widgets • Apple Watch app and watch-face complications — a glance at your wrist • Mac menu bar companion PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no network requests • Everything stays on your device Time is finite. Spend it on what makes you happy and matters. zh: 如果能看见自己的余生正在一秒一秒地流逝,你会怎样度过今天? OneLife 把你的预期寿命变成一个实时跳动的倒计时,并配上一个最温柔的习惯:每天记下一件美好的小事。 【倒计时】 • 彩虹渐变的余生倒计时,精确到 0.1 秒 • 年/天/时/分/秒拆分与人生进度条 • 五种主题:深色、浅色、流动渐变、照片轮播,以及可选的"醒目红"警示模式 【每日瞬间】 • 每天 30 秒,记下当天最开心或最有意义的一件事 • 连续打卡统计,让记录成为习惯 • 睡前温柔提醒,当天已记录则自动静默 【海报与总结】 • 任意一条记录一键生成精美分享海报 • 周报、月报、年报:你的美好瞬间时光总结 • 海报背景任选:渐变、深色纯色、或你自己的照片 【随时可见】 • 锁屏小组件与桌面小组件 • Apple Watch 应用与表盘组件,抬腕即见 • Mac 菜单栏常驻倒计时 【隐私优先】 • 无账号、无广告、无追踪、无任何网络请求 • 所有数据只保存在你的设备上 时间有限,去做让你快乐和有意义的事。

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

OneLife4 screens
Novaday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OneLife at none against Novaday's 1. OneLife also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Novaday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OneLife asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
OneLife versus Novaday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOneLifeNovaday
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB73 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer家兴 任Yusuf SIRIN

In-app purchases

None

OneLife

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Novaday

One-time1
  • Gün Gün +$4.99

Questions

Is OneLife free?
OneLife is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Novaday free?
Novaday is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OneLife or Novaday have ads?
Novaday shows ads; OneLife does not.

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