Comparison

Until Then vs Time & Ride

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

Head to head
About

Until Then

Track upcoming events with a clean, ad-free countdown experience. Customize each event with emojis, colors, and photos, and receive timely reminders. Enjoy widgets and Live Activities for at-a-glance updates.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event creation
  • Customizable event appearance
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island support
  • Customizable reminders
  • Yearly event rollover
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Until Then - Event Countdown is a clean, ad-free way to count down to the moments you're waiting for. • Create as many events as you like - birthdays, trips, anniversaries, deadlines - each with its own emoji, color and optional photo. See exactly how long is left, down to the second on the day itself. • Home Screen widgets in every size, plus Lock Screen widgets • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island in the final hours • Custom reminders - as many as you want, from hours to months before • Yearly events that roll over automatically for birthdays & anniversaries • Optional iCloud sync across your iPhone and iPad * Share time left with others * Time zone aware or constant time - your choice * Count up from event, or continue to count after the event arrived * Siri & shortcuts integration No ads. No tracking. No accounts. No locked features. Everything stays on your device. I built it for myself because every other countdown app I tried was full of ads and paywalls. I'm sharing it in case it's useful to you too - free, clean, and it'll stay that way.

About

Time & Ride

Features
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Time & Ride is a fast, focused way to track NJ Transit rail departures and plan your ride — nothing else. FAVORITE YOUR STATIONS Add the stations you use most to Home for one-tap access to their next departures, color-coded by line at a glance. LIVE DEPARTURES Real-time status, delays, and track assignments straight from NJ Transit's own data feed. Cancelled trains are clearly marked, never buried in a status label. LIVE ACTIVITIES Track a station's departures right from yousland — tap once to start, and updates keepflowing in the background. PLAN A TRIP Pick an origin, a destination, and a date t-transfer itinerary between two stations,ranked by departure time. FULL TRIP DETAIL Tap any departure for the complete stop-by-cific train. BROWSE BY LINE All 11 NJ Transit rail lines, with your favorite stations sorted to the top of each one. SERVICE ALERTS See active alerts for your stations right wg. TIME & RIDE PRO Everyone gets a free taste of Live Activity tracking and trip search. Time & Ride Pro removes those limits for unlimited use — $0.99/month or $5.99/year, the annual plan. Departures, favorites, andLines browsing stay free for everyone either way. No ads. No account required. Time & Ride is independently developed and has no affiliation with NJ Transit. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Until Then2 screens
Time & Ride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Time & Ride at 18.0 against Until Then'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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Until Then ships an update weekly, Time & Ride every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Until Then versus Time & Ride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUntil ThenTime & Ride
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRon SigallSANDEEP MOVVA

In-app purchases

None

Until Then

No in-app purchases

None

Time & Ride

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Until Then free?
Until Then is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time & Ride free?
Time & Ride is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Until Then or Time & Ride have ads?
Neither Until Then nor Time & Ride shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Until Then or Time & Ride?
Until Then ships an update weekly, and Time & Ride every 6 days. Most recently, Until Then was updated on October 31, 2026 and Time & Ride on November 5, 2026.

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