Comparison

Big Day vs Daymark

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

Head to head
About

Big Day

Features
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Big Day turns the dates you're excited about into bright, glanceable countdowns you can pin anywhere — your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy. Holidays, birthdays, trips, paydays, due dates, anniversaries — add a countdown, give it a colour and an icon, and watch the days tick down (or up) every time you glance at your phone. WHY BIG DAY • Start free — create your first countdown and pin it as a widget, no account needed. • Beautiful, brightly-coloured cards that look great on any screen. • The little details other countdown apps get wrong: it says "Today" at zero, handles "1 day" correctly, and uses your local time zone — never UTC. WIDGETS, EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets in small, medium, and large. • Lock Screen widgets — rectangular, circular, and inline. • StandBy support for your nightstand. • Configurable: pick exactly which countdown each widget shows. MAKE IT YOURS • Curated colour palette for every countdown. • Icon and emoji picker. • Widget styles: number, progress ring, progress bar, or photo background. • Adjustable text size and legibility. COUNT DOWN — OR UP • Countdowns to future dates, and "days since" counters for the past. • Repeating events — annual, monthly, or weekly. • Local reminders as your big day approaches, plus a day-of nudge. TEMPLATES & SHARING • Seasonal and holiday template gallery — browse and add in a tap. • Export a shareable countdown card for any event. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no ads. • Your countdowns sync automatically through your own iCloud — free, login-less, and only you can see them. We never receive your data. BIG DAY PLUS Unlock the full colour library, photo-background widgets, shareable countdown cards, and unlimited countdowns with a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Your free countdown and widgets keep working either way. Questions or feedback? Email coraliadigital@icloud.com — we read everything. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://katinkia.github.io/big-day/privacy.html

About

Daymark

Features
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Count down to your next birthday, trip or wedding with your own photos. Keep the days left on your Home Screen and your plans beside the date. Make each date yours • Choose from nine layouts with your own photo and color • Count in days, weeks or minutes • Share an event card and keep past dates as memories See it throughout the day • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in every supported size • StandBy widgets and an Apple Watch app with complications • Live Activities for the final 24 hours on supported iPhones Keep the plans together • Checklists, packing lists, reservations, links and notes with each countdown • Reminders, end dates and yearly repeats • Import the birthdays and calendar events you choose • Organize dates in the monthly agenda and categories Start with two free countdowns Two active countdowns include every feature. Daymark Unlimited removes only the active-countdown limit through a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. No Daymark account, ads or tracking. Your countdowns stay on your devices and sync through your private iCloud when available. The yearly subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Apple handles payment. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of use https://daymark.humenhuk.com/terms https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy https://daymark.humenhuk.com/privacy

Screenshots

Big Day4 screens
Daymark4 screens

Verdict

The call

Big Day and Daymark are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Big Day sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year and Daymark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Big Day versus Daymark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBig DayDaymark
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoral Rose PageJoao Vitor Humenhuk Achutti

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Big Day

Subscriptions1
  • Big Day Plus Yearly7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Big Day Plus Lifetime$14.99
2 purchases

Daymark

Subscriptions1
  • Daymark Annual7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Daymark Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Big Day free?
Big Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daymark free?
Daymark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Big Day or Daymark have ads?
Neither Big Day nor Daymark shows ads.

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