Comparison

DaysUp · Count Anything vs Tilly

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

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About

DaysUp · Count Anything

Features
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How many days since your new job? Your first date? The day you moved in? DaysUp counts up from any moment, live to the second. See it at a glance on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. Pick a starting point and DaysUp keeps a running count from then on. The big number is days; tap in for years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds, ticking in real time. WHAT PEOPLE TRACK • Days together, and anniversaries • Since a new job, or a new home • A new pet's age • A daily habit or practice • "Since I last ate out" • Anything you want to watch grow WHAT'S NEW • Made for iPhone Duo: half-fold it and your trackers spread across both screens • No ads, anywhere in the app • Design with AI: describe a feeling and get a card design. A badge shows whether it was made on your iPhone or with Apple's Private Cloud Compute • Customize: icon, style, colors and background glyph in one sheet • Your design follows your tracker to its widgets, Live Activity, Dynamic Island and StandBy • Today: all your counts in one quick daily check-in, with an optional reminder WIDGETS EVERYWHERE • Small and medium Home Screen widgets for any tracker • The Board widget shows all your trackers at once, in medium or large • Ring and Big Number widget styles • Lock Screen widgets • Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a live ring toward your next milestone, also in your Apple Watch Smart Stack (Pro) MILESTONES & GOALS, ONLY IF YOU WANT THEM • Optional milestones celebrate a week, a month, a year, and beyond, with confetti • Optional goals show progress toward a target date or number of days • Keep it as simple as one number, or as rich as you like MAKE IT YOURS • Four card styles: minimal, bold, playful, and vivid • Color themes that look right in light and dark mode • A big library of symbols, and a background glyph that can match your icon or be its own • The AI card designer builds a look from a few words (Pro, needs Apple Intelligence) SHARE THE MOMENT • Turn any tracker into a shareable image, in four designs RESET WITHOUT JUDGMENT • For recurring "since last…" things, reset any time • DaysUp keeps a plain log of past counts: just dates and durations PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads and no tracking. DaysUp only counts anonymous app events (like "a tracker was added") to help improve the app, never your tracker names or dates • Your trackers sync across your devices with iCloud • Your tracker names and dates live in your own private iCloud account, not on our servers • The AI card designer runs on your iPhone, or on Apple's Private Cloud Compute DAYSUP PRO • Unlimited trackers • Live Activities on the Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch Smart Stack • The AI card designer • Premium color and icon packs • Custom colors The free version covers 3 trackers and has no ads. Choose monthly, yearly (with a one-week free trial), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Start counting up today. — DaysUp Pro monthly and yearly plans are auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or when a free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you subscribe. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://calpinlabs.com/daysup/terms Privacy Policy: https://calpinlabs.com/daysup/privacy

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Tilly

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An advent calendar on your iPhone: a new door every day from 1 to 24 December, and the sleeps until Christmas on your Lock Screen. TILLY'S ADVENT CALENDAR • 24 doors with little family ideas, ready to open. Each door unlocks on its day, 1–24 December, at local midnight. • Before December, peek at the first door to see how it works. • Every evening the moon on your Lock Screen says goodnight: one sleep closer, tomorrow's door is waiting. • A nights-left widget for the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. MAKE ONE FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE (TILLY PRO) • Create your own advent calendar for a child, a partner, a friend or yourself. • Put photos, notes and little tasks behind the doors, or tap "Fill empty doors for me" for ready ideas. • Make several calendars at once. • Send a calendar as a gift with Messages, AirDrop or Mail. They open it in Tilly for free, and each door still waits for its day. • Today's door on your Lock Screen and in the Live Activity. A calendar you receive as a gift is always free to open. CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN • Count days or sleeps to Christmas, New Year's Eve or any event, and tap the moon on the widget every evening. • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets, the Live Activity, StandBy, and Apple Watch and CarPlay while the Live Activity runs. • Widgets roll over exactly at local midnight. • Ask Siri: "How many sleeps until Christmas in Tilly?" PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking. • Advent photos stay on your iPhone. A gift file leaves your device only when you share it. FREE AND PRO Free: Tilly's advent calendar, the nights-left widget, calendars you receive, and 3 countdowns with every widget for your first one. Tilly Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription: create your own calendars, photos behind the doors, several calendars, send a calendar as a gift, today's door on the Lock Screen and in the Live Activity, plus unlimited countdowns, all palettes and photo backgrounds. Existing Tilly Pro subscribers keep Pro. Privacy: https://ios.service-lab.site/tilly/privacy Terms: https://ios.service-lab.site/tilly/terms

Screenshots

DaysUp · Count Anything4 screens
Tilly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tilly at 17.0 against DaysUp · Count Anything'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. DaysUp · Count Anything sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Tilly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
DaysUp · Count Anything versus Tilly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaysUp · Count AnythingTilly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRYAN MATTHEW CALPINDenys Khomenko

In-app purchases

4 purchases

DaysUp · Count Anything

Subscriptions2
  • DaysUp Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • DaysUp Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • DaysUp Pro Lifetime$24.99
3 purchases

Tilly

Subscriptions2
  • Tilly Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Tilly Pro Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tilly Pro: Make & Gift$1.99

Questions

Is DaysUp · Count Anything free?
DaysUp · Count Anything is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tilly free?
Tilly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DaysUp · Count Anything or Tilly have ads?
Neither DaysUp · Count Anything nor Tilly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DaysUp · Count Anything or Tilly?
DaysUp · Count Anything ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tilly every 3 weeks. Most recently, DaysUp · Count Anything was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tilly on November 6, 2026.

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