Comparison

Lumiday · Countdown vs Days Until

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

Head to head
About

Lumiday · Countdown

This app helps you anticipate and cherish important life events. Create beautiful countdowns for birthdays, trips, and milestones, making each wait a meaningful experience. Your moments are kept private on your device with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Countdown creation for various events
  • Elegant countdown card designs
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Multiple theme options
  • Local-first data storage
  • No account or cloud storage required
  • Ad-free and tracking-free experience
Features
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Lumiday | Make Every Day Worth Looking Forward To There are days in life that are worth waiting for. A trip you've been dreaming about. An important birthday. A meaningful anniversary. A moment that marks a new chapter in your life. Lumiday helps you keep track of the days you're looking forward to. It's more than a countdown. It's a simple, beautiful way to enjoy the anticipation and make the time leading up to something special feel meaningful too. —————— COUNT DOWN TO WHAT MATTERS Create countdowns for the moments that matter to you: Birthdays, anniversaries, trips, exams, holidays, special plans, and any other day you're looking forward to. As the day gets closer, enjoy the anticipation. And when it finally arrives, take a moment to celebrate it. —————— A SIMPLE, BEAUTIFUL WAY TO SEE TIME • Thoughtfully designed countdown cards • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • A variety of themes to make Lumiday feel like your own • Smooth animations and carefully crafted visuals —————— YOUR DAYS ARE YOURS Lumiday is built with a Local First philosophy. Your important moments stay on your own device. No account required. No cloud upload required. No ads. No tracking. Your moments stay yours. —————— MADE FOR LOOKING FORWARD Time doesn't just pass. With every day, it brings the moments you're waiting for a little closer. Lumiday is here to make the wait feel just as meaningful as the day itself. Make every day worth looking forward to.

About

Days Until

This app helps you count down to important dates by allowing you to exclude weekends, holidays, and custom days off. You can choose to count only working days or all calendar days, with options for various units and visual customization.

Highlights
  • Skip weekends, holidays, and custom days off
  • Count working days or calendar days
  • Display countdowns in various units
  • Customizable colors and icons
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Milestone reminders
Features
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Count calendar days — or only the days that count. Days Until is the countdown that can skip weekends, US federal holidays and your own days off, so you see the working days that actually remain until retirement, your last day, the end of school, or any date you choose. Or count every day — it's your call, per event. COUNT ONLY THE DAYS THAT COUNT (PRO) Some countdowns shouldn't include every day. With Pro, a one-time purchase: • Skip weekends — see remaining workdays, not calendar days • Skip US federal holidays, computed automatically every year • Add custom skip dates — company closures, vacations, anything • Reminders — get notified at milestones like "5 working days left," at the time you choose • Photo backgrounds — your own picture behind any countdown and its widget COUNT THE DAYS YOUR WAY (FREE) • Track as many events as you like • Show each countdown in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes or seconds — whatever units you prefer • Give every event its own color and icon so it's recognizable at a glance • A detail screen with the big number, a progress bar, and calendar days vs. working days side by side • Home Screen widgets in three sizes and Lock Screen widgets — pick which countdown each one shows No subscriptions. No accounts. No ads. Your events stay on your device. Perfect for counting down to retirement, the last day of work, graduations, weddings, due dates, vacations, moves, product launches, PCS dates, and the end of anything you're ready to be done with.

Screenshots

Lumiday · Countdown4 screens
Days Until4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Days Until at free against Lumiday · Countdown's free with in-app purchases. Days Until also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Lumiday · Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Days Until sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lumiday · Countdown against 5.0 for Days Until. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Days Until has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumiday · Countdown ships an update weekly, Days Until every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lumiday · Countdown versus Days Until: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumiday · CountdownDays Until
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer莉玲 岑Aerial Aspect Media LLC

Customer experience

Lumiday · Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Days Until

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lumiday · Countdown

One-time1
  • Lumiday Pro$0.99
1 purchases

Days Until

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Lumiday · Countdown free?
Lumiday · Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Days Until free?
Days Until is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lumiday · Countdown or Days Until?
Lumiday · Countdown and Days Until are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Lumiday · Countdown or Days Until have ads?
Neither Lumiday · Countdown nor Days Until shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lumiday · Countdown or Days Until?
Lumiday · Countdown ships an update weekly, and Days Until every 3 days. Most recently, Lumiday · Countdown was updated on October 31, 2026 and Days Until on October 31, 2026.

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