Comparison

HowFew vs Time Remaining

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

Head to head
About

HowFew

Features
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"Throughout life, we walk with time." HowFew is a premium, Stoic-inspired life countdown and reflective journal app. Drawing inspiration from "Memento Mori," HowFew transforms abstract years into a tangible canvas of existence. Through elegant, dark-themed interfaces and immersive light leaks, we help you feel the temperature of passing years and prioritize what truly matters. Key Features: 【The Life Scroll: Visualizing Your Lifetime】 See your lifetime mapped onto a beautiful grid of 900 months. Past months glow softly while future ones wait in quiet shadow. A simple, powerful perspective to grasp the finitude and beauty of existence at a single glance. 【The Time Converter: Emotional Currency】 The rest of life is long, but gatherings have an end date. HowFew translates abstract numerical countdowns into concrete human connections. How many dinners left? How many weekends? How many times will you see your parents? Turn cold statistics into warm, cherishable reminders. 【Cherished Companions: Share the Journey】 We are defined by the people we walk with. Create life progress bars and age countdowns for family and friends. Keep track of their footsteps and make companionship eternal in the river of time. 【Scales to Time, Colors to Life】 Document your key life achievements and track your daily moods using clean, color-coded blocks. Together, milestones and emotions paint a unique collage of your journey. 【Elegant Aesthetic Widgets】 Includes premium home screen widgets themed in Obsidian Gold, Plum Copper gears, Zen rocks, and minimalist lineart. Let every glance at your device inspire mindfulness. Gaze at time, perceive the weight of life. Download HowFew today and make every second count. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Time Remaining

Features
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Time Remaining helps you see time from a different perspective. Instead of focusing on what you've completed, it shows what remains—today, this week, this month, this year, and throughout your life. Designed with a calm, distraction-free experience, Time Remaining encourages mindfulness and intentional living without notifications, streaks, or pressure. Features • See the remaining hours in your day • Track the remaining time in your week, month, and year • Visualize your life using beautiful year and month grids • Save meaningful future moments and see how much time remains until they arrive • Customize your assumed lifespan for visualization • Choose light, dark, or system appearance • Select Monday or Sunday as the start of the week • Works completely offline • No account required • No ads • No analytics or tracking Time Remaining is not a prediction of your future. It is a simple visualization designed to help you appreciate the time ahead and live more intentionally. Your data stays on your device.

Screenshots

HowFew4 screens
Time Remaining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Remaining at none against HowFew's 3. Time Remaining also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. HowFew sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Time Remaining asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
HowFew versus Time Remaining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHowFewTime Remaining
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer翼 张Keval Gadhiya

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HowFew

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$18.001 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$38.00
None

Time Remaining

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HowFew free?
HowFew is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Remaining free?
Time Remaining is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HowFew or Time Remaining have ads?
Neither HowFew nor Time Remaining shows ads.

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