Days Until vs Timenest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Days Until
Visually track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns displayed directly on your iPhone's Home Screen. Choose from various layouts, fonts, and backgrounds to personalize your event reminders.
- Home Screen widgets
- Customizable layouts and typefaces
- Photo backgrounds with blur/dimming
- Countdown by days, weeks, hours, or minutes
- Count up functionality
- Event reminders
- iCloud sync
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The day you're waiting for, always in sight. Days Until puts a countdown to your trip, anniversary, birthday, wedding or exam right on your iPhone Home Screen. It takes about a minute to make one. BIG NUMBERS, EASY TO READ • Choose how the number is laid out: Standard, Big number, Minimal, Vertical, Ring, Bar, Daily dots or Split digits. • Eleven typefaces for the numbers, from rounded and serif to marker, pixel and handwritten. • Fifteen patterns, including grid, dots, stripes, checks and traditional Japanese motifs like seigaiha and asanoha. • Set the background, text and number colors separately. Use a photo as the background and adjust blur, dimming and black-and-white. • Pick a scene to change everything at once: cherry blossoms, summer sea, autumn leaves, snow, Christmas, baby and more. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN, EVERY DAY • Home Screen widgets count down by themselves. No need to open the app. • Square and wide sizes. Add as many as you like. • On the day itself, the Lock Screen counts down to the hour, minute and second. • Also shows while your iPhone charges on its side, in Control Center, and on Apple Watch. TIDY, EVEN WITH MANY • Sort countdowns into folders and switch between them from the list. • Search by title. • Show the days to your next event on the app icon (or turn it off). COUNT YOUR WAY • Days, Auto, Years/months/days, Weeks, Workdays, Hours or Minutes. • Repeats weekly, monthly or yearly. Birthdays and anniversaries roll over to next year on their own. • Count up, too: "it's been 100 days". Get notified at milestones like 100 days and one year. • Reminders 3 days before, the day before and on the day, set per countdown. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • Syncs with iCloud, so it moves with you to a new iPhone. • Your countdowns are stored only on your device and in your own iCloud. Nothing is sent to our servers. PRICING • You can make up to 2 countdowns. • Twelve colors, two layouts, two typefaces and three scenes are included. • Photo backgrounds, gradients, patterns and the other typefaces are part of Pro. You can try them on and see the result before saving. • Days Until Pro unlocks unlimited countdowns and every design. One-time purchase, no subscription. Terms of Use: https://support-site-vercel.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://support-site-vercel.vercel.app/privacy.html
Timenest
Track important dates with customizable countdowns and count-ups. Personalize your experience with numerous styles and widgets for your home and lock screens. Syncs across devices and offers lunar calendar support.
- Widget-first design
- Customizable countdowns and count-ups
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Apple Watch integration
- Lunar calendar support
- Holiday library
- iCloud private database sync
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Timenest is a widget-first countdown and count-up app for the days that matter — birthday countdowns, days together since your anniversary, days since your baby was born, days until the exam. Every Home and Lock Screen size is free, with 80 styles to switch between — or design your own. Works on Apple Watch, with Siri and in Control Center. Count up and count down both apply, lunar birthdays repeat on the lunar calendar, and the holiday library covers 100+ holidays across 15 regions. Reminders 7, 3, 1 or 0 days ahead. iCloud private database sync; photos stay on device and are never uploaded to our servers. Free includes 19 templates and one design of your own. Plus unlocks all 80 templates, unlimited custom designs, fonts and color picking, and full library backup with photos included. Anything you've already saved is never taken back. Plus is available as a monthly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. The lifetime unlock is a single payment and never renews. Prices are shown in the app and vary by region. Privacy Policy: https://duriannb.github.io/timenest-support/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timenest at 100% against Days Until's 50%. 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
Both are free to download. Days Until sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timenest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Days Until ships an update weekly, Timenest every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Days Until | Timenest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masaki Sato | 燚 张 |
Customer experience
Days Until
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In-app purchases
Days Until
- Days Until Pro$6.99
Timenest
- Timenest Plus · Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Timenest Plus · Yearly$9.991 Year
- Timenest Plus · Lifetime$14.99









