Comparison

Days Until vs Timenest

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Days Until4 screens
Timenest4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Days Until ships an update weekly, Timenest every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Days Until versus Timenest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDays UntilTimenest
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasaki Sato燚 张

Customer experience

Days Until

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Timenest

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Days Until

One-time1
  • Days Until Pro$6.99
3 purchases

Timenest

Subscriptions2
  • Timenest Plus · Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Timenest Plus · Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Timenest Plus · Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Days Until free?
Days Until is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timenest free?
Timenest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Days Until or Timenest have ads?
Neither Days Until nor Timenest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Days Until or Timenest?
Days Until ships an update weekly, and Timenest every 6 days. Most recently, Days Until was updated on November 10, 2026 and Timenest on November 11, 2026.

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