Comparison

Since Then vs Playwall

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

Head to head
About

Since Then

Track important life events with a gentle day counter. Count up from significant dates or count down to upcoming milestones. Personalize your experience with customizable widgets and themes, all while keeping your data private and offline.

Highlights
  • Count up since a date
  • Count down until an event
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Customizable themes and color palettes
  • Private timeline notes
  • Offline functionality
  • JSON backup and CSV export (Pro)
Features
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Since Then is a calm day counter that turns life milestones into home screen art. Count up since a date — or count down until a wedding, trip, or exam. Add widgets from the Widget Gallery. Your data stays on your device; no account required. Why download Perfect if you want a gentle count-up or countdown without streak pressure — anniversaries, sobriety days, baby age, or any moment that matters. Not a social feed or cloud journal. Since & until • Since mode — days since any important date • Until mode — days left until an event • Soft reminders at 30, 100, and 365 days (Pro: custom days) Home & lock screen widgets (iOS) • Six styles — Minimal, Glass, Pixel, Cyber, Serif, Photo • Small, medium, and large home screen sizes • Lock screen widgets — circular, rectangular, and inline Add widgets by long-pressing the Home Screen and opening the Widget Gallery, or from the app’s widget guide. On supported iPhones you can also add lock screen widgets when customizing the Lock Screen. Timeline & themes • Private timeline notes on Day 30, 100, and beyond • Photo backgrounds and share cards • 15+ color palettes (free: ink black & pure white) • JSON backup/restore on device; CSV export with Pro Offline & private Works without a network for core counting. No sign-up. Milestone data stays local. Pro (optional one-time upgrade, about $4.99) Unlimited milestones (free: 3), more home screen widgets, all six styles, photo backgrounds on every milestone, unlimited timeline notes, custom alert days, CSV export, and no ads. One-time purchase; product: since_then_pro. Privacy Your milestones, notes, and photos stay on your device. No account or cloud sync for your personal timeline. The app includes third-party analytics SDKs that may collect usage information as described in our privacy policy. Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/sincethendaycounter Questions or feedback? Join our optional Discord community from Settings (https://discord.gg/Bg32dsgqVW).

About

Playwall

Features
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Playwall is the backlog you actually want to open. No streaks to keep. No guilt if you skip a week. No number counting everything you have not finished staring back at you every time you open the app. Just the games you already own, kept somewhere that feels good to look at. Nothing in Playwall is locked behind a subscription. Capture, log, and rate as many games as you want, for free, forever. Night Owl is there if you want to support the person who makes Playwall, never because you have to. CAPTURE THE PILE Add a game once, from your own wall or a quick search, and it takes its place: sharp if you own it, dimmed if it is a wishlist, one tap to move between the two. No folders, no lists to maintain. TONIGHT, NOT SOMEDAY Open Playwall on a quiet evening and it names one game worth starting tonight, not a ranked list to read through. Stop scrolling a storefront you have already scrolled. Start playing something you already own. LOG THE NIGHT IN ONE TAP After you play, log the session in a single tap. No timer running, no diary entry required, just a mark that you played and how the night went. RATE IT IN TWO QUESTIONS Finish a game and Playwall asks two questions, not a five-star form to fill out. That is enough to remember what you thought, and it is what turns a finish into something worth keeping. EVERY FINISH BECOMES A STAR Every game you finish joins a small galaxy you can look back through any time: rate it, log it, and it takes its place among everything else you have played and loved. DECEMBER GETS A RECEIPT At the end of the year, Playwall prints a plain record of what you played, what you finished, and what stood out. A keepsake, not a leaderboard. SUPPORT, NEVER A GATE If you want to support the person who builds Playwall, there are three tiers: Supporter, Night Owl, and Patron. All three unlock the same cosmetic extras, wall themes and a gold galaxy among them. None of them touch the games, the logging, or the ratings, and the higher tiers are a bigger gift, not a bigger app. Terms of Use: https://drnkn.dev/playwall/terms Privacy Policy: https://drnkn.dev/playwall/privacy License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Since Then4 screens
Playwall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Playwall at none against Since Then's shown. Since Then's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, in-app purchases 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. Since Then sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Playwall sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Since Then versus Playwall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSince ThenPlaywall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developershenghui LvAji Mukti

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Since Then

One-time1
  • Since Then Pro$4.99
3 purchases

Playwall

Subscriptions1
  • Supporter$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Night OwlFree
  • Patron$79.99

Questions

Is Since Then free?
Since Then is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Playwall free?
Playwall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Since Then or Playwall have ads?
Since Then shows ads; Playwall does not.

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