Hence Day Counter vs Days Until
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hence Day Counter
This app helps you privately track the number of days past or remaining until important events. Utilize widgets for your home and lock screens to display counts discreetly, with optional Face ID protection for added privacy. It offers reminders and recurring event tracking.
- Track days since or until events
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Blind widgets (number only)
- Optional Face ID app lock
- Reminders for events
- Recurring event tracking
- Data export and import
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Hence Day Counter shows you the number of days past since or remains until something without telling anyone why. Add a date. Hence counts the days since it, or the days until it. Put the number on your lock screen or home screen with a widget that can hide the label, so the count is yours and the reason stays private. --- WHAT'S NEW (1.2):------------------- - Reminders: Get a reminder when your counter is done - New themes: choose from various app themes what suits your style the best --- WHAT'S NEW (1.1):------------------- - Repeats: Turn it on in a tracker to count down to the same date every year, or every N days. It never shows as passed. Part of Hence Unlimited. - Holiday chips: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year at the top of the new-tracker sheet. One tap fills it in. - minor bug fixes. ------------------------------------- WHAT IT DOES • Since and until trackers, in days or days and hours • Lock-screen and home-screen widgets, every size, every template, free • Blind widgets: the number only, no label, nothing to explain • Optional Face ID lock for the app; widgets stay visible • Export and import your trackers as a file • iCloud keeps a safety copy in your own account WHAT IT DOESN'T DO • No account • No ads • No analytics or tracking • No permission to your contacts, calendar, location, etc. • No subscription • No confetti, streaks, or sharing The free version is complete: three trackers, every widget, export and import, app lock. Hence Unlimited is a one-time purchase for unlimited trackers, themes, and other new features, now and later. Your dates never leave your phone except into your own iCloud. There is no server to lose them to. There are no adds, no subscription, no permissions creep. We don't collect your data, don't track you, don't push ads, don't upsell you anything.
Days Until
Visually track important dates with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Set up countdowns for events, deadlines, or anniversaries and receive timely reminders. Share your excitement with friends through links or shareable images.
- Home, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets
- Customizable countdowns with emoji and color
- Count in days, weeks, or working days
- Repeat events daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly
- Reminders before events
- Shareable countdown links and images
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The days you're waiting for, right where you look. DAYS turns birthdays, trips, launches and deadlines into beautiful widgets that count down on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. Add a countdown in seconds: pick a date, an emoji or symbol and a color. That's it. The widget keeps counting on its own. Or import birthdays from Contacts and events from Calendar in a few taps. WIDGETS THAT FEEL AT HOME • Home Screen widgets in every size, including a poster-style large widget • Lock Screen widgets: round, rectangular and inline • An Upcoming list widget for all your next events, filtered by pin or tag • StandBy on your nightstand, plus tinted and clear Home Screen styles • A live timer for anything happening in the next 24 hours • Widget Style: color and gradient backgrounds, or your own photo with Premium; drag it to choose what stays in view (styles stay on this device) • A Month widget in medium and large: this month's calendar with your countdowns on it MADE TO BE GLANCED AT • Count in days, weeks or working days • Past events can keep counting up ("days since") • Repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly; events roll over by themselves • Reminders before the big day • Pin, tag, search and archive • A calendar view: switch to it at the top of Countdowns to see your countdowns and Discover holidays by month SHARE THE EXCITEMENT • Send a countdown as a link, friends add it in one tap • Share any countdown as a poster image BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD • Redesigned for iOS 26, and on iOS 18 too • iPad sidebar, keyboard shortcuts and multiple windows • Ask Siri how many days are left, or find any countdown in Spotlight • A Control Center button to add a countdown from anywhere • iCloud sync across your devices • No account, no tracking DAYS PREMIUM DAYS includes 2 countdowns, the small Home Screen widget and the round Lock Screen widget. DAYS Premium unlocks: • Unlimited countdowns • Every widget: all sizes, the Upcoming list, the Month calendar, Lock Screen and StandBy • Photo backgrounds DAYS Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription or as an unlock that does not renew; the app shows the plans on offer. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://getdays.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getdays.app/privacy Questions or ideas? hello@boring-apps.dev
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Days Until at 4 against Hence Day Counter's 1. Days Until also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Hence Day Counter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Days Until sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hence Day Counter against 5.0 for Days Until. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Hence Day Counter ships an update every 5 days, Days Until every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hence Day Counter | Days Until |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmitry Yarushevskiy | Boring Apps |
Customer experience
Hence Day Counter
Days Until
In-app purchases
Hence Day Counter
- Hence Day Counter Unlimited$4.99
Days Until
- Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- DAYS Premium Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year
- DAYS Premium Unlock$5.99
- DAYS Premium Unlock$10.99
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