Comparison

Nigh vs ControlPad

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

Head to head
About

Nigh

Track upcoming events with live countdowns to the second, displayed on your Home and Lock Screens. Set reminders and organize your special days, from birthdays to holidays, with customizable widgets and iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Live countdowns to the second
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Repeating event support
  • Customizable reminders
  • Calendar view
  • Past event archive
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Count down to the days that matter: birthdays, vacations, weddings, holidays, exams, concerts and every big day in between. Nigh shows how many days are left until each event, live down to the second, and puts it right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with clean, readable widgets. WHAT YOU GET • Days until anything: days, hours, minutes and seconds, ticking live • Countdown widgets for the Home Screen: your next event at a glance • Lock Screen widgets (Pro) • Repeating events: yearly, monthly or every N days, weeks, months or years, so birthdays and anniversaries roll over on their own • Reminders on the day, an hour, a day or a week before • Calendar view: tap any day to see what is coming • Archive of past events with how many days ago they happened • Import birthdays from Contacts (Pro) • Pastel card colors and your own emoji for every event • iCloud sync between your iPhones, light and dark mode COUNT DOWN TO Birthday • Vacation and trips • Wedding • Christmas and New Year • Anniversary • Baby due date • Exams and the end of school • Concerts and games • Retirement • Any date you are waiting for FREE Up to 3 events, the small widget, day-of reminders and iCloud sync. Nigh PRO: ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Unlimited events, medium and Lock Screen widgets, extra reminders, all card colors and birthday import. Buy once, use it on all your devices, works with Family Sharing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads, no account. Your events stay on your device and in your own iCloud. Questions or ideas: mxm.ai.dev@gmail.com

About

ControlPad

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a versatile remote for your Mac. It functions as a trackpad, keyboard, and app-specific control surface, adapting automatically to the application you're using. Enjoy seamless control from anywhere in the room.

Highlights
  • Mac-like trackpad experience
  • Full iPhone/iPad keyboard input
  • App-adaptive controls
  • Three customizable layouts
  • Haptic feedback
  • Private, local network connection
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a trackpad, keyboard and control surface for your Mac, one that automatically adapts to the app you're using. Control your Mac from the couch, across the room or right beside your desk. ControlPad connects directly to your Mac over your local network, with a trackpad tuned to feel like a MacBook's and controls that change as you switch apps. A TRACKPAD THAT FEELS LIKE YOUR MAC'S • Tap to click, two fingers to scroll, press and drag to move windows • Two-finger tap to right-click • Four-finger swipes for Mission Control, App Exposé and switching Spaces • Pointer speed tuned to match a MacBook trackpad, and adjustable to suit you TYPE WITH YOUR OWN KEYBOARD • Type on your Mac with the iPhone or iPad keyboard you already know, including autocorrect, dictation and emoji • Command, Option, Control and Shift, the arrow keys and Escape, always one tap away CONTROLS THAT FOLLOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING Switch apps on your Mac and ControlPad adapts automatically: tabs and navigation in Safari, replies in Mail, formatting in Notes, builds in Xcode, playback for music and video. More than 50 Mac apps have their own controls, and every other app still gets the essentials, like Undo, Copy, Paste and Find. THREE LAYOUTS • Input: the whole screen is your trackpad • Balanced: a trackpad and your app's controls, side by side • Controls: every command at a glance, beside your own keyboard and mouse Switch any time, on iPhone and iPad. MORE • Switch between the apps running on your Mac • Pair as many iPhones and iPads as you like; one controls your Mac at a time • Haptic feedback for clicks, drags, gestures and controls PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your devices talk directly to each other over your local network, with no cloud service in between • Pair once with a code shown on your Mac; the code is never sent over the network, and every connection is secure. • No account, no sign-up and no in-app analytics GETTING STARTED ControlPad works with ControlPad for Mac, a companion app you download from controlpad.tech. Open it on your Mac, allow Accessibility access when macOS asks (it's what lets ControlPad move the pointer and type for you), then open ControlPad on your iPhone or iPad on the same local network. Your Mac appears by itself; enter the code it shows and you're connected. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26 or later, and a Mac with macOS 26.6 or later on the same local network.

Screenshots

Nigh4 screens
ControlPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ControlPad at none against Nigh's 2. Nigh's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Nigh sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ControlPad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Nigh against 5.0 for ControlPad. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nigh ships an update daily, ControlPad every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Nigh versus ControlPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNighControlPad
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaksim ValynetsAlan Bryden

Customer experience

Nigh

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

ControlPad

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Nigh

One-time2
  • Nigh Pro$0.99
  • Nigh Pro$3.99
None

ControlPad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nigh free?
Nigh is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ControlPad free?
ControlPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nigh or ControlPad?
Nigh and ControlPad are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Nigh or ControlPad have ads?
Neither Nigh nor ControlPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nigh or ControlPad?
Nigh ships an update daily, and ControlPad every 4 weeks. Most recently, Nigh was updated on October 31, 2026 and ControlPad on October 31, 2026.

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