Comparison

Perspective vs Days Until

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

Head to head
About

Perspective

Track past and future events with this app. It helps you visualize time passed or remaining for anything from vacations and habit changes to expiring items and upcoming milestones. Stay on top of your life's timeline.

Highlights
  • Track past events
  • Track future events
  • Visualize time passed
  • Visualize time remaining
  • Habit tracking
  • Expiration date tracking
Features
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Put your life in Perspective: It's all too easy to lose track of the big picture while rushing from one thing to the next. You can use Perspective to track any event in the past or future. Get creative! Some ideas: * When is your next vacation? * How much time has passed since you kicked that bad habit? * When does that yogurt expire? * How much longer can you procrastinate before that milestone hits? Made for iOS 9.

About

Days Until

Track important dates like birthdays and anniversaries with precise countdowns down to the second. Keep key events visible on your home screen with customizable widgets and receive smart reminders so you never forget.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns to the second
  • Home screen widgets
  • Smart reminders
  • Birth insights and fun facts
  • Add photos to events
  • Privacy-focused, no account needed
Features
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Days Until: Countdown Widget is a powerful event countdown and widget app that helps you track birthdays, anniversaries, and life’s biggest moments in one simple timeline. See exactly how much time is left down to the second, and keep your most important events visible on your home screen. Track all your events • Birthdays, anniversaries, milestones, and custom events • Clean timeline view with smart sorting • Easily see upcoming and past events Live countdown widget • View your next event instantly • Home screen widgets with multiple styles • Designed for quick glance usage Exact age and time tracking • Years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds • Track life milestones and important moments Smart reminders • Get notified before important dates • Customize reminder timing • Never forget an event again Birth insights and fun facts • Zodiac sign, Chinese zodiac, and birthstone • Famous birthdays and historical events • Life milestones and personality insights Memory and sharing • Add photos to your events • Create and share beautiful countdown cards Privacy first • No account required • Your data stays on your device • No tracking and no data selling Privacy Policy: https://nullvoidkage.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-3195fa80930a802c8928fa361e545b4c Terms of Service: https://nullvoidkage.notion.site/Terms-of-Service-3195fa80930a8003bb05f33a11b137c5

Screenshots

Perspective3 screens
Days Until4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Days Until at 4.0 against Perspective's 3.4. Days Until also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Perspective's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). 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. Perspective sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Days Until sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Days Until holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Perspective has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Perspective's written reviews are positive against 100% of Days Until's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Perspective ships an update every 3 weeks, Days Until fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Perspective versus Days Until: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerspectiveDays Until
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (13 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChaotic Good, LLPNikko Ferwelo

Customer experience

Perspective

All ratings13 ratings
Positive61.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative23.8%

Days Until

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Perspective

One-time1
  • Unlimited Perspectives$0.99
3 purchases

Days Until

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$5.99

Questions

Is Perspective free?
Perspective is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Days Until free?
Days Until is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Perspective or Days Until?
Days Until is rated higher. Perspective averages 3.4 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Days Until averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Perspective or Days Until have ads?
Neither Perspective nor Days Until shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Perspective or Days Until?
Perspective ships an update every 3 weeks, and Days Until fortnightly. Most recently, Perspective was updated on August 25, 2026 and Days Until on September 19, 2026.

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