Perspective vs Nearing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Track past events
- Track future events
- Visualize time passed
- Visualize time remaining
- Habit tracking
- Expiration date tracking
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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.
Nearing
Create visually appealing countdowns for important events like vacations, birthdays, and launches. See remaining days at a glance with customizable cards and home screen widgets. Receive notifications and celebrate milestones with festive animations.
- Customizable countdown cards
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Celebratory animations
- Recurring event tracking
- Event arrival notifications
- iPhone and iPad optimized design
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Nearing — Countdown to What Matters Create beautiful countdowns for the events you're looking forward to. Whether it's a vacation, birthday, wedding, or launch day, Nearing helps you see exactly how many days are left at a glance. COLORFUL COUNTDOWN CARDS Each countdown gets its own card with a custom emoji and color. Pick from a wide palette to make every event feel unique and personal. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Add your countdowns to your home screen and lock screen so you always know what's coming up — no need to open the app. CELEBRATIONS When the big day arrives, Nearing celebrates with you. Open the app to a burst of confetti. RECURRING EVENTS Birthdays, anniversaries, and yearly traditions come back around. Set a countdown to repeat so it's always tracking the next one. NOTIFICATIONS Get a reminder when your event arrives so you never miss the moment. DESIGNED FOR iPHONE & iPAD A clean list on iPhone, an expansive grid on iPad — Nearing looks right on every screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nearing at 5.0 against Perspective's 3.5. Nearing also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Perspective's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Perspective sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nearing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nearing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Perspective has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Perspective ships an update every 3 weeks, Nearing every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Perspective | Nearing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chaotic Good, LLP | Gary Pezza |
Customer experience
Perspective
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In-app purchases
Perspective
- Unlimited Perspectives$0.99
Nearing
- Nearing Widget Unlock$1.99
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