Past Events vs Future Past
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Past Events
Track the time elapsed since significant past events. Add custom events and visualize the time that has passed since they occurred. A simple utility for reflecting on history.
- Track elapsed time from past events
- Add custom events
- Visualize time passed
- Simple utility interface
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Track the time passed since your special events. Register and manage multiple past events 4 display formats: Days & Hours, Weeks & Days, Months & Days, Years & Months Real-time elapsed time calculation
Future Past
Easily track important past and future dates with a unified timeline. Star favorite events, search instantly, and view upcoming dates on your home screen. Unlock extended timelines through ads or a subscription.
- Unified timeline of past and future events
- Favorite important dates
- Fast event search
- Home screen widgets
- Native calendar editing
- Extended timeline access
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Your important dates. Made simple. Add any event to see the days remaining or the days past. Future Past pulls the events you choose from your calendars into one clean, focused timeline — no more digging through calendar hell to find what matters. Features: Unified timeline — past and future events from your chosen calendars in one continuously scrolling view Favorites - star your most important dates to pin them to the top Fast search - find any event instantly, typos and all Home Screen widgets - see your next event or pin a specific one, right on your Home Screen Native calendar editing - add and edit events with the calendar picker you already know Future Past is free to use, with your timeline showing 1 week ahead and behind. Unlock Pro - a timeline that stretches up to 100 years - in either of two ways: watch a short ad for 24 hours of Pro access, no purchase required, or subscribe to Future Past Pro. Future Past Pro subscription: monthly, auto-renewing. The price is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://talkingchickenfriend.com/#privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Past Events and Future Past both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Future Past's written reviews are positive against 46% of Past Events's. Future Past also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 25 months). Past Events's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Past Events sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Future Past sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 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 Past Events against 5.0 for Future Past. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Past Events has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Past Events's written reviews are positive against 100% of Future Past's.
Past Events ships an update every 25 months, Future Past every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Past Events | Future Past |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tadashi atoji | Talking Chicken Friend |
Customer experience
Past Events
Future Past
In-app purchases
Past Events
- Full version$6.99
Future Past
- Future Past Pro$1.001 Month
- Future Past Pro$14.99
