Big Days vs Time to event
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Days
Easily track important dates with a stylish and lightweight countdown app. Set reminders for appointments, anniversaries, birthdays, and more. Customize with your own photos or find free images online, and receive notifications for upcoming events.
- Countdown to events
- Track days elapsed
- Customizable event images
- Online image search (Pixabay)
- Event notifications/alarms
- Favorite event display
- Share events
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For over 12 years, Big Days has helped millions of people look forward to life's most meaningful moments. Over 2 million downloads. NOW WITH ALL-NEW WIDGETS Keep your most important events front and center on your iPhone. With brand-new Home Screen and StandBy widgets, your countdown is always just a glance away. The fresh, modern look integrates smoothly into the iOS aesthetic. FIND THE PERFECT BACKGROUND Don't feel limited to your camera roll. Thanks to integrated Pixabay search, you can explore millions of free, high-resolution photos without ever leaving the app. Find the perfect backdrop for any occasion in seconds. REMINDERS & NOTIFICATIONS Never miss an important date again! Set custom alerts for any event and receive a notification right when it's time to celebrate or start packing. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE Tailor every countdown to match your personal taste with custom fonts, colors, themes, and backgrounds: • Choose from dozens of clean, modern typefaces. • Adjust text color, alignment, and position. • Days remaining & days since: track both upcoming events and how much time has passed. • Favorite event on startup: set your primary countdown to open instantly when launch the app. • Easy sharing: export your countdowns for social media or save them directly as wallpapers. Follow us and share your special moments: #bigdaysapp @bigdaysapp For support or feedback, please use the Support module inside the app's Info menu.
Time to event
Easily track upcoming events and count down the days until important dates like vacations or holidays. Input your event details and manage them with options to edit or remove entries.
- Event countdowns
- Date input
- Event description
- Edit events
- Remove events
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Now you can count your meetings and events easily. ‘Time to event’ gives you the opportunity to count up how many days remaining before your vacation or holiday. Just input date and description of event. Have your plans changed? Do not worry. You can always remove or change your event right away in detailed view of event.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Time to event at none against Big Days's shown. Time to event also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Big Days's advantage is ratings volume (590 vs 10) and review sentiment (91% vs 72%). 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. Big Days sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Time to event sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Big Days against 4.6 for Time to event. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Days has 590 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Big Days's written reviews are positive against 72% of Time to event's.
Big Days ships an update every 4 months, Time to event every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Days | Time to event |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (590 ratings) | 4.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.4% of reviews — better | 72.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 590 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | astrovicApps | Nikita Marchenko |
Customer experience
Big Days
Time to event
Bugs and requests
Big Days
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Images disappearing from events
- Constant ads interrupting usage
Requested features
5 requests- Unlimited free events
- Recurring event option
- Customizable countdown styles
- Ability to reorder events
- Sync across multiple devices
Time to event
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Big Days
- Widget Pack$2.99
- Big Days Pro$3.99
Time to event
- Upgrade to PRO$0.99
Questions
Is Big Days free?
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