Await vs Eventium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Await
Easily track upcoming events with unlimited countdowns. View upcoming events on your Today widget and Apple Watch. Receive notifications and share events with friends.
- Unlimited event tracking
- Today widget
- Apple Watch extension
- Countdown notifications
- Event sharing
- Progress visualization
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The easiest way to track upcoming events you care about. Features: - Unlimited number of events. - Today widget showing the next event. - Apple Watch extension so you can track all your events right at your wrist. - Receive notifications when countdowns are ending. - Share events with your friends, even if they don't have the app installed. - Progress circles show at a glance how long you have already been waiting. - Beautiful fullscreen countdowns in landscape orientation.
Eventium
This app offers a comprehensive calendar experience with multiple views, integrated task management, and advanced event customization. It allows users to see events clearly, manage tasks alongside appointments, and sync with various calendar services. Widgets provide quick access to upcoming events.
- Multiple calendar views (month, week, day, list, year)
- Integrated task management
- Calendar widgets for home screen
- Customizable event details and alerts
- Syncs with iCloud, Google, Exchange, Yahoo
- Printable calendar views
- Cut, copy, and paste events
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Introducing Eventium, a calendar app revolution! Eventium allows you to see actual events, not just dots! We now have Calendar Widgets! Add the Eventium widget to your Home Screen to see the events you have now, next and more! * iOS 15+ * This feature requires an in-app purchase Features: ● Month View Full screen month, swipe left and right to navigate ● Vertical Scrolling Month View Swipe up, swipe down, see everything ● Week View Layout options for portrait and landscape Horizontal or vertical layout Configurable start day ● Day View Configuration options for colors, layouts and more ● List View See and search all your events in a vertically scrolling list ● Year View Only available on tablet devices ● Integrated Tasks Within Your Calendar Group due, overdue and floating tasks in a single 'event' in your calendar, grouped by task list or all tasks * This feature requires an in-app purchase Invite contacts or even just an email address to events Add multiple alerts to events Add multiple repeat rules to events Set day background colors and images Print the year, month, week or day views Cut, Copy and Paste events Mark events as complete View event attachments Override the calendar color on an event Supports calendars in iCloud, Google, Exchange, Yahoo and any calendar that can be synced to the device Delete Event As Spam — long tap option will allow a spam event to be deleted without notifying the sender * Supports iOS 15 and above on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Eventium at 4.7 against Await's 3.5. Eventium also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 54%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 8 months). Await's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On ads 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
Await costs $1.99 and Eventium $3.99 up front. Eventium sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Await asks for nothing beyond the download.
Eventium holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eventium has 379 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Await's written reviews are positive against 85% of Eventium's.
Await ships an update every 8 months, Eventium every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Await | Eventium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (379 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 379 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Eichmann | johnhair.com |
Customer experience
Await
Eventium
Bugs and requests
Await
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Eventium
Reported bugs
3 issues- Duplicate holidays appearing
- Inconsistent event time display
- Disappearing past events
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved task management and integration
- Shared calendars and family/group features
- Better widget and Apple Watch support
In-app purchases
Await
No in-app purchases
Eventium
- Tasks, Reminders, To Do Lists$0.99
- Calendar Widgets$1.99









