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A Countdown Star alternative
for events worth waiting for.
Countdown Star gives you a clean, styled number on the Home Screen, and for a simple date that may be all you need. Soon. is for the dates you're getting ready for. A trip, a wedding, or an exam gets your own photo, a starter checklist and timeline for that kind of event, and widgets on the Lock Screen and StandBy as well as the Home Screen. With Premium, the forecast for the place appears once the day is a week away.
How does Soon. compare to Countdown Star?
Countdown Star keeps a countdown to a date, a label, and a styled number. The cards show what Soon. adds around it.
What a countdown contains
Soon.: Your photo or a theme, a plan with a checklist and milestones, and optionally a time to count down to the minute. Premium adds a place with its forecast, daily notes, and reminders.
Countdown Star: Date, label, and a styled number.
Countdown Star: Date, label, and a styled number.
Widgets
Soon.: 26 widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy, plus a Control Center control on iOS 18. No Apple Watch app.
Countdown Star: Home Screen widgets supported.
Countdown Star: Home Screen widgets supported.
Weather + location
Soon.: The Apple Weather forecast for the place you add to a moment, once the date is within 7 days (Premium).
Countdown Star: Not the use case.
Countdown Star: Not the use case.
Privacy
Soon.: No account, no ads, no tracking, and no third-party SDKs. Moments stay on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. See the Privacy Manifest.
Countdown Star: Check its App Store privacy label for what it collects.
Countdown Star: Check its App Store privacy label for what it collects.
Who should pick Soon. vs Countdown Star?
Pick Soon. if…
- Your countdowns are events you're actively preparing for (a trip, a wedding, an exam)
- You want a checklist next to the number, and the forecast once the trip is a week away
- You want Lock Screen and StandBy widgets, not just Home Screen
- You also want to count up the days since something
- You don't want to be tracked
Stick with Countdown Star if…
- You only need clean, styled countdown numbers without weather or checklists
- You like Countdown Star's specific visual styles
- You've already built a Home Screen layout around it
- You want countdowns on an Apple Watch or iPad; Soon. is iPhone only
About Soon.
Questions
FAQ
What is the best Countdown Star alternative for iPhone?
Soon. is an iPhone alternative to Countdown Star and similar countdown apps. It turns trips, weddings, birthdays, exams, and milestones into countdowns with your own photo, a free starter checklist and timeline for the kind of event, and 26 widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy. It needs no account and has no ads or tracking.
Does Soon. show weather at the countdown destination?
Yes, with Premium. Add a place to a moment by searching for a city or place, and once the date is within 7 days, Soon. shows the Apple Weather forecast for it. The forecast comes from Apple, not from a third-party weather service.
Does Soon. work as a Lock Screen widget?
Yes. Soon. has 26 widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy, so you can see the countdown without opening the app. Free widgets show your pinned moment, and Premium lets you choose any moment for each one. With Premium, the Final Countdown also runs on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island in the last 24 hours. Soon. is iPhone only, with no Apple Watch app.
Does Soon. track me?
No. Soon. has no tracking, no ads, no third-party SDKs, and no account. Your moments and plans stay on your iPhone and, with iCloud sync on, in your own private iCloud, which Lagerland Apps cannot read.
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Countdowns that help you arrive prepared.
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