Wedding · Countdown · Plan mode
A Wedding Happy alternative
for couples who want the countdown front and centre.
Wedding Happy is a list-first wedding planner that holds your guest list, vendor list, and budget. Soon. puts the countdown first: a photo of your choice behind the days to go, on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy, and a free starter checklist and timeline for a wedding. With Premium come reminders a week, three days, and a day before, and the forecast once the day is a week away. It has no ads and no account.
How does Soon. compare to Wedding Happy?
Soon. and Wedding Happy handle different parts of wedding planning, so one doesn't fully replace the other.
The countdown experience
Soon.: The countdown is the centrepiece, with your own photo behind it and 26 widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy. With Premium, the forecast for the venue's town appears once the date is within 7 days.
Wedding Happy: The countdown is a header above the planning checklist.
Wedding Happy: The countdown is a header above the planning checklist.
Plan mode for a wedding
Soon.: Free. Soon. suggests a starter checklist and a timeline of milestones for a wedding. Tick tasks off, add your own tasks and milestones, and "Reset to suggestions" brings the starter plan back.
Wedding Happy: Generic checklist categories you populate yourself.
Wedding Happy: Generic checklist categories you populate yourself.
Guest list, RSVPs, seating
Soon.: Not covered. Soon. is a countdown with a plan and doesn't manage guest lists.
Wedding Happy: Built-in support for guests, RSVPs, and table assignments, and it does this well.
Wedding Happy: Built-in support for guests, RSVPs, and table assignments, and it does this well.
Ads & account
Soon.: No ads on any tier, and no account required.
Wedding Happy: Free with banners on the free tier; account required for cloud sync.
Wedding Happy: Free with banners on the free tier; account required for cloud sync.
Notification rhythm
Soon.: With Premium, reminders 7 days, 3 days, and 1 day before, and on the day, plus reminders for plan items. There is no daily nag. The free version sends no notifications.
Wedding Happy: Reminders triggered from checklist items you enter by hand.
Wedding Happy: Reminders triggered from checklist items you enter by hand.
Long-term use
Soon.: After the day, keep the wedding as a Memory that counts the days since. With Premium, add photos and a note, and On This Day sends a reminder on your anniversary each year.
Wedding Happy: Wedding-day focused; you typically uninstall after the day.
Wedding Happy: Wedding-day focused; you typically uninstall after the day.
Which one to pick, or whether to run both
Pick Soon. if you want…
- The countdown as the centrepiece of your Home Screen and Lock Screen
- A starter wedding checklist and timeline without building one from scratch
- The forecast for the day once it's a week away, for an outdoor or destination wedding (Premium)
- No banner ads between checklist items
- An app that keeps the wedding as a Memory, with a reminder on each anniversary (Premium)
Stick with Wedding Happy if you need…
- Guest list management, RSVPs, and seating charts (Soon. doesn't do these)
- A two-person planning workflow with shared access (Soon. has no shared countdowns)
- Wedding-specific vendor contracts and budget tracking in one place
You can also run both: Wedding Happy for the guest list and budget, Soon. for the countdown on your screens.
About Soon.
Questions
FAQ
What is the best Wedding Happy alternative for iPhone?
Soon. is an iPhone alternative to Wedding Happy if what you want most is the countdown. It puts a photo of your choice behind the days to go, suggests a free starter checklist and milestone timeline for a wedding, and shows the countdown on 26 Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets. It has no ads and no account. It does not manage guests, RSVPs, or budgets.
Does Soon. handle wedding guest lists and RSVPs?
No. Soon. is a wedding countdown with a starter checklist and timeline, and it doesn't manage RSVPs, guest lists, seating charts, vendor contracts, or budgets. If you need those, keep Wedding Happy (or a dedicated guest-list app) for them, and use Soon. alongside it for the countdown on your screens.
Why use Soon. for a wedding instead of Wedding Happy?
Because in Soon. the countdown is the centrepiece: your own photo behind the days to go, on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy. Plan mode suggests a checklist and milestone timeline for a wedding, free, and you add your own tasks. With Premium, reminders arrive 7 days, 3 days, and 1 day before, and on the day, and the Final Countdown runs on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island in the last 24 hours. There's no account and no ads.
Can two people share a Soon. wedding countdown?
Not as one shared countdown. Soon. syncs only across your own devices through your private iCloud, with no shared countdowns between people. Each partner can add the wedding in their own copy of Soon., and Plan mode suggests the same starter plan to both. You can also send a countdown to each other as an image.
How much does Soon. cost for a one-off use like a wedding?
The free version covers the countdown, Plan mode, widgets showing your pinned moment, and up to 5 moments, with no time limit. Premium, which adds reminders, the weather forecast, daily notes, and any moment on any widget, is $1.99/month or $9.99/year, each with a 7-day free trial, or $12.99 once for Lifetime, which suits you if you'll keep counting down to other days after the wedding.
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