In this app, you can create, organize, and visualize upcoming events using a timeline and customizable widgets. Includes event reminders, pattern collections, and widget customization options.
AppRecs review analysis
AppRecs rating 4.2. Trustworthiness 74 out of 100. Review manipulation risk 31 out of 100. Based on a review sample analyzed.
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74% trustworthiness score from analyzed reviews
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High user satisfaction
91% of sampled ratings are 5 stars
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Many low ratings mention paywalls or pricing
About Up Ahead: Countdown Widgets
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CREATE EVENTS
Up Ahead events are quick and simple to create — just give your event a name, a date (with optional time), a category icon, and a color.
EVENT TIMELINE
View your events in a unique timeline format that gives you visual information about how much time is passing between events, and allows you to easily look back on your entire event history.
PATTERNS
As you create events, you’ll start to unlock decorative patterns that can be applied to any of your events and appear in both your in-app timeline and your widgets. Patterns are unlocked based on the content of your events, or as weekly gifts. How many can you find?
REMINDERS
Schedule flexible reminders to get notified about the events you don't want to miss.
ATTACHMENTS
Keep all your event information in one place by attaching short notes or links to your events.
HOME SCREEN WIDGETS
* "Countdown" widgets are simple widgets for counting down to a specific event.
* "Coming up" widgets come in multiple sizes and will dynamically count down to whatever event is coming up next. They can be customized with filters and display names, allowing you to create widgets such as “Next Raptors game” or “Upcoming game releases”.
* "Timeline grid" widgets give you a colorful high-level overview of all your upcoming events.
LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS
Simplified versions of “Countdown” and “Coming up” widgets are available to place right on your Lock Screen.
SIRI SHORTCUTS
Automate event creation or ask Siri about your events with Siri Shortcuts.
TIMELINE FILTERING
Quickly filter your events temporarily so that you can get a clean look at just the film releases you’re looking forward to, or the birthdays you want to remember.
RECURRING EVENTS
Mark an event as recurring — weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or yearly — to have it automatically replace itself in your timeline when an instance of the event has passed.
MULTI-DAY EVENTS
Give an event an optional end date to countdown to both an event’s beginning and its end.
ICLOUD BACKUPS
Automatically back up your events and pattern unlocks to iCloud Drive to ensure you never lose access to your data.
EVENT SHARING
Lightweight event sharing allows you to export and share colorful images of any event.
SOUND AND HAPTICS
Delightful sound effects and haptics bring the app to life.
...and lots more fun stuff to discover.
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The free version of Up Ahead is free forever, and contains no ads. If you’re looking for the best way to simply pop a few good-looking countdown widgets onto your Home Screen or Lock Screen, downloading Up Ahead for free is a great place to start.
With an in-app subscription to Up Ahead Plus, you’ll get all the bells and whistles: unlimited event creation, recurring and multi-day events, the full suite of widget types, and more.
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Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed.
Privacy policy: https://upaheadapp.com/privacy
Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Reviews for Up Ahead: Countdown Widgets
David Levine
Good countdown app that has been abandoned
Update on 11/25/2025: While this is a good app, it can’t justify requiring a subscription. While updates were frequent at first, it’s been over a year since the app was last updated. That’s fine for an app you pay for once, is fully featured, and just works. It’s not fine for an app asking to be paid for monthly or yearly. There’s also the one time payment option of $29.99. The app is good. It’s not $30 good. Original Review: I’ve been looking for a great countdown app for a while. So many have inelegant UI or don’t function the way I would like. Up Ahead to the rescue! This app looks and works great. I like the layout and how you can see the number of days between countdowns. Being able to choose custom patterns for each countdown is a nice touch. The only issue I have is being able to bring myself to paying monthly, yearly, or such a high lifetime price for a countdown app. I use it as a nice to have, but not a necessity. While I can justify paying for a finance app or even a Twitter app, I have a hard time justifying paying a subscription for a countdown app. It’s possible that I might change my mind as the app is updated, but as of right now, I’ll remain a free user.
mohrbius
Was great but abandoned
Sad to see support and maintenance has been absent for a year now. I used to pay a monthly sub for this and it has a great design