Up Ahead: Countdown Widgets

Name: Up Ahead: Countdown Widgets
Rating: 4.9 (675 reviews)
Author: Daniel Gauthier

By: Daniel Gauthier

Vacation & birthday reminders

Features & Capabilities

Up Ahead is a playful way to keep track of everything you’re looking forward to. Create events in seconds, building a visual timeline of birthdays, vacations, game releases, weddings, and more. The timeline shows how time passes between events and lets you revisit your event history at a glance.

As your collection grows, unlock decorative patterns you can apply to any event, visible in both your timeline and widgets. Features include reminders, notes or links attachments, home screen and lock screen widgets, Siri Shortcuts, filtering, recurring and multi-day events, iCloud backups, and easy sharing of event images.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Daniel Gauthier

Rating:

4.90

(675) 1 new ratings

Version:

1.4.3 Last updated: 2024-10-22

Version code:

869880641

Creation date:

2022-09-28

Compatible devices:

Size:

37.49MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-07

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 67,549 ▲ 526

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Developed by:

Daniel Gauthier

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/up-ahead-countdown-widgets/id1583147528

Website:

https://upaheadapp.com

User Reviews

Up Ahead shines with a beautiful, intuitive UI, easy countdowns, rich customization, and useful widgets. Many users say the lifetime upgrade is worth it. However, recurring complaints focus on the subscription model, limited free tier, lack of updates or developer responsiveness, and cross‑device cloud sync/backups issues. These concerns temper otherwise strong enthusiasm.

Pros

Beautiful, polished design with a simple, uncluttered interface.
Easy to use with clear countdowns and a helpful up‑next view via widgets.
Rich customization and gamification: unlockable backgrounds, colors, and per‑event patterns.
Solid core countdown functionality and widgets that reliably show upcoming events.
Many users consider the lifetime/premium upgrade worth it for access to all features.

Cons

Subscription pricing is a major turn‑off; many users prefer a one‑time or lifetime purchase.
Lack of updates and maintenance over long periods, with reports of no recent updates or slow/support delays.

Recent reviews

This is such a fun app that allows my family to look ahead at all what’s coming. Just a delight to use

by cl*****, 2026-05-20

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.