Time Until

Time Until is a straightforward countdown and event tracking application designed to help users visually manage important dates. Time Until allows you to create custom timers that calculate the exact time remaining until—or since—any significant moment. Users would want Time Until to transform abstract dates on a calendar into a tangible, constantly updating display, making it easier to anticipate vacations, deadlines, birthdays, or anniversaries. The clean interface ensures that tracking multiple events is both simple and efficient, putting all your temporal milestones in one accessible place.

Creating and Personalizing a New Countdown

To begin using Time Until, you tap the '+' icon to create a new timer. You are then prompted to enter a title for your event, such as "Summer Vacation," and select its date and time. A key step involves choosing whether the timer counts down to a future date or tracks time elapsed since a past one. You can further personalize the event by selecting a color theme and an icon, which helps in quickly identifying different countdowns on your main screen. This entire setup process in Time Until is completed in just a few taps, immediately activating the live countdown.

Navigating the Central Timeline Dashboard

The main screen of Time Until serves as a centralized dashboard for all your saved events. Each countdown is displayed as an individual tile, showing the event name, the relevant date, and the large, dynamically updating time figure. You can scroll vertically through this list to view all your timers. Tapping on any event tile provides more detailed information and access to editing options. This layout offers an immediate, at-a-glance overview of your upcoming and past milestones, making Time Until a practical hub for temporal management.

Organizing Events with Lists and Categories

For users tracking numerous events, Time Until offers organizational tools through lists. You can create custom lists, like "Work Projects" or "Family Birthdays," to group similar countdowns together. The process involves selecting the "Lists" tab, creating a new list, and then assigning existing events to it or creating new ones directly within it. This function allows you to filter your view, so you only see events from a specific category, reducing clutter and helping you focus on a particular set of dates, such as all upcoming deadlines.

Setting Custom Alert Notifications

Beyond visual tracking, Time Until can proactively notify you of approaching dates. For any event, you can navigate to its settings and configure alerts. You choose when to receive the notification, such as one day before, one week before, or even on the day of the event itself. This turns Time Until from a passive display into an active reminder system. You rely on Time Until to send a push notification to your device, ensuring you never miss an important date you’ve been tracking.

Utilizing the Widget for Home Screen Access

A significant feature of Time Until is its support for home screen widgets. Instead of opening Time Until, you can long-press your device's home screen, select Time Until from the widget menu, and choose a widget size. You then select which specific event timer you want the widget to display. Once placed, it shows a live, updating countdown directly on your home screen. This provides constant visibility for your most important upcoming event, allowing you to see the time remaining with just a glance at your phone.

Adjusting Time Display and Unit Preferences

Time Until provides control over how time is presented. Within any event's settings, you can specify which units to display: years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds. For a long-term event, you may choose to show only months and days, while for a deadline later today, you might switch to hours and minutes. You make these adjustments based on the context of the event, ensuring the most relevant information is always prominent. This customization ensures that the data presented by Time Until is always meaningful and tailored to your needs.

Key Features

Create unlimited countdowns to future events or timers since past events.

Personalize events with custom titles, colors, and icons.

Organize events into customizable lists and categories.

Set reminder notifications for upcoming important dates.

Place live-updating countdown widgets on your device's home screen.

Choose which time units (days, hours, minutes, etc.) are displayed for each event.