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A countdown tracks time remaining until a future date - a birthday, a trip, a deadline. When the target date passes, it either archives (one-off) or advances to the next occurrence (recurring).

A count-up tracks time elapsed since a past date - "3 years sober", "847 days since I moved." Count-ups never expire. They are a Pro feature.

Tap the + button in the bottom-right of the Home tab. Give the event a title and target date - everything else has sensible defaults. You can pick an emoji, switch to count-up direction, set a recurrence rule, choose a collection, and pick a card style from the same sheet.

Tap any card on the Home tab to open the detail view, then tap Edit. To delete, either swipe left on the row in the list, or open the detail view and use the delete button - a confirmation prompt appears.

The toolbar menu on the Home tab has sort and filter controls. Sort by nearest first (default), furthest first, recently added, or alphabetical. Filter by all, countdowns only, count-ups only, or archived. Your active filter shows as a chip below the title.

When a recurring countdown's target date passes, Pend automatically advances it to the next occurrence based on the recurrence rule - yearly, monthly, or weekly. The completion is logged in the countdown's history, so the detail view can show "Completed 3 times."

Yearly recurrence rolls Feb 29 to Feb 28 in non-leap years. Monthly recurrence on the 31st rolls to the last day of shorter months. Pend keeps the logical cadence without skipping an occurrence.

Every countdown belongs to exactly one collection - a way to group events (work, family, travel, etc.). A default "General" collection always exists and cannot be deleted. Free users get just General; Pro unlocks unlimited collections.

A confirmation prompt appears. On confirm, the collection is removed and all its countdowns are moved into General. Nothing is lost.

Each countdown has a visual card style - a curated combination of background treatment, layout, and typography. There are six: Classic, Minimal, Gradient, Bold, Outline, and Editorial. Free users get Classic and Minimal. Pro unlocks all six.

No. The styles are designed presets, not a customisation engine. Six considered options beat infinite fiddling - you pick a look and the card reads like a watchface.

Home Screen widgets in small, medium, and large. Lock Screen widgets in circular, rectangular, and inline. Configure each widget to show a specific countdown (or, for the large widget, a whole collection).

Widgets refresh every 30 minutes automatically, and immediately when you open Pend. For countdowns that require more frequent updates (the final 24 hours), start a Live Activity for second-by-second ticking.

Free users can add one widget. Pro users get unlimited widgets - pin every countdown that matters.

Live Activities are available in the final 24 hours before a countdown's target date. From the detail view, tap Go live to bring the countdown to your Dynamic Island and Lock Screen. Hours, minutes, and seconds tick live.

One Live Activity at a time. When a countdown reaches zero, the Activity shows a completion state for four hours and then ends. Live Activities are a Pro feature.

Three things. How long until answers in place - "Marathon is in 63 days" - without opening the app. Show countdown opens one by name. Create countdown takes a title and a date, and asks for whichever you did not say.

The sentence Siri speaks is built from the same figures the cards show, so it cannot say "0 days" where the app says "3 hours".

Yes - all three actions appear in the Shortcuts app. How long until returns its answer as a value, so a shortcut can pass the sentence on to a message, a notification or another action rather than only speaking it.

Open Pend once - the index is written when countdowns change, and a fresh install has nothing in it until then. Results carry the number as well as the title, and tapping one opens that countdown. If Spotlight still shows nothing, check Settings > Siri & Search > Pend has "Show App in Search" turned on.

Swipe down from the top-right corner, tap + at the top left, then Add a control, and search for Pend. There are two: Next Countdown, which shows and opens the one landing soonest, and New Countdown, which opens the create sheet.

Yes - both controls can be mapped to it. Go to Settings > Action Button, choose Controls, and pick the Pend control you want.

A new countdown, plus the three landing soonest. Tapping one opens it directly.

That is StandBy, and it is deliberate. The small widget drops its card background and colour and nearly doubles the number, because the phone is across the room on a desk or a bedside table. At night, StandBy renders everything as tinted luminance, where a card-style palette would not survive anyway.

Pro users sync their countdowns, collections, and history across iPhone and iPad through their own private iCloud account (CloudKit). There is no Pend-run server - the developer cannot see your data. Sync is automatic and silent; no sign-in, no account.

Yes. All data is stored locally on-device first. CloudKit queues writes and syncs when you're back online. You never wait for the network to create, edit, or delete a countdown.

Uninstalling Pend removes all locally stored data from that device. For Pro users, data on other signed-in devices remains until you delete it there. To wipe iCloud data globally, go to iPhone Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > Manage Account Storage > Pend and remove the container.

A single local notification fires at the target date/time of each countdown: "[emoji] [title] is here!" Recurring countdowns notify on each occurrence. Permission is requested the first time you create a countdown, not at launch, and you can disable notifications globally in Settings.

Pro unlocks:

• Unlimited countdowns & count-ups
• Unlimited collections
• Unlimited widgets
• All eight card styles
• Live Activities
• Shareable countdown cards
• Private iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad
• Alternate app icons

Pend Pro is a single one-time purchase - £9.99 in the UK, priced by Apple's tiers elsewhere and shown in your local currency at purchase time. There is no subscription, no renewal and nothing to cancel.

Go to Settings > Pend Pro > Restore Purchases. Make sure you are signed in with the same Apple Account you bought it on.

No. Pro is bought once and stays bought - there is no subscription in Pend, so there is nothing renewing and nothing to cancel. If you bought Pro on an earlier subscription plan, that entitlement carried over and you are not charged again.