Dayception
Countdowns with real insights
Free · In‑App Purchases
Sleeps dots are here — watch every sleep fill in as the day gets closer. Plus a guided welcome, Calendar import, and a live countdown down to the second.
Some things are worth counting down to.
Dayception turns the dates that matter — birthdays, trips, launches, anniversaries, the big day — into beautiful countdowns you'll actually want to look at. Counted in sleeps, with a live timer ticking to the second as the day nears, on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Most countdown apps stop at "days until." Dayception keeps going.
THE INSIGHTS ENGINE
Under every countdown is a real analytics engine that reads the shape of your year. See where your months cluster on a year heat-map. Get smart cards that surface what's coming — the next milestone, your busiest month, your longest countdown. Break the year down by category. And flip a date you've passed into a count-up, to mark the time since it mattered.
ON EVERY SCREEN
- Widgets for the Lock Screen and Home Screen — and they show in StandBy
- A live countdown in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen
- A countdown that lives in your Mac menu bar, always a glance away
- Siri and Shortcuts: "how many sleeps until my holiday?"
- Reminders that build as the day nears: a month out, a week out, the night before, the morning of
THE DETAILS
- Recurring birthdays and anniversaries roll over on their own
- Working-days-until, aware of UK and US holidays
- Sort by soonest, pin what matters to the top, archive what's done
- Turn any countdown into a beautiful card for Stories or Messages in a single tap
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Dayception is offline-first. Your countdowns live on your devices and sync only through your own private iCloud — no account to create, nothing stored on our servers, and no analytics, ads or trackers. Ever.
PAY ONCE
Five countdowns are free, for as long as you like. Unlock unlimited countdowns and the full insights engine for a single price — no subscription. During the launch window it's £14.99 as a Founder, which also gets you an exclusive Founder app icon and a Founder badge in the app.
Made for people who like to anticipate.
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Sleeps dots are here.
Every dot is a sleep. They fill in as the day gets closer, which is either soothing or unbearable depending on what you're counting down to.
A proper welcome.
New to Dayception? We'll walk you through your first countdown, rather than dropping you at an empty screen and wishing you luck.
Bring in the dates you already have.
Import from Calendar or Reminders in a couple of taps. Nothing leaves your device — your birthdays are nobody else's business.
A live countdown, down to the second. (Pro)
Days, hours, minutes, seconds, ticking away on your Home Screen. For when "14 sleeps" simply isn't precise enough. We understand.
And a lot of work on larger text sizes.
It turns out "each dot is a week" is not a useful legend when it renders as "each dot i…".
The developer, NetSmiths Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- NetSmiths Ltd
- Size
- 8.3 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Dayception Founder $14.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 NetSmiths Ltd
