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Countdown app for iPhone

The countdown app
that remembers.

Count down to what matters. Live multi-day moments day by day. When it's over, Near writes a personal memory capsule with on-device AI — your photos, your feelings, your story.

Widgets Dynamic Island AI Recaps 100% Private

Near runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple's latest on-device AI, so it needs iOS 26. Not there yet? I'll let you know when you can get it →

Your next moment could be away.

Near app home screen showing upcoming moments

You booked the flights in January.

You told everyone at dinner.

You checked the weather twice today.

12 days.

Three years from now, you won't remember checking the weather in Shibuya. Near will.

It holds the anticipation. It lives the experience with you. And when the moment passes, it writes the memory so you never lose what it felt like.

How it works

Say it. Feel it.
Remember it.

Say it naturally

Type it like you'd tell a friend. Near uses on-device intelligence to understand dates, people, and places from the way you actually talk.

Type Trip

Title Tokyo

Date June 8, 2026

Feel the anticipation

Widgets on your home screen. Gentle notifications that build excitement. For multi-day moments, Near tracks your experience day by day — capture photos, record how you feel, live the countdown in real time. When the moment is hours away, a live countdown appears in your Dynamic Island.

Keep the memory

When the moment passes, Near writes a quiet, personal recap using on-device AI. Your photos, your emotional context, your story — preserved privately, permanently, on your device. A year later, a gentle "On This Day" notification brings you right back.

See the app

Designed to feel
like it's yours.

Home

Create

Detail

Memory

During

Shareable moment card for Instagram Stories

Share Card

Widgets

The loop

Moments become
memories.

Every countdown has three acts: the waiting, the living, and the remembering. Near is there for all of them.

Before

TRIP Tokyo In 12 days

Anticipation builds. Smart notifications keep the excitement alive. Widgets count down with you.

During

TRIP Tokyo Day 3 of 14

You're living it. Capture photos day by day. Track how it feels. Near stays with you through the whole experience.

After

MEMORY Tokyo

"Tokyo is part of your story now. The countdown gave way to footsteps."

Photos, context, an AI-written recap. A quiet place to revisit what mattered.

The payoff

When it's over,
Near writes it down.

Every countdown ends. But the feeling doesn't have to fade. When your moment passes, on-device AI quietly writes a recap of what it meant — just for you.

TRIP Memory

Tokyo

June 8 – June 21, 2026

Written on-device. Yours alone.

Why the wait matters as much as the moment →

Some moments are
meant to be shared.

Create cinematic cards for your stories, or count down to the same moment with someone who matters.

Always near

Your moments live where
you already look.

Home Screen

Small, medium, and large widgets. Glance at what's coming up without opening the app.

Lock Screen

See your most important countdown the instant you pick up your phone. Always there, never intrusive.

Dynamic Island

When the moment is almost here, a live countdown appears in your Dynamic Island. Feel it ticking.

Smart Notifications

A week out. The night before. The morning of. And a year later: "On this day, you were counting down to Tokyo." Warm reminders that build anticipation and keep memories alive.

12 moment types

Whatever you're
looking forward to.

Each type carries its own emotional tone, color, and personality.

Trip Wedding Anniversary Reunion Birthday Concert Launch Holiday Gathering Goal Milestone Custom

Privacy

Your moments.
Your device.

Near is built on a simple belief: your personal moments are nobody else's business.

On-device intelligence

All parsing, recaps, and emotional context run locally on your iPhone using Apple's Foundation Models. Your words never touch a server.

Private iCloud sync

Your moments live in your personal iCloud container. Nobody sees them, touches them, or has access to them. Not even me. Cross-device, completely private.

Zero tracking

No analytics. No advertising identifiers. No third-party SDKs. Near doesn't even have a backend. There is nothing to collect.

What people are saying

Built for real life.

"Setup was the thing. I typed my mom's 70th like a text message and it just filled everything in. That was the moment I got it."

Marcus T.

Beta tester

"The recap it wrote after my Portugal trip caught something I'd already started to forget, the nervous-excited part before I left. Didn't expect a countdown app to do that."

Priya M.

Early tester

"I'm the person who remembers a friend's birthday the day after. Having it on my lock screen every morning has genuinely fixed that for me."

Sarah K.

Early tester

Why Near

Built by one person.
For everyone.

I built Near because I wanted to remember what it felt like to wait for the things I cared about. The trip I couldn't stop thinking about. The birthday I planned for weeks. The person I hadn't seen in too long. Every countdown app I tried just showed a number. None of them captured the feeling.

So I built one that does. No investors. No team. No data collection. No ads. Just one person who believes the way you wait for something matters as much as the thing itself.

— Josh, creator of Near

Pricing

Start free.
Go further.

Near is free for your first three moments. Unlock unlimited with Near+.

Free

forever

3 active moments
All widget types
Smart notifications
Shareable cards
Memory capsules
Full privacy

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$0.99

per month

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AI-written recaps
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$4.99

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$9.99

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AI-written recaps
Every future feature
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The difference

Not just another
countdown app.

Most countdown apps show you a number. Near gives you the whole experience.

Other apps Near

Count down to events

Natural language input

Multi-day moment tracking

Emotional context tracking

AI-written memory capsules

Shareable countdown cards

Zero data collection

Questions

Everything you'd
want to know.

What makes Near different from other countdown apps?

Most countdown apps stop at the number. Near is the only app that tracks your emotional journey before, during, and after a moment. Multi-day experiences get day-by-day attention. And when the moment passes, on-device AI writes a personal memory capsule from your photos and emotional context. No other countdown app does this.

What is a memory capsule?

When a moment's date passes, Near uses Apple Foundation Models (on-device AI) to write a quiet, personal recap of your experience. It captures the emotional arc of your countdown — how excited you were, how the anticipation built, what photos you took — and preserves it as a memory you can revisit anytime. Think of it as a private journal entry the app writes for you.

What does "multi-day moments" mean?

Some moments are not a single date — they are an experience. A 14-day trip to Tokyo. A 3-day wedding weekend. Near tracks these day by day: "Day 3 of 14." You can capture photos each day, record how you feel, and when it's over, the memory capsule captures the whole arc, not just the start date.

Is my data really private?

Completely. Near has no backend server. No analytics. No advertising identifiers. No third-party SDKs. All AI processing runs locally on your iPhone using Apple Foundation Models. Your moments sync privately through your personal iCloud container — nobody can see them, including us.

Do I need an account? What if I want to delete it later?

No account required. Near works fully without signing in. Sign in with Apple is an optional feature in Settings that stores your name and email on your device only (never transmitted) and prepares for future shared features. If you ever want to remove it, Settings > Delete Account permanently clears your profile from your device. Your moments are separate and untouched.

What happens to my moments if I stop paying for Near+?

Nothing disappears. Your existing moments, photos, and memory capsules stay exactly where they are. You just cannot create more than 3 active countdowns without Near+. All your memories are permanent.

Why does Near require iOS 26?

Near uses Apple Foundation Models for natural language parsing and memory recap generation. These on-device AI capabilities require iOS 26. This is what allows Near to understand "Trip to Tokyo June 8" without sending your words to any server.

Does Near work offline?

Yes. All core features work without an internet connection. Countdowns tick, widgets update, notifications fire, and you can create moments and add photos. iCloud sync happens in the background when you are connected, but the app never depends on it.

The countdown app
that remembers.

The trip you can't
stop thinking about.

The birthday that
means everything.

The person you haven't
seen in too long.