Ready Time
You know what you need to do. Ready Time helps you know when to start.
Every app here is good at something. These pages say what each one does well, and where working backward from a deadline may fit you better.
Ready Time does one thing. You set the time you need to be ready, list the steps, and it works backward to tell you when to start each one. The apps below overlap with that job from different directions. Each comparison ends with who should stay where.
Not sure what to compare yet? Start with backward planning, a reverse countdown timer, or the leave time calculator.
The original visual countdown. Compare if your problem is the chain of steps before a deadline, rather than one block of time.
Apple's 2025 iPhone App of the Year for visual day planning. Compare if the only hard part of your day is the deadline moments.
A voice-guided routine timer. Compare if your routines finish late because they started late.
The category leader for timeboxing your day. Compare if you'd rather the app did the start-time math.
The other app that schedules from an end time. Compare on what happens when you fall behind, and on the subscription.
The alarm app people recommend most. Compare on the fifty minutes after you are standing up.
A timed to-do list that shows when you will finish. Compare if the question is when to start instead.
Routine guidance plus distraction blocking. Compare if the problem is starting late, rather than getting distracted.
“A key part of my planning process. Well worth the investment.”App Store review
Ready Time
You know what you need to do. Ready Time helps you know when to start.