Near & Dear is a countdown app. Add a birthday, anniversary, trip, or any date you’re looking forward to, and a widget on your home screen shows how many days are left.
Instead of opening a calendar, glance at your phone and see how close your next special day is.
Save birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, trips, and one-time events in one list. Yearly dates roll over on their own.
Home screen widgets (and Lock Screen widgets on iPhone) show “12 days until Maya’s birthday” without opening the app.
Turn on an optional morning notification that lists what’s coming up, so nothing sneaks up on you.
Add gift ideas, notes, and photos to each date, and share a date with someone who is looking forward to it too.
A birthday next month. A trip next week. Give each date its own time to shine.
Add a birthday, anniversary, or one-off plan. Repeat it every year when it’s a tradition.
Choose how early each countdown appears. A week for dinner plans, a month for a birthday.
Add a widget to your home screen once. Events appear when their window opens and rotate as more dates get close.
Turn on the morning digest for one notification with your upcoming dates, at your chosen hour. Or leave it off and let the widget do the reminding.
Choose a size, a layout, and a theme. See how the app’s updated widgets fit your home screen. Typography follows your layout automatically.
More themes, personal photos, and photo effects in the app. Fonts are set by the layout.
The date is just the beginning.
Keep the people, plans, and memories
behind it close, too.
Birthdays, yearly traditions, and once-in-a-lifetime plans. See your special dates together in one calm calendar.
That little bookshop you loved.
Dinner at our usual place.
And a whole day, just us.
Save gift ideas, little notes, and keepsake photos. They stay private, even when you share the date.
Send a special date—or a whole collection—to your favorite people. They can import it into their own Near & Dear.
On your home screen. In a quiet little widget.
A reminder that something good is on its way.
A countdown app for iPhone and Android. You save the dates you care about, and Near & Dear shows how many days are left, in the app and in widgets on your home screen. It’s a simple way to never forget a birthday and to keep something to look forward to in sight.
Yes. You can save up to 3 dates for free, with all widget layouts and themes. To add more dates, subscribe to Near & Dear Plus (a yearly subscription for unlimited dates and no ads), or watch a short ad to add one extra date at a time. The price is shown in the App Store or Google Play before you buy, and you can cancel anytime in your store account.
Birthdays, anniversaries, annual traditions, and one-time dates like holidays, trips, or a big milestone. Set how far in advance each countdown appears, and keep your most important dates pinned.
Near & Dear is built for iOS and Android. Choose your phone at the top of the page to see the widgets and store availability for that platform.
Yes. Choose from six layouts—Classic, Bold Number, Stamp, Minimal, Mirror, and Banner—then pick a color theme or your own photo. Typography is set automatically by your layout. Preview wide and square sizes, and add photo effects in the app. The preview above shows a few of the possibilities; the final appearance depends on your device and widget size.
Your events, widget designs, and keepsakes are stored locally on your device. When you choose to share a date, private keepsake notes and photos aren’t included. You don’t need an account to start adding dates. See the Privacy Policy for details about ads and subscriptions.
Share a single date or export a collection using your device’s share sheet. The recipient can import the file into Near & Dear. It’s a copy of the dates you send; later edits don’t automatically sync between devices.
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