Looking FWD: Event Countdown 5.8.1 - App Store

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About Looking FWD: Event Countdown

What are you looking forward to? Looking FWD helps you count down to important events in your life, such as: . Birthdays . Anniversaries . Holidays . Sporting events . Anything else you can think of ... pay day, perhaps!...

What are you looking forward to? Looking FWD helps you count down to important events in your life, such as: . Birthdays . Anniversaries . Holidays . Sporting events . Anything else you can think of ... pay day, perhaps! You can create your own event types and you can customise all of your events with photos and emoji. You can also create secret events which will only be displayed when you authenticate. Events can be configured to repeat and to send you reminders. You can also quickly import birthdays from your contacts and events from your calendar. Talking of birthdays, you can add checklists to your events - perfect for keeping track of gifts. Never forget an event again! There's also a beautiful set of widgets so that you can view your upcoming events at a glance right on your home screen. All of your events will be kept in sync, securely and privately, across all of your devices via iCloud. -- Subscription -- Looking FWD requires a subscription, which will allow you to: . Countdown to an unlimited number of events . Automatically import birthdays from your Contacts . Automatically import events from your Calendar . Create your own custom event types . Create your own checklists within each of your events . iCloud Sync will keep your events in sync across all of your devices . Create your own secret event types which can only be viewed when you authenticate . Countdown to your events right on your Home Screen with our widgets . Personalise the look and feel of the app and widget with emojis, photos, and your favourite colour scheme . Significant events such as a 50th birthday will be automatically highlighted Payment will be charged to your App Store Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at the cost of your selected plan. Subscriptions may be managed, and auto-renewal may be turned off, by going to App Store Settings after purchase. For more information on how we handle your information, please review our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Terms of Service: https://www.johnmackay.dev/#terms Privacy Policy: https://www.johnmackay.dev/#privacy -- Support -- If you have any difficulties using Looking FWD and would like support, please use the Email Support feature within the Help section of the app.

Version History Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update fixes a small bug in the last release. 5.8.1 12/23/2025 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update adds the ability to view your past events. 5.8 12/19/2025 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update makes some optimisations to the widgets. 5.7 12/05/2025 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update adds support for Lock Screen widgets - perfect for counting down to Christmas! 5.6 12/02/2025 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update includes some small enhancements to the new Smart Add feature. 5.5 11/27/2025 Thanks for using Looking FWD! If you're using a device running iOS 26 with Apple Intelligence enabled, this update sprinkles a little magic throughout the app. Smart Add allows you to add events using natural language to describe your event and Apple's on-device Foundation Language Model will interpret the details of the event. This saves you having to enter all of the details manually. It can even search your Contacts and Calendars to find event details. And the cherry on top is when adding new event types, it will automatically select the most appropriate emoji for you. 5.4 11/17/2025 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update adds a count of the number of days between events - you can configure this in the Style settings menu - and some Liquid Glass enhancements for iOS 26. 5.3 11/05/2025 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update includes new styling options - including being able to configure each event type with a specific colour - and enhancements for the latest version of iOS. 5.2 09/20/2025 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update includes new styling options - including being able to configure each event type with a specific colour - and enhancements for the latest version of iOS. 5.1 09/14/2025 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update includes new styling options - including being able to configure each event type with a specific colour - and enhancements for the latest version of iOS. 5.0 09/11/2025 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update includes some minor enhancements for the latest version of iOS. 4.2 09/11/2024 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update adds some minor bug fixes and user interface enhancements. If you're enjoying using Looking FWD, I'd really appreciate you taking a moment to leave a review, it really helps! 4.0 05/30/2023 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update includes: • Checklists can now be added to an event. You can add multiple lists to an event, each with as many items as you want. Perfect for gift tracking! • A new small widget for counting down to a specific event • Some other small bug fixes and improvements 3.9 05/15/2023 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update allows you to use more features of the app for free to help you decide whether or not to upgrade. 3.8 05/06/2023 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update contains some minor bug fixes. 3.7 04/17/2023 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update includes: • The addition of a Public Events library to give you some inspiration (more events will be added over the coming days and weeks) • You can now change the type of an event after it has been created • It's now more obvious how to import birthdays from your Contacts and events from your Calendars • Many other small bug fixes and user interface refinements 3.6 04/14/2023 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update offers users who are still deciding whether or not to purchase a subscription with more functionality to better experience what Looking FWD has to offer. I've also included a few small improvements such as the ability to specify light or dark mode in the appearance settings. 3.5 04/03/2023 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update includes: • an updated Reminders section where you can select only the event types that you'd like to be reminded about • showing the thumbnail photo from your contacts to reduce storage space and this means it will show the same crop as in your Contacts app • improved handling of the emoji keyboard • fixed a naughty little bug in the Widget that could cause it to stop displaying (due to high resolution photos e.g. from your contacts). If you've experienced this bug - I'm sorry! - please delete the event with the photo and add it again and the new event will display correctly in the Widget 3.4 03/29/2023 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update includes some small performance improvements. 3.3 03/13/2023 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update includes: • a refined Welcome screen which now shows some example events • prettier looking events, especially those gradient backgrounds on the Widgets • some minor bug fixes You can look forward to a very exciting update coming soon! 3.2 03/07/2023 Thanks for using Looking FWD! In this update: * You can now choose to show the age/count of any event that is configured in a repeating schedule * In addition to the automatically highlighted events like 21st birthdays, you can highlight any event in your timeline by tapping on its emoji * If you add a note to an event, this will now be displayed in the main timeline in place of the event type * Improved event sharing * An improved date picker on iPhone’s running iOS 16 * Bolder colour scheme with improved animations and icons 3.1 02/12/2023 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update includes: • Highlighting milestone birthdays and anniversaries • A small bug fix that could cause reminder notifications to fail if private events were excluded 3.0.1 01/31/2023 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update adds: • A Quick Filter to the top of your events list • The option to mark any event type as private • Improved search with filters to include or exclude past events • Lots of smaller tweaks and improvements 3.0 01/23/2023 Thank you for using Looking FWD! This update contains some improvements for the most recent versions of iOS. 2.5 09/08/2022 Thanks for using Looking FWD! This update replaces the custom trial period with a subscription model which includes a free trial. If you've already purchased the original upgrade then that will be treated as a lifetime subscription. The transition should be seamless but if you do get prompted to subscribe and you've already purchased the upgrade, simply tap the Restore Purchase button. 2.4 02/24/2022

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of Looking FWD: Event Countdown since it was posted on our website on 2021-12-14 14:30:01. The latest version is 5.8.1 and it was updated on 2026-06-27 23:41:50. See below the changes in each version.

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