Sift filters every calendar on your iPhone into focused views with live countdowns on Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch. The events that matter most surface in time to prepare, not the day before.
Built for iPhone and Apple Watch .
Free · iOS 26+ · No sign-up required
Calendars were full, but important things still felt far away until they were suddenly tomorrow. I built Sift to surface what matters and show how soon the next thing is happening.
I build Sift on my own. If you choose Sift Plus, you're supporting the app directly. No ads, no investors, and no selling data from your calendar. Everything stays on your device, by design. Write to me with questions or feedback. I read every message.
Djibril Maker of Sift · so & so What hurts isn't missing events. It's missing lead time.
Four things Sift does. Each one earns its place.
Match events by title, notes, or location. Combine keywords with Any or All logic. Sift's 35 built-in keywords get you started; Sift Plus lets you add your own.
Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy on iPhone. Each widget shows the next event from a view with a live countdown. Card or countdown style.
Every view card and widget shows minutes, hours, or days until the next match—updating live on iPhone, Lock Screen, StandBy, and Apple Watch.
Glance on Apple Watch via complications or the widget stack. Ask Siri what's next, or open any view in Spotlight. With Sift Plus, iCloud Sync keeps views and settings aligned on iPhone, iPad, and Mac (opt-in).
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Save your rules once, and Sift makes what's next easy to spot on the calendars you already use. No manual upkeep, no second calendar to manage.
Keywords, calendars, and date range: whatever defines what you need to see coming. You set it once; Sift remembers and keeps matching.
Every matching event from every calendar, grouped by day. As you add, edit, or delete events, Sift stays current automatically.
Add a widget and the countdown sits on your screen or wrist. Glance and know how soon the next thing is without opening the app.
No. Sift reads your existing Apple Calendar and everything synced to it, including iCloud, Google, and Outlook. Your events stay where they are. Sift brings matches from your views into sight and counts them down.
You can, but they're different tools. Hiding a calendar is all-or-nothing. Sift filters across every calendar at once (by keyword, calendar, and date range), so what's next stays visible. Sift Plus adds time-of-day, location, and other advanced rules.
An event view is a saved set of rules for what you want to see coming: calendars, keywords, and date range. Sift keeps it current automatically. Sift Plus adds time-of-day, location, and other advanced narrowing. Use one for therapy, one for weekly meetings, one for a holiday countdown, as many as you need.
Free includes 3 views, all 35 built-in keywords, Home Screen/Lock Screen/StandBy widgets, Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, and view sharing. Sift Plus adds unlimited views, custom keywords, advanced narrowing, hidden events, per-view alert lead time, and iCloud Sync.
Long-press your Lock Screen and tap Customize, then tap an empty slot, either above the clock (inline) or below it (rectangular). Choose Sift, pick a saved view, and the widget shows the next event with a live countdown. Lock Screen widgets are available on the free tier.
Long-press the Home Screen, tap Edit, then Add Widget. Find Sift and choose Next Event (one upcoming match with a live countdown) or Events list (several upcoming matches). Select a saved view when iOS asks. Sift widgets work in StandBy too. Home Screen widgets are available on the free tier.
Yes. In the app, your events are read on-device using Apple's own calendar system. There are no servers, nothing sent anywhere, and nothing we could see even if we wanted to.
Yes, as long as they're synced to Apple Calendar. iCloud, Google, Outlook, and Exchange all work. If it appears in Apple Calendar, Sift can filter it.
Sift is built for iPhone and Apple Watch. You can run the iPhone app on iPad or Apple Silicon Mac today. Native iPad and Mac apps are on the roadmap.
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Sift reads your calendar events directly on your device. No account, no trackers, nothing sent anywhere from the app. Learn more
Sift matches and counts down on your device. Nothing runs on a server.
No sign-up, no profile, no password. Sift works with your existing calendars the moment you open it.
Sift isn't logging your activities. No ad trackers, no fingerprinting, no profile of you.
Early feedback from people trying Sift on TestFlight before the App Store launch.
Lena M.I made a view for therapy and put it on my Lock Screen. The countdown is what finally makes the appointment feel close. I stop forgetting to leave work on time.
James K.Work Google, personal iCloud, and a shared family calendar. Sift pulls the matches into one list without me hiding half my calendars. That was the missing piece.
Maya R.I've tried Apple's widget and a few third-party ones. They show everything or one calendar. Sift finally lets me pick what counts as 'next' and keeps the countdown visible. Already shared the TestFlight link with two friends.
Tom V.Work meetings, kid stuff, and travel. I hit the free limit in a day and knew I'd pay for Plus. The comparison isn't hiding calendars anymore. It's seeing what's next across all of them.
Priya S.I paired it once and the active view complication does what I wanted from the stock calendar: one upcoming match, live countdown, no noise. Glance on the wrist, done.
Dan W.Smart Setup suggested views I would have made anyway: appointments, travel, workouts. I tweaked one keyword and had a usable setup before my coffee cooled. No spreadsheet, no second calendar.
Alex H.I checked the privacy page expecting asterisks. There aren't any. No account, no sync unless I turn on iCloud Sync later. For a calendar app, that matters more than another feature list.
Nina P.One view, one keyword, ninety-day range. The widget counts down to our trip and I stopped opening three different apps to check dates. Small thing, daily use.
Chris B.My calendar was full but things still felt far away until they were tomorrow. The countdown on the Home Screen fixes that without nagging me. I prep earlier because I can see how soon.
Install from TestFlight, save one view, and put the countdown on your Lock Screen, Home Screen, or Apple Watch. Your calendars are already connected.
Free · iOS 26+ · No sign-up required
