Countdowns User Reviews

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How to change order of events?

I think the default order should be how many days left

You can use it to show countdowns for each school class periods.

Been using this app for years to show a countdown for each of my school class periods and passing periods on the lockscreen. It’s really accurate showing each second, and as soon as it hits 0, it shows the next countdown for the next class period. After years of using this, I finally found a small bug, emailed it to the developer, and I’m not joking he fixed this in 2 days. Love the app, love the creator.
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Does what it claims with max economy and flexibility

I’ve used this app for years. It’s a workhorse. It does everything needed to make countdowns straightforward and easy to see, use, manage. I use it for professional and personal events. It keeps my life running smoothly and enables pragmatic planning.

Yet another subscription

Been using this app for almost 9 years and in that time i have seen it go down hill, this app should be pretty basic to run and use to have very limited ads but with the newest update they have gone to far by removing iCloud sync, a tool that has been free since i first installed all that time ago and unlike other server services are payed on the consumer side not by the developer. This feature was only removed to encourage switching to a subscription for a count down app, just saying that is kinda nuts, I’m happy to pay a one time fee but whats the point when developers like these remove features that were once free, they have no incentive not to just make a new higher level of subscription.

FWI this is a violation of apples terms of service 4.10 be sure to report it when ever possible
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Response from developer

Sorry to read this. Nothing has changed in terms of our subscription model or features behind it in several years. Countdowns has never made a free feature into a paid one in our entire 10 years. Our latest update was adding only new features that are available to all users (even the free ones). Please reach out to support@shayesapps.com if you’d like to discuss further. Happy to try to make things right for you

Almost perfect

I really love it! Two things to to improve:
1-the widget; the maximum count downs in list mode is 8, it should be an option to make the widget bigger to fit up to 12 or more. In situations like myself I have multiple meetings during the week and that could be even better Important from calendar.
2- when I use the option “import from calendar” (premium version) and automatically import all the calendar, it not imports the recurring events, it only import the first event but not the rest and I need to import them manually one by one after the first one (ex. Let’s say I have a weekly event every Wednesday, it import the first event on the the first Wednesday but not the rest of the week and I need to do it manually)
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Almost perfect

I really love it! Two things to to improve: the widget; the maximum count downs in list mode is 8, it should be an option to make the widget bigger to fit up to 12 or more. In situations like myself I have multiple meetings during the week and that could be even better
Important from calendar: when I use the option “import from calendar” (premium version) and automatically import all the calendar, it not imports the recurring events, it only import the first event but not the rest and I need to import them manually one by one after the first one (ex. Let’s say I have a weekly event every Wednesday, it import the first event on the the first Wednesday but not the rest of the week and I need to do it manually)
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lock screen

how do u add it to ur lock screen

Response from developer

Thanks for using the app! Please reach out to support@shayesapps.com and we can provide a link of instructions to help get you squared away.

Great App

Love this app. Would be nice if the developer could make a super size countdown display. I find the small text hard to read, particularly on the iPhone. Would be great if you could have this option. Still love the app though.

Great app

I use this app to track a load of different events on my “Today” screen. Its so easy to setup and a breeze to access even when my phone is locked. The way it syncs my countdowns between my iPad and iPhone is priceless.

Great app!

This is an easy app to use and forget about because it fills such a basic task and simply works.
That’s why I decided to write a review. It’s an app I’d sorely miss if I didn’t have it. It does exactly what it’s intended for and I really like it.
It’s a great way to keep track of when things are coming and I like to keep track how long it’s been since something has happened.
I always use it in the Widgets section by swiping right on my iPhone screen.
Highly recommended.
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