# CountDown Message — user reviews > 29 indexed App Store user reviews of CountDown Message by Fanatic Development, rated 1.10/5 from 30 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/countdown-message/id1475258611/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/countdown-message/id1475258611.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 29 ## Newest reviews (18 of 29) ### 1/5 — Don’t Purchase *2023-09-27, version 1.0* The App is not shareable!!! ### 1/5 — Not actually shareable *2023-09-25* Just wasted a dollar on a useless app. Set the countdown, easy. Drop it in a text convo, cool. But then everyone else has to buy the app to see the countdown?! How sneaky of you. Didn’t put that in the description, did you? Lame app, don’t buy. Wait til there’s an actual shareable countdown. ### 1/5 — Useless *2023-09-23, version 1.0* Paid 99p for this, sent to friends for trip - they can only see it if they all pay 99p Total scam. Rubbish ### 1/5 — Refund *2023-07-27* Whats the point if no one else can see it. False description not even worth a one start but can’t give less than that. ### 1/5 — Simply doesn’t work *2023-06-24* Recipients of text messages containing a ringer generated by this app DO NOT see the timer. This is garbage. Apple should remove it immediately. ### 1/5 — DO NOT BUY ITS A SCAM! *2023-05-15* The app does not send the text! Says it does but texts will stay undelivered ### 1/5 — MISLEADING APPS - PLEASE REMOVE IT FROM THE APP STORE *2023-05-14* Only the person who purchased the APP can see the countdown. What a complete waste of money. I would like a refund PLEASE.. Don’t waste your time or money on this APP completely misleading…bait and switch. ### 1/5 — Only you can see it *2023-04-02* I sent a countdown to a group and anyone that clicked on had to pay for it. Don’t bother had to give a star to get to submit but I would not have otherwise ### 1/5 — Unfit for purpose. *2023-01-31, version 1.0* This only works properly if the recipient has the same app. In other words useless. No wonder they don’t do a free trial. ### 1/5 — Doesn't do what's needed *2022-08-12* I can message the countdown but THEY CAN'T SEE IT! WHAT'S THE POINT. Would only work properly if both paid for it... Doesn't work properly. Highly disappointing ### 1/5 — Reoccurring charge!!! *2022-05-28* This app is charging me monthly and I can’t seem to cancel it!!! ### 1/5 — Do not purchase - horrible *2022-04-10, version 1.0* Do not purchase this app. Both the sender and the receiver need to purchase the app to view the countdown.This is the most pointless app I have ever purchased. I’d like a refund because the product is not as described and is a ripoff. I would like a refund. That won’t happen but at least you might not waste a dollar. Keep searching for an app that will do what you pay for. ### 1/5 — Stop!! Don’t purchase this app!! *2022-03-01, version 1.0* Why would you buy a countdown timer to share with your friends if they (your friends) have to purchase it to see the timer (not to use just to see). I understand charging if they would like to make their own timer and send elsewhere but charging for an app that you will send to someone else to see, then turn around and charge the person that you send it to so they can see it is ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Do not buy *2022-02-14* I’d give it less than 1 star if I could. Wasn’t the point to *share* a countdown, in line with the text thread? What’s the point if only I can see it, the receiver sees nothing— so I totally bought this app under FALSE pretenses?? DUMB. Better off with the timer in my normal de facto clock app. ### 1/5 — App is a scam, do not buy *2021-12-17* Even if you buy it, you still can’t send countdowns, the receiver will also be forced to buy it before they can see anything. ### 1/5 — Misleading *2021-12-15* This app does not send a live countdown but rather a static link to time remaining ### 1/5 — Only you can see it *2021-11-26* If you share it the people in the receiving end just get a link. 😭 ### 1/5 — Useless *2021-04-02* You can’t share with others unless they buy the app ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work at all *2026-03-18* You type in the title and the time. Click Send and nothing happens….at all. ### 1/5 — The receiver has to buy the app too?????? *2026-03-11, version 1.0* The app would be great if the person I sent the countdown to saw the actual countdown - but no - they have to pay for the app too in order to actual see what you see when you send it to them. ### 1/5 — Waste of a dollar *2026-01-12* Purchase app…easy. Create countdown…easy. Share countdown via imessage…easy. But wait a minute, the actual iMessage that the recipients see is an add to download the app for a dollar to view the countdown that you created. Basically you pay a dollar to create an AOL Instant Message era virus scamming people out of dollar. This is a trash app and should be pulled from the app store as it is a scam. ### 1/5 — Worst app ever *2025-12-14* Worst dollar I’ve ever spent. Can’t actually share a CountDown in iMessage. Shares a link to everybody who sent it to for them to buy the app too. I should’ve read the reviews first. Extremely shady business practice. Should be removed from the App Store immediately. ### 1/5 — SCAM *2025-11-17* No one else in the besides me can see the timer unless they also pay for it. What a SCAM! ### 1/5 — Horrible *2025-07-13* Same as all the one star reviews. No one else can see it. This is actually a -1 star review. ### 1/5 — Don't Buy *2025-05-28* Now my group chat thinks I'm the worst thanks to this app. No one buy this scam. ### 1/5 — Do Not Purchase *2024-06-14* Only shows up for people who purchase the app. Other users in message cannot see it. Doesn’t even notify you at event time either. ### 1/5 — $1.00 gone *2024-04-11* It makes no sense for this app to even be on the App Store. It is inefficient in every way. ### 1/5 — $0.99 for every one I send this to??? *2024-01-27, version 1.0* So if I send your message to 10 friends it will coste each of them a dollar.. Stupid!!! ## Most praised reviews (1 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It did exactly what I wanted to do *2024-11-23* Now I have to admit they’re probably very few occasions that I’ll ever have to use this app again, but I needed it to do a thing and it did that thing perfectly --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-06.*