Countdown Star (Ad User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience57.1% of reviews
Neutral15.1% of reviews
Negative experience27.8% of reviews

~ Based on 392 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Countdown Star (Ad Safe?

Countdown Star (Ad-Free) appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Countdown Star (Ad is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 3,659 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 3,659 App Store ratings for Countdown Star (Ad.

Is Countdown Star (Ad Legit?

Countdown Star (Ad-Free) appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Countdown Star (Ad is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Sync Error

Love this app! But lately it says sync error at the bottom of my Home Page?? I emailed the guy and never got a response. Maybe he is not updating it anymore. I see review after review months before I left this one and obviously it isn’t being fixed so. I guess I’ll find another app. I don’t want to end up losing all my dates like others.
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Everything has gone?

I have been using a fully paid-for version Countdown Star for years and have previously been very pleased with it. However, when I downloaded the update in July it purged all of my data?????
All of my countdowns are now missing! All of my count-ups are missing too! Even my bespoke wallpapers are missing. It’s so frustrating as I don’t know some of the dates and times to enable me to recreate the events. I contacted the developer but have yet to receive a response. This is so poor that I’m giving it a single star and creating this review as a warning to others.
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Sync error???

Used this app for a while now but all of a sudden it says sync error but Idkh to fix this issue. Help please

All events gone ☹️

Since the update all my events disappeared. When I start re-entering them I eventually get an iCloud Sync error ❌
I’m afraid I’m going to have to think about giving up on this app. It used to work fine until the recent update but has since become annoyingly unusable, for me at least 🤯
A shame ‘cos I used to enjoy using it on an almost daily basis.
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Sync error

Crashes - used to be reliable - now won’t sync

Rubbish update

Latest update deleted EVERYTHING I had saved in the app. Prior to the update it was working perfectly. Lost some very important dates - not happy!

Sync Error

Love this app! But lately it says sync error at the bottom of my Home Page??

Not something I recommend

While this works. I’ve learnt the hard way that I should just keep a spreadsheet as a main reference as I have lost all of my special dates from an update.

Complicated

Just purchased and already have the sync error. And I can’t figure out how to change the event I just created or how to just have the countdown on my home screen.

Love this App, but have ‘Sync Error’ issues since last update

I love this App and use it for so many things! Counting down to upcoming events and appointments, and counting ‘up’ to keep track of friends and family birthdays; when I purchased major items; when major events happened (how long ago was that?); and other things. However, the App shows “Sync Error“ on my iPhone since the last update. I don’t have my phone synced to any other devices, and should be included in the iCloud backup updates like it always has before. It doesn’t show up on the ‘Background Refresh’ App list, so that’s not it. Otherwise, I still love it and tell others about it all the time.
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Perfect

For me, this app does all I need from counting up to counting down. Enjoy the simplicity.

Syncing Issues

The app is suddenly giving a Sync Error message.

Widget is Back!

Ad-free version has widget back! Yay! I’ve used both app & widget many years. Neat tool to look forward to special events.

Where are all of my events?

Latest upgrade has wiped out all of my events. So upset as I can’t remember some of the dates in the past. I used it as a memory aid. No warning. Very disappointed.

noway i’m wiping my entire phone just to revert back to a previous phone backup.

the last update wiped out almost all of the infos that i had saved on the app. i am still waiting for a reply on the message i sent from their website.

Best App for Countdowns

absolutely love this app, very easy to use

Your update deleted all my data (almost 10 years worth)

Please fix!

My favorite travel app

Countdown Star is awesome!

Amazing app… But ran into some issues.

I love this countdown app. I’ve been adding all my favorite national holidays in the app. I also use it to collect memories of things I like to do: like, the last time I hung out with my best friend. I will say, there are a few issues. When you use the time units slider, you can’t change it back to where it was with VoiceOver. I tried to change the time unit settings from days to hours. But when I tried to change it back to the days,it would not let me. And also, could you make it so it goes back to 10,000 again? And it would really be cool if you had some kind of fanfare sound effect, for when you reach zero on the countdown part. Anyways, I really do appreciate this app. I also appreciate that you actually take the reviewers feedback seriously. In my opinion, I feel like there’s not a lot of app developers that do that. You’re a real one in my book. Keep up the great work.
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Response from developer

Hello — thank you so much for this, it made my day. I love that you're using it both for holidays and to mark memories; that's the kind of thing I hoped people would do with Countdown Star. I do want to make sure I understand the slider you mentioned. On my end, the units under the timer (years, months, days … all the way down to seconds) snap as you drag, and each event remembers its own setting — so I'm not quite picturing what's going wrong, or what you'd like to get back to. If you can tell me a little more about what you're seeing, I'd genuinely love to help sort it out. And I really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts — hearing how people use the app, and what they'd love from it, means a lot. Thanks again for the kind words! — Joe

Update fixed issues

Thanks for getting back and the changes look great! Thanks for the quick response and attention to the app!