# Countdown to Birthday, Wedding, Pregnancy, Christmas Vacation Event Free — user reviews > 117 indexed App Store user reviews of Countdown to Birthday, Wedding, Pregnancy, Christmas Vacation Event Free by MULIAN LI, rated 2.30/5 from 12 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/countdown-to-birthday-wedding-pregnancy-christmas-vacation-event-free/id646693106/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/countdown-to-birthday-wedding-pregnancy-christmas-vacation-event-free/id646693106.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Countdown to Birthday, Wedding, Pregnancy, Christmas Vacation Event Free? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Simple and easy to use interface - 🎨 Customizable background photos - ⏱️ Displays countdowns in multiple time units - 📱 Works well on iPad - 🎯 Does exactly what it claims to do **Cons** - 🐛 Countdown stops when app is closed - 📢 Excessive and intrusive advertising - 💰 Limited to 2 events without paid upgrade - 🔧 Broken upgrade/paywall functionality - 🖼️ Background images display as black screens - 📅 Date picker difficult to control/spins past selection - 📱 Poor performance on iPhone vs iPad - 🌍 Date format issues (US vs international formats) - ⚠️ App crashes frequently - 🔄 Doesn't support landscape rotation **Commonly reported bugs** - Countdown timer only works when app is actively open - Black screen background after updates - Date picker spins past selected values uncontrollably - Background photos lost after app updates - Upgrade button leads to blank screen - App won't launch or display on home screen - Date format displays incorrectly (11/26/16 instead of 26/11/16) - App crashes on iOS 8 update - Countdown position resets when switching between events - Time resets when app hasn't been accessed for a while - Paid version still displays ads - Unable to save custom background photos **Most requested features** - Background image display in app icon showing days remaining - Support for events with date only (no time required) - Display months instead of days for distant events - Daily or weekly notification reminders - Notification alert when countdown reaches zero - More background image options - Ability to position countdown text anywhere on screen - Support for recurring events like birthdays - Hours and minutes display in countdown ## Newest reviews (17 of 117) ### 2/5 — Rip off! *2016-07-29, version 1.2* Loved the app until I went to use it today and would not let me start a new event until I upgraded the up for £1.59. Not that it's a lot of money but the fact that I can't even use the old app I find rather galling! ### 3/5 — It's helpful *2015-10-05, version 1.2* It's helpful for my birthday, events ect. I know you can only do two events on the app but I only need one so it's a pretty helpful and a average app. ### 1/5 — sucked. *2015-09-03, version 1.2* i tried to put in my birthday and it wouldn't let me and it had annoying adds. ### 1/5 — Not worth downloading *2015-08-27, version 1.2* Absolutely rubbish app. Advertising to the extreme, it gets really frustrating. Would find an alternative. ### 2/5 — Carl *2015-08-05, version 1.2* I paid for a full version.PLEASE fix it. ### 1/5 — Ads ads ads *2015-07-15, version 1.2* A woefull amount of advertising that gets more week by week. Look for an alternative!!! ### 1/5 — Countdown *2015-06-16, version 1.2* Paid for full version and still had annoying ads!!!! ### 3/5 — Good app...but... *2015-04-14, version 1.2* This would be a great app, if it wasn't for the really annoying advertisement you have to watch every time you open it. Please fix this and just leave the little ad at the bottom please...and I will re-rate it ### 1/5 — Disappointed. *2015-03-18, version 1.1* Thought I'd download this to see how many hours, days etc left til I move in my house. I have an iPhone and when ever you come off the app the timer stops so you never actually know how long you have left as it stops working :/ 👎 ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2015-02-13, version 1.1* Very disappointed... It doesn't countdown, just stops and holds that time! ### 3/5 — Won't keep counting *2015-01-23, version 1.1* When I go off the app it stops counting so it is never accurate.i like the idea that you can pick a bacround ### 2/5 — Annoying *2014-12-02, version 1.1* It is annoying because when you are off the app it dose not count and then when you go back it counts from where you left it Very disappointing ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2014-11-28, version 1.1* Really poor got time totally wrong , thankfully it was free . ### 1/5 — broken *2014-10-07, version 1.1* I recently updated to IOS 8.0.2 and lost my background photos; the app will not let me use any other photos from my camera so the backgrounds to all of my saved reminders are all black. Pity, I paid for the pro version (add-free)...I liked the app otherwise. ### 4/5 — Good app until ios8 *2014-09-28, version 1.1* Love the app, however with the upgrade to ios8 I can't seem to use any of the default images. They show up as black backgrounds once I hit done. A bit disappointing! I will not be using the app until this is fixed. ### 1/5 — Lacking *2014-09-20, version 1.1* Well if you want pictures it is money. If you want to save more than 2 events money. If you want reminder more money. Well no thanks bye bye. ### 1/5 — Shocking *2014-08-16, version 1.1* Shocking app, only counts down when you're in the app, resets from the last time when you haven't accessed the app in a while Don't waste your energy ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Won’t let you upgrade *2017-12-23, version 1.2* Only lets you have 2 events. Then it tells you to upgrade so when you hit the upgrade it sends you to no where and a blank screen. ### 1/5 — Stressed out. *2017-07-25, version 1.2* I was getting really excited about this game but then opened it up and typed half of my details for it in, I went to put in the head of my bday and it kept going back to 2017, this is the most annoying thing ever and I now hate this app forever. ### 1/5 — eh *2017-01-12, version 1.2* i was able to add my birthday, but ads were annoying and intrusive. ### 1/5 — Failure! *2016-11-11, version 1.2* Stopped working as described by other posters. ### 1/5 — Can't use it properly. *2016-10-28, version 1.2* I've just downloaded this and I'm trying to set the date, it won't let me select my number as it spins passed it each time. It's virtually impossible to control so I've deleted the app. It has some nice picture as potential backdrops though so it has that going for it, even though it's still unusable. ### 1/5 — Rubbish!!! *2016-10-27, version 1.2* So I brought this so I can count down the days until a wedding so I add the day and time and it is on the 26/11/16 but it said 11/26/16 that is not even a date and was the same with the time.Also there are so many ads that you have to watch every five seconds so if you are thinking about buying this app don't it is just taking up space on your device so that's why I gave it one star so the creators of this app if you can do an upgrade or change it a bit sorry a lot I might think about coming back to it sorry for the long review but this app needed it! ### 1/5 — Ads Are Very Intrusive *2016-05-01, version 1.2* Would be a great app, except for the very intrusive ads. Doesn't even give you the option to pay to get rid of them. Deleted. ### 1/5 — Not so happy *2015-10-13, version 1.2* Compre el upgrade, despues , cuando actualice a ios9, l app se volvio loca, en vez de contar hacia atras, me puso en rojo la fecha y empezo a cronometrar cada que entraba a ver el evento, como se corrije? Que fraude! ### 1/5 — Don't buy, *2015-09-19, version 1.2* I figured that for purchase this would be ad free but there's an annoying pop up ad every start - will look for another that is ad free! ### 1/5 — 2 countdowns?! *2015-09-03, version 1.2* Only 2 countdowns allowed; insane amount of advertising that's poorly (deliberately?) placed over functions; not intuitive of recurring events like birthdays; no incentive to "upgrade" whatsoever. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Muy bueno lo recomiendo mucho te ayuda exactamente a saber cuánto falta para tu día en específico *2017-02-28, version 1.2* Hola ### 5/5 — Great app *2014-11-22, version 1.1* This app is just what I was looking for and it works great (on the iPad anyway)😃 ### 5/5 — Great app *2014-08-31, version 1.1* So I only downloaded this app to countdown one thing, and it does exactly what I want it to do. It goes from seconds up to years, and I love that you can choose your own photo to put in the background. I recommend it but as I'm only using it for one countdown I don't know if there are any problems later on like the other reviews say. Overall, thanks for making the app, it's really good. ### 5/5 — I love this app! *2014-05-29, version 1.1* I really like this app and use it a lot! I have had it for ages and always use it to countdown for things! Thankyou for this great app!😄 ### 5/5 — Love this app *2014-03-03, version 1.1* O my gosh i loooooooove this app so much ### 5/5 — Great!!! *2013-08-31, version 1.1* This is GREAT!!! I wish it would do hours and minutes though.... ### 5/5 — 👉🐨👈 *2013-07-29, version 1.0* 😩 I I==✊=8💦💁 /\ ### 5/5 — Great app *2013-07-27, version 1.0* Great app ### 5/5 — Good app *2013-07-25, version 1.0* Works well ### 5/5 — Very good *2013-07-23, version 1.0* Nice! --- *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 2026-08-12.*