Comparison

iDays vs Countdown

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iDays

Easily track and count down to important life events, from anniversaries to holidays. Set custom reminders and organize your special days with intuitive features. Never forget a significant date again.

Highlights
  • Count-down/Count-up events
  • Multiple themes
  • Date calculator
  • Custom time reminders
  • Notifications display widget
  • iCloud backup
  • System calendar import/export
Features
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"iDays" is a tiny assistant app that helps you record important days in your life. Never miss his/her anniversary. For instance: How many days have you been dating with your sweet heart? How long is the New Year’s Day? How many days have you been in the world? Basic Features: - Count-down/Count-up events - Multiple themes for your selection - Date calculator - Events auto ordering - Events classification handling - User-defined time reminder - History on today Advanced Features: - Support Touch ID sign-in, save your privacy from being offended - Notifications display widget, drop down notifications then you'll check the event (two patterns of notification bar) - Support iCloud backup, never miss important days any more - System calendar event import/export - Support Apple Watch - Support 3D Touch - Support iMessage - Support iOS 10

About

Countdown

Easily track important upcoming events with a customizable home screen widget. Set reminders for birthdays, holidays, and personal milestones. Relive past events with a count-up feature.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget for event tracking
  • Customizable backgrounds and colors
  • Count-up feature for past events
  • Organize events by date
  • Unlimited event creation
  • Event notifications
Features
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Introducing Countdown: Widget - your go-to, user-friendly countdown timer and reminder app, designed to keep track of the significant moments in your life, all for free. Design your own Home Screen widget! A variety of background for you to choose from Allows you to easily create your own widget. Key Features Include: - Enjoy the convenience of our Widget on your Home Screen to always keep an eye on key events (Available as a Premium feature for iOS 14 users). - Customize your countdown background with any color of your choice. - Relive past events with our count-up feature on each countdown page. - Organize your events by date, from the nearest to the farthest. - Unlimited event creation to ensure you never miss out on anything. - Get notified at the moment of your event. Celebrate everything that matters: Vacations, Birthdays, Holidays, Parties, and notable occasions like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, Valentines, Weddings, Anniversaries, Births, Graduations, and more. Whether it's for a Pregnancy, a Trip, moving to a New Home, Retirement, a favorite Game, achieving Goals, attending Concerts, and much more, Countdown has you covered. Download now!

Screenshots

iDays4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: iDays at every 3 weeks against Countdown's every 10 months. iDays also leads on ratings volume (520 vs 4) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Countdown's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iDays has 520 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iDays ships an update every 3 weeks, Countdown every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iDays versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriDaysCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (520 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings520 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size200 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGerinn LLCChun Chih Lin

Customer experience

iDays

All ratings520 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral11.6%
Negative8.1%

Countdown

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

iDays

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Rating popup window cannot be dismissed
  • App crashes on startup
  • Incorrect date calculations
  • Spaces not showing at end of event names
  • Dark mode widget text appears black and unreadable
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  • Notification badge stuck on 1 day
  • Data inaccessibility after app abandonment

Requested features

8 requests
  • Searchable notes field
  • Search function for entries
  • Time specification option (not just dates)
  • Photo attachment capability
  • CSV export functionality
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  • Ad removal option
  • Custom background/photo uploads
  • Notification number indicator

Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iDays

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iDays free?
iDays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iDays or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. iDays averages 4.8 out of 5 from 520 ratings, while Countdown averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do iDays or Countdown have ads?
Neither iDays nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iDays or Countdown?
iDays ships an update every 3 weeks, and Countdown every 10 months. Most recently, iDays was updated on October 12, 2026 and Countdown on October 7, 2026.

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