Comparison

Countdown Go! vs Tsom Guide

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Go!

Features
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Countdown Go! is the cleanest and most easy-to-use countdown app available. No unnecessary fancy stuff, account registration or time consuming settings - just set the target day and go! Perhaps you want to see the number of weeks or months instead of just days. Unlike other countdown apps you can freely select the time units displayed according to your preference - years, months, weeks and/or days. When the countdown is completed you will get a clean and simple notification. Main features: - Just set the target day and start countdown - Fast, clean and simple user interface - No account registration - No ads or In-App Purchase - Freely set the time units to be displayed (years, months, weeks, days) - Get notified when countdown is completed

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Tsom Guide

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What may you eat today? Tsom Guide answers the question every fasting member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church asks each morning โ€” not just "is today a fast?", but exactly which foods are permitted: strict vegan, fish permitted, or no restriction at all. A TRUE FASTING-RULE ENGINE, NOT A DATE LIST At the heart of Tsom Guide is a genuine per-day engine for the Ge'ez calendar. It computes the moveable feasts and fasts from first principles โ€” Fasika (Easter) and everything that hangs from it: the Great Lent (Hudadi), the Fast of Nineveh, the Apostles' Fast, Peraklitos โ€” alongside the fixed observances: Advent, Genna, Timkat, Meskel, Filseta (the Fast of the Assumption), the weekly Wednesday and Friday fasts, Gahad, and the great feasts of the year. Because every day is computed by the same engine, the calendar, the season countdowns and the daily verdict can never disagree. YOUR OBSERVANCE, YOUR RULING Choose Strict or Standard observance in Settings, and every ruling follows it โ€” including the contested question of fish on the Wednesday and Friday fasts. Switch observance and watch the same day re-rule itself. EVERYTHING THE FAITHFUL NEED, IN ONE PLACE โ€ข Today โ€” this morning's ruling at a glance: the fasting level, the reason the day is kept, and plain lists of what is permitted and what to avoid. โ€ข Day Detail โ€” every fast explained: its meaning, its hours (one meal after 3 p.m. where the canons ask it), and the foods that belong on the table. โ€ข Calendar โ€” the whole Ge'ez month at a glance, every day colour-coded: green for no restriction, ochre for fish permitted, crimson for strict fast, gold for the great feasts. โ€ข Seasons โ€” the year ahead in order, counting down the days to each coming fast and feast, from Enkutatash to Fasika. โ€ข Daily reminder โ€” a quiet morning notification carrying the day's ruling, at the hour you choose. โ€ข English and Amharic together โ€” every observance named in both tongues, as it is in the life of the Church. Tsom Guide is dressed as a page from a Ge'ez manuscript: parchment, ox-blood and gold, serif lettering, and the hand-drawn cross of the Ethiopian tradition. Reverent, calm, and made to be opened every morning. The fasting rules encoded here are drawn from public sources on the Tewahedo tradition. Where practice varies between parishes and households, follow the counsel of your priest.

Screenshots

Countdown Go!4 screens
Tsom Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdown Go! at none against Tsom Guide's shown. Countdown Go! also leads on iOS requirement (8.3 vs 13.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Countdown Go! versus Tsom Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown Go!Tsom Guide
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksโ€”
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS8.3 โ€” better13.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMIFRED SOLUTIONSVahan Dag

In-app purchases

None

Countdown Go!

No in-app purchases

None

Tsom Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Go! free?
Countdown Go! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tsom Guide free?
Tsom Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown Go! or Tsom Guide have ads?
Tsom Guide shows ads; Countdown Go! does not.

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