Comparison

Countdown vs MyDocus

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

Head to head
About

Countdown

Easily track important dates and special moments with a redesigned, intuitive interface. Features include home screen widgets, customizable date formats, and per-event color selection for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget
  • Customizable date formats
  • Dark mode support
  • Per-event color selection
  • Intuitive interface
  • Event management
Features
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Countdown helps you keep track of the dates that matter: birthdays, vacations, weddings, deadlines, anniversaries. Add an event and see at a glance how many days are left (or how many have passed). FOR EVERYONE • Add an event in a few taps: tap "+", enter a title and a date, done • 8 theme colors to tell your events apart • List, small grid or large grid view • Two Home Screen widgets: your upcoming events, or a single event of your choice • Your preferred date format, Dark Mode and a setting for long titles • Search by name • Your events are also saved to a file you can find in the Files app COUNTDOWN PRO An optional one-time purchase. No subscription. • Background images: pick one of 20 built-in backgrounds or use your own photos • 4 more fonts besides the system one: Rounded, Serif, Monospace and Condensed • Any color you like for each event, beyond the 8 presets • Unlimited events (without Pro you can create up to 3; sample events don't count) Already bought Countdown? Pro is yours, forever, and there's nothing you need to do: everything stays just as it was. If it doesn't show as active, open Settings → Countdown Pro in the app and tap "Restore purchases". NATIVE, OFFLINE, CLEAN Countdown is built in SwiftUI, native to iPhone and iPad: fast, light and right at home on iOS. It works entirely offline. No ads, no accounts, no tracking, no third-party SDKs: your events stay on your device. Available on iPhone and iPad, in more than 30 languages.

About

MyDocus

Features
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My Docus è il raccoglitore digitale che ti permette di gestire e organizzare i documenti sul tuo smartphone e associarli ai diversi oggetti tramite QRcode Finalmente è possibile liberarsi di tutti quei documenti cartacei sparsi per casa. Istruzioni d'uso, garanzie, manuali di manutenzione, utenze, certificati medici e scontrini non saranno più un problema: grazie a MyDocus è possibile trasformare ogni tipo di materiale cartaceo in digitale ed associarlo a qualsiasi oggetto tramite QRcode.
 Smetti di seminare documenti in giro per casa: archiviali con MyDocus, è gratis! *MyDocus è un brand EXALTECH, software house innovativa con sede a Latina > http://www.exaltech.it/

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
MyDocus3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyDocus at none against Countdown's 1. MyDocus also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 23 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MyDocus asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 7 months, MyDocus every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown versus MyDocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownMyDocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (212 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings212 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 23 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco TiniEXALTECH S.r.l

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$5.99
None

MyDocus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyDocus free?
MyDocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown or MyDocus have ads?
Neither Countdown nor MyDocus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or MyDocus?
Countdown ships an update every 7 months, and MyDocus every 23 months. Most recently, Countdown was updated on November 6, 2026 and MyDocus on November 11, 2026.

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