Countdown vs Date Range Search Filter Tool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Home screen widget
- Customizable date formats
- Dark mode support
- Per-event color selection
- Intuitive interface
- Event management
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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.
Date Range Search Filter Tool
Easily search Google for information within a specific date or custom date range. Find out what was published between any two dates or set a single date as a boundary for your search queries.
- Search by specific date
- Search between custom date ranges
- Use via app or browser extension
- Video instruction included
- Set 'no earlier than' or 'no later than' dates
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The app allows you to search for information in Google for a specific date or between specified dates. For example, you can find out what the media wrote about in the period between June 5, 2014 and July 17, 2014. Or you can specify only 1 date. For example — no earlier than August 7, 2015 or no later than May 3, 2012. HOW TO USE? There are 2 options — through the app or through the extension. THROUGH THE APP 1. Open the browser and perform the search you need in Google 2. Copy the link to the search results 3. Open the «Date Range Search» app and click the «Search» button THROUGH THE EXTENSION 1. Open the browser and perform the search you need in Google 2. Click the «Share» button 3. Select the «Date Range Search» extension There is also a video instruction in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Date Range Search Filter Tool at 5.0 against Countdown's 4.4. Date Range Search Filter Tool also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 40 months) and ratings volume (212 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Date Range Search Filter Tool sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Date Range Search Filter Tool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 212 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Countdown ships an update every 7 months, Date Range Search Filter Tool every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | Date Range Search Filter Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (212 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Marco Tini | Gregory Strigunov |
Customer experience
Countdown
Date Range Search Filter Tool
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Pro$5.99
Date Range Search Filter Tool
- Unlimited Searches$0.991 Month
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