Countdown vs PlusOne Watch
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.
PlusOne Watch
A straightforward utility for tracking any kind of count directly from your watch face. Easily add custom labels for wins, plays, drinks, or anything else you need to tally. Swipe left to delete unused labels.
- Count anything with custom labels
- Display count directly on watch face
- Simple and intuitive interface
- Delete labels by swiping left
- Supports iPhone and iPod
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+1 is a simple counter app with a complication. Count anything, wins, plays, drinks, or any custom label, and see the total count directly from your watch face. Pro tip: you can delete a label you don't use anymore by swiping to the left.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PlusOne Watch at 5.0 against Countdown's 4.4. PlusOne Watch also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (212 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlusOne Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlusOne Watch 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, PlusOne Watch every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | PlusOne Watch |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Tini | Basile Bruneau |
Customer experience
Countdown
PlusOne Watch
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Pro$5.99
PlusOne Watch
No in-app purchases









