Comparison

Countdown vs Bluetooth Microphone

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

Bluetooth Microphone

Transform your phone into a wireless microphone for singing, speaking, or entertaining. Enjoy voice-changing filters for added fun and record audio directly within the app for easy sharing. This utility offers a simple, one-time purchase for lifetime use.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth microphone connection
  • Voice change filters
  • Audio recording
  • Wireless functionality
  • One-time purchase
Features
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Turn your iPhone into a live Bluetooth microphone for speakers. EasyMic sends your voice to a connected Bluetooth speaker for karaoke, announcements, speeches, tours, parties and more. Choose your output, apply live voice effects, record your takes and share them directly from your phone. USE YOUR PHONE AS A MICROPHONE Connect a compatible Bluetooth speaker and start speaking through it. EasyMic shows the selected output and its estimated Bluetooth delay so you know what to expect before going live. CHANGE YOUR VOICE LIVE Transform your voice while you speak with effects including: Robot Echo Chipmunk Deep Helium Cave Alien Megaphone Adjust the effect strength in real time to create anything from a subtle change to a completely transformed voice. RECORD, REPLAY AND SHARE Save recordings directly on your iPhone. Rename your takes, replay them whenever you need them, delete unwanted recordings or share them with other apps. FEEDBACK PROTECTION Enable Feedback Guard to automatically reduce the microphone when audio squeal is detected. MADE FOR Karaoke nights Parties and games Speeches and announcements Tours and presentations Voice experiments Funny recordings Bluetooth speaker testing PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account or sign-in No cloud recording No analytics or tracking Recordings remain on your device unless you choose to share them ONE-TIME PURCHASE EasyMic is available with a one-time purchase and no recurring subscription. BLUETOOTH DELAY Bluetooth audio introduces a short delay that varies between speakers and headphones. EasyMic displays an estimated delay for the selected output. For the best experience, keep your iPhone and speaker close together. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/elselab.io/microphone-bluetooth-easymic/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Bluetooth Microphone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Countdown at Free against Bluetooth Microphone's $2.99. Countdown also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (212 vs 2). Bluetooth Microphone's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 7 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Countdown is free to download; Bluetooth Microphone costs $2.99 up front. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bluetooth Microphone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 212 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bluetooth Microphone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 7 months, Bluetooth Microphone every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Countdown versus Bluetooth Microphone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownBluetooth Microphone
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.4 (212 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings212 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco TiniMustafa Baysal

Customer experience

Countdown

All ratings212 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral8.0%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative26.3%

Bluetooth Microphone

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$5.99
None

Bluetooth Microphone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bluetooth Microphone free?
Bluetooth Microphone costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Bluetooth Microphone?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.4 out of 5 from 212 ratings, while Bluetooth Microphone averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Countdown or Bluetooth Microphone have ads?
Neither Countdown nor Bluetooth Microphone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Bluetooth Microphone?
Countdown ships an update every 7 months, and Bluetooth Microphone every 2 days. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 20, 2026 and Bluetooth Microphone on October 22, 2026.

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