Comparison

Countdown vs Flashlight Lightbeam

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

Flashlight Lightbeam

This utility app provides a powerful and user-friendly flashlight with customizable light patterns and adjustable color temperature. It prioritizes user privacy by not collecting any data. Access all functions quickly and easily whenever you need light.

Highlights
  • Customizable light patterns
  • Adjustable color temperature
  • Intuitive user interface
  • Fast access to functions
  • No data collection
  • Powerful LED light
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- Customized light patterns: Create, save and play - perfect for any occasion. - Change color temperature: depending on the model, you can switch the LED to warm or cool white - User-friendly: Intuitive operation, lightning-fast access to all functions. - Maximum privacy: No data collection - your safety comes first. - Powerful flashlight: Always at hand when you need light.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Flashlight Lightbeam3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flashlight Lightbeam at 100% against Countdown's 63%. Flashlight Lightbeam also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). Countdown's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (212 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Flashlight Lightbeam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 212 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flashlight Lightbeam's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 7 months, Flashlight Lightbeam every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countdown versus Flashlight Lightbeam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownFlashlight Lightbeam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (212 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings212 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco TiniLeonhard Hundschell

Customer experience

Countdown

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

Flashlight Lightbeam

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$5.99
1 purchases

Flashlight Lightbeam

One-time1
  • Flashlight Lightbeam$1.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flashlight Lightbeam free?
Flashlight Lightbeam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Flashlight Lightbeam?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.4 out of 5 from 212 ratings, while Flashlight Lightbeam averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Countdown or Flashlight Lightbeam have ads?
Neither Countdown nor Flashlight Lightbeam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Flashlight Lightbeam?
Countdown ships an update every 7 months, and Flashlight Lightbeam every 2 weeks. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 20, 2026 and Flashlight Lightbeam on October 8, 2026.

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