Comparison

Countdown vs TextPeek

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

TextPeek

Features
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TextPeek is the ultimate tool for extracting and searching text from images. Simply upload any image, and TextPeek instantly scans it, identifying and extracting all visible text. With a user-friendly search bar, you can easily find specific words or phrases in your images, making it ideal for quickly accessing important information. Copy the extracted text with a single click and use it anywhere. Whether you're organizing documents, photos, or screenshots, TextPeek makes text extraction fast and effortless.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
TextPeek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TextPeek at none against Countdown's 1. TextPeek also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TextPeek asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 7 months, TextPeek every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Countdown versus TextPeek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownTextPeek
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (212 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings212 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco TiniSaleh Albatati

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$5.99
None

TextPeek

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TextPeek free?
TextPeek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown or TextPeek have ads?
Neither Countdown nor TextPeek shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or TextPeek?
Countdown ships an update every 7 months, and TextPeek every 5 weeks. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 20, 2026 and TextPeek on October 28, 2026.

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