Comparison

Countdown vs Pi

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

Pi

Effortlessly manage multiple Pi-hole instances for DNS ad control. This app allows you to enable/disable blocking, view query logs, and manage domains and lists directly from your iOS device.

Highlights
  • Control Center Widget
  • Manage up to 10 Pi-holes
  • Live DNS Query Logs
  • Domain and Gravity List Management
  • Time-Based Blocking Control
  • Real-Time Status Updates
Features
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Pi-hole Switch - Effortless DNS Ad Control for Your Pi-hole Networks Version 2.0 is now here with live query logs and domain management! Compatible with the newest version 6.0 of Pi-hole and up only. Your feedback is wanted! Kudos and compliments? Need a feature added? Contact us! - refer to About Page in app. Take full control of your Pi-hole instances with Pi-hole Switch, the most convenient way to manage DNS blocking on your network! Whether you’re an advanced user or just want a simple way to manage your privacy settings, Pi-hole Switch makes it easier than ever to enable/disable DNS blocking across multiple Pi-hole instances right from your iOS device. Key Features: • NEW - Control Center Widget. Fully customizable with Pi-hole selection and disable time. Full syncronization of blocking status with main app using server push notifications. • Manage up 10 Pi-holes - no additional fees or subscriptions. Life time updates. • Live Activities with server based push updates. • DNS Query Logs - Retrieve 100, 200 or 500 of the most recent queries. Or switch to Live logging - fully integrated for a seamless viewing experience. • Domain Management - Add/Delete, Enable/Disable, View and edit Groups. • View, enable/disable, delete and add Gravity Block/Allow lists. One click update/refresh of all Pi-hole Gravity lists directly in the navigation bar. • Combined view lists for all Pi-holes in both blocked/allowed domain lists and Gravity Ad Lists. Easily find and manage common items between Pi-holes. • Manage Groups across Pi-holes. Unique combined view allows you to easily add, find and edit across your Pi-holes. • Enabled/Disabled Indicators for individual Domains and Gravity Ad Lists. Easily find and enabled/disable. • Bottom Summary Bar for Queries, Domain and Gravity List views. Quickly see total number of blocked, allowed, disabled items and other metrics. • Create your own custom disable times. • Widgets to quickly disable Pi-hole blocking. • Activate/Deactivate Pi-holes without having to delete them from the app. • Seamless Pi-hole Management: Instantly connect and manage multiple Pi-hole instances with just a few taps. • Time-Based Blocking Control: Schedule and enable DNS blocking or temporarily disable it for a set amount of time, directly from the app. • View important metrics such as top permitted and blocked domains. • User-Friendly Interface: Enjoy a sleek, simple design that’s easy to navigate, even for new users. • Real-Time Status Updates: Get live feedback and updates on the status of each Pi-hole instance, with clear indicators of whether your instance has blocking enabled, disabled or is offline. • Powerful Integration: Effortlessly retrieve and manage API sessions for all your Pi-hole instances. • Sleek, Minimalist Design: Clean and modern UI with intuitive controls. Note: To use this app, one to ten instances of Pi-hole Version 6.0 or up are needed. Pi-hole Switch is a third party application which uses the Pi-hole API and is in no way affiliated with Pi-hole. Find out more about Pi-hole at https://pi-hole.net/. Please refer to support page for FAQs for detailed directions on adding a Pi-hole to the app.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Pi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Countdown at Free against Pi's $5.99. Countdown also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (212 vs 2). Pi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 7 months). On ads 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

Countdown is free to download; Pi costs $5.99 up front. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pi 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 Pi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 7 months, Pi every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Countdown versus Pi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownPi
PriceFree — better$5.99
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, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco TiniSoomaa Strategies Ltd.

Customer experience

Countdown

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

Pi

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

Pi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pi free?
Pi costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Pi?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.4 out of 5 from 212 ratings, while Pi averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Countdown or Pi have ads?
Neither Countdown nor Pi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Pi?
Countdown ships an update every 7 months, and Pi every 2 days. Most recently, Countdown was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pi on November 4, 2026.

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