Comparison

Countdown vs speemo

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

speemo

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speemo – Rethink how you capture notes and voice memos Stay on top of your day with speemo. Quickly jot down text notes or record voice memos, and set reminders so nothing slips through the cracks. Whether it’s a sudden idea, a must-do task, or a personal reflection – speemo helps you save and structure it all. Features: * Create text notes and voice memos * Set reminders with notifications * Organize notes into groups * Check off completed notes * Optimized for iPhone & iPad speemo is your smart companion for everyday life, work, and creativity.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
speemo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: speemo at every 2 months against Countdown's every 7 months. Countdown's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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 speemo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 7 months, speemo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Countdown versus speemo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownspeemo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (212 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings212 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco TiniDominik Kolb

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$5.99
1 purchases

speemo

One-time1
  • speemo pro$3.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is speemo free?
speemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown or speemo have ads?
Neither Countdown nor speemo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or speemo?
Countdown ships an update every 7 months, and speemo every 2 months. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 20, 2026 and speemo on October 13, 2026.

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