Comparison

Countdown vs QRveil

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

QRveil

Features
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Inspects QR and barcode payloads before action, showing punycode, domain spelling, redirects, Wi-Fi details, calendar data, contact cards, and tracking parameters. Built for a focused job instead of a recurring subscription, QRveil includes: - Live Inspector - Payload Breakdown - Domain Safety - Saved Reports Everything works locally with no account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking, and no developer-operated backend. Your work stays on your device until you explicitly export or share it. One purchase includes every version 1.0 feature. There are no in-app purchases or locked tiers. The app explains payload risks but cannot guarantee that a destination is safe.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
QRveil1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Countdown at Free against QRveil's $1.99. QRveil's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). 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; QRveil costs $1.99 up front. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. QRveil asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Countdown versus QRveil: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownQRveil
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.4 (212 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings212 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco TiniRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$5.99
None

QRveil

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is QRveil free?
QRveil costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown or QRveil have ads?
Neither Countdown nor QRveil shows ads.

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