Comparison

Vacay Countdown vs Vacation Countdown

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Vacay Countdown

Track the days until your next vacation with a personalized countdown. Choose your destination and departure date to see how long until you can relax. Enjoy beautiful, high-resolution destination photos with every use.

Highlights
  • Vacation countdown timer
  • Destination selection
  • High-res destination photos
  • iOS Today Widget
  • Weekly notifications
  • Apple Watch Glance & Complications
  • Social media sharing
Features
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Countdown to your vacation – you deserve it. Pick your destination and departure date and get a countdown of the days until you get to vacay. Includes high-res photos pulled from Flickr every time you open the app. iOS support includes a Today Widget, weekly notifications to let you know how many days remain, and sharing to your favorite social media networks. Apple Watch support includes a Glance view and all available Complications.

About

Vacation Countdown

Track upcoming trips with real-time countdowns and customizable features. Organize packing lists, set reminders, and sync across devices. Make waiting for your next adventure exciting and manageable.

Highlights
  • Live countdowns (years to seconds)
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Daily push notifications
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Vacation packing lists
  • Customizable backgrounds and colors
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Count down the years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes or seconds to your next vacation with VacaySoon! This beautifully designed app helps you keep track of all your upcoming trips in one place. Other features include: • Live Countdown: Track your vacation countdown in real-time with years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds to go! • Widgets: Get a live countdown on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with small, medium, and large widgets, so you’re always just a glance away from your next adventure • watchOS support: Access your holiday packing lists and countdowns on the go from your wrist with our watchOS app and complications from your watch face • Daily Push Notifications: Get a daily push notification that shows how long is left until your vacation begins • iCloud Sync: Effortlessly keep all your vacations in sync across all your iOS and iPadOS devices • Spotlight support: Your vacations will show up when searching on your iOS device using Spotlight, making it easy to find them • Dark Mode: Experience a sleek interface in both light and dark modes, automatically adapting to your device settings • Clean, Modern Interface: Enjoy a minimalistic, easy-to-use design that keeps your vacation countdowns front and center • Vacation Search: Easily find any saved vacation with the in-app search tool • Works Offline: View your upcoming vacations offline, and edit them too • Customisable Sort Order: Sort your vacations just the way you like them—by date or name • Vacation Archive: Look back on past trips by archiving completed vacations • Personalised App Icons: Choose from light, dark, and tinted app icons to match your style • Share Countdowns: Share an image or link showing the time remaining Upgrade to VacaySoon Pro, and you'll get access to all the features above plus: • Vacation Packing Lists: Add items to pack for your vacation, and mark them as packed. Make forgetting essentials a thing of the past! • Custom Image Backgrounds: Use images from your photo library as vacation backgrounds • Customise Colours: Customise the vacation background colours, countdown card heading background and tint colour and more • Alternate App Icons: Pick from our curated collection of alternate app icons • Remove Watermarks: From countdown images shared with your friends and family • Remove Paywall: Stop seeing the paywalls to upgrade to VacaySoon Pro • Support the ongoing development of VacaySoon Whether it's a weekend getaway or an international adventure, VacaySoon is the ultimate app for counting down the time until your next vacation. Make the wait exciting, and get ready to see the world! Download now to start the countdown to your next dream vacation. If you choose to upgrade to VacaySoon Pro, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. The subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal of the same amount (unless otherwise notified) within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions or cancel auto-renewal at any time by visiting your Account Settings in the App Store app, or tapping Settings > Manage Pro Subscription within the VacaySoon app. Privacy policy: https://littleappy.co/products/vacaysoon/privacy/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Vacay Countdown2 screens
Vacation Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vacay Countdown at none against Vacation Countdown's 2. Vacay Countdown also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 18.0). Vacation Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Vacation Countdown sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Vacay Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vacay Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Vacay Countdown versus Vacation Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVacay CountdownVacation Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCharlie SchliesserBrenton Currie

Customer experience

Vacay Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Vacation Countdown

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Vacay Countdown

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Vacation Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Vacay Countdown free?
Vacay Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vacation Countdown free?
Vacation Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Vacay Countdown or Vacation Countdown?
Vacay Countdown is rated higher. Vacay Countdown averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Vacation Countdown averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Vacay Countdown or Vacation Countdown have ads?
Neither Vacay Countdown nor Vacation Countdown shows ads.

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