Comparison

Vacay Countdown vs Cruise Countdown Timer

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

Cruise Countdown Timer

This app provides a visually engaging countdown to your next cruise vacation. It features a live, second-by-second timer, customizable backgrounds, and smart notifications for key milestones. Share your excitement with friends and family through generated countdown cards.

Highlights
  • Live second-by-second countdown
  • Home screen widget
  • Smart milestone notifications
  • Customizable cruise-inspired wallpapers
  • Trip planning and naming
  • Shareable countdown cards
Features
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The wait for your cruise just got a whole lot more fun. Cruise Countdown Timer puts a beautiful, live countdown front and center so you can watch the days, hours, minutes, and seconds tick down to your sailing. Whether it's the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Alaska, or anywhere the ship takes you — this is the app that keeps the excitement building from the moment you book. FEATURES - Live Countdown — A gorgeous full-screen countdown that updates every second. Watch the days melt away. - Home Screen Widget — See your countdown without even opening the app. Glance at your home screen and smile. - Smart Notifications — Get milestone reminders at 6 months, 3 months, 1 month, and 1 week out. Never lose track of how close embarkation day is. - Stunning Wallpapers — Choose from beautiful cruise-inspired photography as your countdown background, or set your own photo. - Trip Planning — Name your cruise, set the date, and make it yours. Perfect for tracking your next voyage. - Share the Excitement — Generate a beautiful countdown card to share with friends and family. Get everyone hyped for sail-away day. Built by a dad saving up to take his family on a cruise. Your support means the world — bon voyage!

Screenshots

Vacay Countdown2 screens
Cruise Countdown Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Vacay Countdown at 5.0 against Cruise Countdown Timer's 3.5. Vacay Countdown also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.1). Cruise Countdown Timer's advantage is ratings volume (6 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. Cruise Countdown Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cruise Countdown Timer has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Vacay Countdown versus Cruise Countdown Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVacay CountdownCruise Countdown Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.1 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB192 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCharlie SchliesserAustin Garlick

Customer experience

Vacay Countdown

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

Cruise Countdown Timer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Vacay Countdown

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cruise Countdown Timer

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$2.99

Questions

Is Vacay Countdown free?
Vacay Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cruise Countdown Timer free?
Cruise Countdown Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Vacay Countdown or Cruise Countdown Timer?
Vacay Countdown is rated higher. Vacay Countdown averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Cruise Countdown Timer averages 3.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Vacay Countdown or Cruise Countdown Timer have ads?
Neither Vacay Countdown nor Cruise Countdown Timer shows ads.

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