Vacay Countdown vs Cruise Countdown Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Vacation countdown timer
- Destination selection
- High-res destination photos
- iOS Today Widget
- Weekly notifications
- Apple Watch Glance & Complications
- Social media sharing
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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.
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.
- Live second-by-second countdown
- Home screen widget
- Smart milestone notifications
- Customizable cruise-inspired wallpapers
- Trip planning and naming
- Shareable countdown cards
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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!
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Cruise Countdown Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Vacay Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Vacay Countdown | Cruise Countdown Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 192 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charlie Schliesser | Austin Garlick |
Customer experience
Vacay Countdown
Cruise Countdown Timer
In-app purchases
Vacay Countdown
No in-app purchases
Cruise Countdown Timer
- Premium Upgrade$2.99
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