Comparison

Soldier Cowntdown PRO vs Countdown

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

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About

Soldier Cowntdown PRO

This app serves as a personal countdown timer for military service, helping users track important dates and events. It offers customizable backgrounds, event reminders, and a "life hacking" section with military jargon and historical content.

Highlights
  • Customizable background photos
  • Personalized event creation
  • On-screen widget notifications
  • Military jargon dictionary
  • Service and charter documents
  • Event reminders
  • Social media sharing
Features
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DMB PRO - is the best app in the App Store for the soldiers, cadets, girls and their families. Your personal timer to be aware of the important events and count down the remaining time to muster for you! With us time before space flies faster! Checked;) Try it now: ◆ Install your favorite photo on the background of the counter! ◆ Create personal experiences, not to forget to congratulate the mother and the girl a happy birthday and March 8! ◆ Observe the rapidly decreasing time to muster, without going into the app using the beautiful and informative on-screen widget notifications! Read our new "life hacking" section: ◆ Complete Dictionary of Modern Army jargon ◆ Charter Internal Service Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the charter of Garrison and Patrol Services of the Armed Forces, the Navy ship charter ◆ Anecdotes, military history, humor Be prepared in advance: ◆ Make sure that the number of days left until the next significant event! ◆ receive reminders of important events for three days before they occur! ◆ Corrects list of events based on their preferences! Besides that: ◆ Choose the format of the counter 8 available! ◆ Use VKontakte, Facebook and Twitter, to share interesting events from the life of a soldier! ◆ Join groups http://vk.com/dmbtimer_ios and affect the introduction of new features to the timer! Any questions or found a mistake? Do not hesitate to write the development team at any time via the feedback form on the site http://dmbtimer.ru From the army, with love! P.S. More than 10 000 people can not be wrong: they have chosen as a personal timer DMB PRO: "Everything is fine, no complaints!» – Verynike, Nov 13. 2015 "Everything is super! The app calculates in advance when it is the middle of the service, or, for example, 100 days prior to demobilization) Very convenient. Really good value for money;) » – alexrusakova, Nov 22. 2015 "Everything is super, work does not take off!» – FPO_1430, Nov 13. 2015

About

Countdown

Visually track personal goals, habits, and important dates with customizable widgets. Supports counting up and down, recurring events, and synchronization across Apple devices. Offers detailed progress visualization and notifications to keep you motivated.

Highlights
  • Customizable home and lock screen widgets
  • Count up and down timers
  • Recurring event tracking
  • Apple Calendar and Reminders synchronization
  • Detailed progress visualization dashboard
  • Customizable colors, icons, and fonts
  • Notifications for key dates and streaks
Features
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Track time with beautiful countdown widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Get the results you want by adding beautiful ALWAYS ON motivational countdowns to the device you use every day. On your wrist? On your Mac? Pretty Progress works there, too. Our objective is to support you achieve your goals. We beautifully track your goals so you don’t have to. What better place to remind yourself of the things that matter than the devices you use every day? Your life goals, your health routines, your personal habits, when your newborn arrives, the deadline of your PhD or your mother’s birthday… No matter what your goal is. Pretty Progress gives you beautiful countdowns with widgets to customize and track them all: - Count up & down towards a specific date or with a timer - Create recurrent events and count the days periodically - Synchronize and import Apple Calendar events and Reminders - Show the percentage of completion, how much time is left or how much time has past (time since). In years, months, weeks, days... or a combination of them - Beautiful and unique designs. 6 different templates to customize and add to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Stand By (iOS 17), and Watch complications - Customize colors, icons, layout, fonts, size... and every little aspect of the countdown at any time. Create your own personal Home Screen and Watch Face - A dashboard to visualize all the timers and day counters created and understand your deadlines, goals, achievements, or recurrent tasks - Notifications: 1 week and 1 day before, and at the end of your countdown, and every day, week, month or year after your habit streak - A library to get inspired and create widgets easily - 3 different sizes for the Home Screen widgets: small, medium, and large - All Lock Screen widgets localizations available - All complication sizes for Watch Faces supported - Dark mode support - iCloud synchronization. Sync your countdowns on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac (Silicon) automatically - Family sharing enabled for the PRO purchase WHAT CAN YOU TRACK? - Health routines - Personal habits progress - Countdown to Christmas - Days until your mother's birthday - Countdown to your next holidays - Days until your project release deadline - Days left until your next trip - Percentage of your gym routine complete - Days left until your wedding anniversary - Days until retirement - Days until your financial independence - Percentage of the year, month, week... - Days left until your kombucha is fermented - How many days you have left on your vacations - Countdown to tax submission - Days until your new child arrives - Countdown to that important exam - Days until your graduation - Percentage of the academic year left - Days until Superbowl - My love countdown - Streak of days of habits - Daily, weekly and monthly tasks - Time until your new job WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK: We love to improve, so any feedback is always welcome! For any question, issue, suggestion or anything you want to say, contact at: hi@prettyprogress.app ======================= The free version of Pretty Progress includes four custom countdown widgets with two designs, the default daily, weekly, monthly and yearly progress and some customization options. If you purchase Pretty Progress PRO, the payment will be charged to your iTunes account. If you purchase a monthly or yearly subscription, your account will automatically be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period unless you disable auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. ======================= Terms of Service: https://prettyprogress.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://prettyprogress.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Soldier Cowntdown PRO4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Soldier Cowntdown PRO at none against Countdown's 10. Soldier Cowntdown PRO also leads on iOS requirement (8.1 vs 18.0). Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (82% vs 73%). On price, rating, 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. Countdown sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Soldier Cowntdown PRO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Soldier Cowntdown PRO against 4.7 for Countdown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 679 and 3.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Soldier Cowntdown PRO's written reviews are positive against 82% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soldier Cowntdown PRO ships an update every 2 weeks, Countdown every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Soldier Cowntdown PRO versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoldier Cowntdown PROCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (679 ratings)4.7 (3.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.6% of reviews82.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6793.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS8.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB144 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOLEG CHEBULAEVkeinois OU

Customer experience

Soldier Cowntdown PRO

All ratings680 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive72.6%
Neutral9.5%
Negative17.9%

Countdown

All ratings3,140 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews635 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative12.3%

User reviews

Soldier Cowntdown PRO

From 679 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly interface and setup
  • 📊 Useful percentage and progress tracking
  • 🎨 Cute and visually appealing design
  • ⏱️ Effective countdown functionality
  • 🔔 Widget feature for quick at-a-glance viewing

Room to improve

  • 🚨 Security and privacy concerns - Russian developer
  • 🔒 No privacy protections in place
  • ⚠️ Potential OPSEC risk for military families
  • 📢 Intrusive ads without paid option
  • 🌐 Poor English translation and grammar

Countdown

From 3.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Handy and useful app
  • 🚀 Helpful for tracking goals and projects
  • 💡 Great customization options
  • 👍 Sleek and visually appealing design
  • 👍 Seamless integration with Apple ecosystem

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited functionality in free version
  • 💰 Paid features can be expensive for some users
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches reported
  • 🔒 Restricted customization options without paying

Bugs and requests

Soldier Cowntdown PRO

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on launch after updates
  • App won't open at all for some users
  • Crashes when opening the app
  • English language version not working properly
  • Post-update stability issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Paid version without ads
  • Push notifications for milestones (weeks/months passed)
  • Better English translation and localization
  • Rename app to reflect all military branches, not just Army
  • More customization options

Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch for some users
  • Widgets not updating in real-time as expected
  • Countdown data resetting unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for widgets
  • Ability to track non-time-based progress
  • Improved recurring event management
  • Notification/alarm feature when countdown ends
  • Wider range of color and font options

In-app purchases

None

Soldier Cowntdown PRO

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions6
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)$4.997 Days
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)7 Days trial3 variants$14.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$49.99
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$59.99

Questions

Is Soldier Cowntdown PRO free?
Soldier Cowntdown PRO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Soldier Cowntdown PRO or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. Soldier Cowntdown PRO averages 4.6 out of 5 from 679 ratings, while Countdown averages 4.7 from 3.2K ratings.
Do Soldier Cowntdown PRO or Countdown have ads?
Neither Soldier Cowntdown PRO nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soldier Cowntdown PRO or Countdown?
Soldier Cowntdown PRO ships an update every 2 weeks, and Countdown every 4 days. Most recently, Soldier Cowntdown PRO was updated on November 6, 2026 and Countdown on November 7, 2026.

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