Comparison

Countdown Timer vs Time’s Up!

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Timer

Track and manage upcoming events with a customizable countdown timer. Organize occasions by category, add personal photos, and stay updated with a home screen widget. Share your excitement with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event categories
  • Customizable photos
  • Home screen widget
  • Event reminders
  • Countdown in various units
  • Shareable countdowns
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Never forget an occasion with Countdown 24/7! Count down in months, weeks, days, hours and minutes to the big day. Organise your events by category, customize them with your own photos and stay updated with a stunning widget for your home screen. TRACK & MANAGE YOUR EVENTS Create unlimited categories to sort all your events, see events that have passed and sort using a variety of handy filters – perfect if you have lots of occasions coming up! STAY UPDATED. STAY EXCITED! Keep the excitement real, even if your event is months away! Countdown 24/7 counts down by months, weeks, days, hours and minutes. Set reminders and use our beautifully designed home screen widget to keep your most important countdowns visible all the time. CUSTOMIZE YOUR COUNTDOWNS Using wallpapers and your own photos, you can customize each countdown to give it a personal touch. Going on holiday? Why not use a previous holiday picture as the countdown image to get you in the spirit? TELL THE WORLD! So excited you can’t contain yourself anymore? With Countdown 24/7 it only takes a couple of taps to share your countdown with your social network or friends. ********* 
COUNTDOWN 24/7 FEATURES
 ********* - Manage your countdowns with unlimited categories - Add recurring events - Import events directly from your calendar - Customizable home screen widget - Stunning countdown clock mode - Full iCloud support – sync across devices and save them on the Cloud - Historical events have their own category to keep your countdowns organised - Share countdowns to your friends & family - Count down in months, weeks, days, hours or minutes - Set reminders for events ************************** Subscriptions & Terms ************************** The usage of the Countdown Timer app requires a valid subscription. The subscription is starting with 7 days of FREE trial, without any charge during the trial period. Cancel anytime. The subscription is monthly ($1.99) subscription (Prices are in USD). Free trial automatically converts to a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the trial period. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. All subscriptions automatically renew if it is not cancelled within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for the next subscription period up to 24 hours prior to the current subscription expiring. It is not possible to cancel an existing in-app subscription. You can disable the automatic renewal function at any time by adjusting your account settings. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.facebook.com/inturnexstudios/posts/2097477103637876 Try Countdown Timer for Free!

About

Time’s Up!

This app offers a fun and engaging way to track time with visually appealing countdowns. It's perfect for managing tasks, study sessions, or bedtime routines for both children and adults. Choose from unique visual styles or traditional clocks, and customize alerts for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Visual countdown styles (Reveal, Pixelate, Puzzle)
  • Customizable alert sounds and colors
  • iCloud timer syncing across devices
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • Guided Access for child lock
  • AirPlay and tvOS support for TV display
  • Minute-by-minute audio updates
Features
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Time’s Up! is a fun, visual timer that you’ll actually want to use. Whether it’s for you, your kids, or someone else, Time’s Up! will make counting down much more engaging. Timers can be used at work and at home, whether you’re making sure you take a break or telling kids it’s bedtime.  Timers exist everywhere, but none of them are fun and visually appealing — and that can be important when you’re dealing with kids big and small! Time’s Up! has the features you need to make time fun again — try it for free, NO ADS. Time’s Up! isn’t just for kids and workaholics, though. The possibilities are endless: • Adults who need to set timers to stop them from working for too long without a break. • Kids who don’t want to do their homework but can be convinced to work in smaller chunks. • Setting reading or other activity timers before bed time. • Helping bigger kids focus on an activity for a set amount of time. • Setting timers for exercises — put Time’s Up! on your TV screen using AirPlay and turn a timer into the focal point for your exercise group. • Anything that’s based on a specific amount of time! What makes a timer fun? Time’s Up! has 5 fun styles to choose from, including:  • “Reveal” a photo from your Photo Library as the seconds tick down.  • “Pixelate” makes a photo more clear as a timer gets closer to completion. • “Puzzle” breaks a photo into jigsaw puzzle pieces and then puts the pieces into their places as time progresses. Alternatively, there are more traditional clock faces if you just want a simple timer. Timers can be customized with their own alert sound and color, too. Other key features include: • Sync your timers between iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV using iCloud. • See your timers on your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch with Live Activities (requires iOS 18). • Guided Access to prevent kids from switching apps and changing timers, making sure only you have the power to control time. • Airplay and tvOS support so you can put a timer up on a TV screen. • Get audio updates each minute or countdown the last 10 seconds. • On macOS, you can float the timer window above other apps so it’s always visible. Time’s Up! is a free download with a trial limit of five countdowns. After that, there is a small one-time purchase that unlocks the app on all your devices, forever. ——————— What’s the difference between “Time’s Up! — Visual Timer” and “Time’s Up! Timer (VPP)”? You are looking at the free-to-download version of Time’s Up! that lets you try the app five times before upgrading via in-app purchase. “Time’s Up! Timer (VPP)” is the same app but available paid-upfront with no limits in the app itself. “Time’s Up! Timer (VPP)” exists so educators can purchase the app through Apple’s Volume Purchase Program (VPP) for Education. ——————— Time’s Up! has no ads or data trackers. We believe your data is your own and we don’t collect any of it.

Screenshots

Countdown Timer4 screens
Time’s Up!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Time’s Up! at free with in-app purchases against Countdown Timer's subscription. Time’s Up! also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 76%). Countdown Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.4). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Timer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Time’s Up! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Time’s Up! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 371 and 435 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Countdown Timer's written reviews are positive against 84% of Time’s Up!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, Time’s Up! every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Timer versus Time’s Up!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown TimerTime’s Up!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (371 ratings)4.6 (435 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews84.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings371435 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlgoTwist LtdOverdesigned, LLC

Customer experience

Countdown Timer

All ratings371 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral4.6%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative20.4%

Time’s Up!

All ratings435 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral6.6%
Negative9.1%

User reviews

Countdown Timer

From 371 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Great for remembering events
  • 👍 Useful tool
  • 👍 Good design
  • 👍 Works on Apple Watch

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App doesn't work
  • 🐛 Too many bugs
  • 🐛 Link to share won't work
  • 🐛 Requires payment for more than one countdown
  • 🐛 Pictures turn sideways

Time’s Up!

From 435 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helps with time blindness
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive UI
  • 👍 Customizable timer settings
  • 👍 Useful for ADHD and autism
  • 👍 Great for classrooms and kids

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and performance issues
  • 🔒 Paywall after limited free usage
  • 🔒 Lack of flexibility in timer settings
  • 🔒 Cannot move timer window freely

Bugs and requests

Countdown Timer

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App doesn't work
  • Too many bugs
  • Link to share won't work
  • Pictures turn sideways
  • Widget broken
Show 2 more
  • Shows wrong time on widget
  • Full edit makes pictures disappear

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to choose years, weeks, days, and hours for countdowns
  • Event can have multiple pictures like a slideshow
  • Ability to set repeat dates for 2 or 3 weeks

Time’s Up!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Hotkey functionality broken after update
  • Timer not working after app update
  • No sound at the end of timer

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow longer timer durations
  • Add ability to set multiple timers
  • Improve customization options
  • Provide more sound/alert options
  • Add child-proof timer lock feature

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Countdown Timer

Subscriptions1
  • Month Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time4
  • Countdown Full Access$0.99
  • Unlimited Access$0.99
  • Unlimited Access + Tip$1.99
Show 1 more
  • Unlimited Access + Huge Tip$4.99
1 purchases

Time’s Up!

One-time1
  • Time’s Up! Unlimited$5.99

Questions

Is Countdown Timer free?
Countdown Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time’s Up! free?
Time’s Up! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Timer or Time’s Up!?
Time’s Up! is rated higher. Countdown Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 371 ratings, while Time’s Up! averages 4.6 from 435 ratings.
Do Countdown Timer or Time’s Up! have ads?
Neither Countdown Timer nor Time’s Up! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Timer or Time’s Up!?
Countdown Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Time’s Up! every 6 weeks. Most recently, Countdown Timer was updated on October 7, 2026 and Time’s Up! on October 10, 2026.

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