Comparison

Countdown Timer vs Countdown

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

Countdown

Visually track important dates and goals with customizable widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Set up countdowns and count-ups for personal milestones, habits, or deadlines. Sync across devices and receive timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Count up and down timers
  • Recurrent event tracking
  • Calendar and Reminders synchronization
  • Customizable designs and templates
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Notifications for key dates
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

Countdown Timer4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Countdown at free with in-app purchases against Countdown Timer's subscription. Countdown also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Countdown Timer's advantage is device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 Countdown sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 3.1K ratings behind it against 371, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Countdown Timer's written reviews are positive against 82% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, Countdown weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countdown Timer versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown TimerCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (371 ratings)4.7 (3.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews81.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3713.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB183 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlgoTwist Ltdkeinois OU

Customer experience

Countdown Timer

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

Countdown

All ratings3,053 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews604 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative12.7%

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

Countdown

From 3.1K 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

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

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

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
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  • Unlimited Access + Huge Tip$4.99
14 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions10
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)$4.997 Days
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  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Monthly)7 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$8.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)7 Days trial3 variants$14.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)1 Year trial$24.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
One-time4
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$29.99
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$34.99
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)2 variants$49.99
Show 1 more
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$59.99

Questions

Is Countdown Timer free?
Countdown Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Timer or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 371 ratings, while Countdown averages 4.7 from 3.1K ratings.
Do Countdown Timer or Countdown have ads?
Neither Countdown Timer nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Timer or Countdown?
Countdown Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Countdown weekly. Most recently, Countdown Timer was updated on September 8, 2026 and Countdown on September 30, 2026.

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