Remaining vs Neat Countdowns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Remaining
Track the remaining time in the current year with this simple tool. Available on iPhone and Apple Watch, it helps you stay mindful of time and make the most of every second.
- Yearly countdown
- iPhone support
- Apple Watch support
- Time management tool
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Happy New Year! How was last year? "I can't believe how quickly the time has gone and that it is already the beginning of December!" That's one of those things. Not one second can be wasted to succeed. This app is a useful tool to stop wasting time running on iPhone and Apple Watch. You can check the remaining time of this year anywhere. Let's do our best. Have a good year!
Neat Countdowns
Create beautiful, simple countdowns for all your important life events. Share your countdowns with friends via a unique URL without requiring them to install the app. Customize your home screen widgets with multiple color and icon options.
- Create event countdowns
- Shareable countdown URLs
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Multiple widget color options
- Fun widget icon patterns
- Ad-free experience
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Neat Countdowns let's you keep track of all the important events in your life, a birthday, an upcoming trip, a movie release. Sharing is easier than ever, Neat Countdowns will generate a URL that your friends can use to see your countdown without needing to install the app! For widget lovers, Neat Countdowns lets you display your widgets on your home screen, with multiple color options, and fun icon patterns. Neat Countdowns is totally free to use forever. It has no ads, requires no subscriptions and has no limits or In App Purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Neat Countdowns at 4.7 against Remaining's 1.0. Neat Countdowns also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (63 vs 1). Remaining's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Neat Countdowns holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Neat Countdowns has 63 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Remaining ships an update every 4 months, Neat Countdowns every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Remaining | Neat Countdowns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (63 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 63 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tatsuya Tobioka | Emilio Pelaez |
Customer experience
Remaining
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In-app purchases
Remaining
No in-app purchases
Neat Countdowns
No in-app purchases
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