Comparison

My Countdown App vs Dayward

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

Head to head
About

My Countdown App

Easily track upcoming special days and events. See the remaining days until important dates or how much time has passed since them. Customize the app's appearance with different backgrounds and set alarms to ensure you never miss a significant occasion.

Highlights
  • Track special days and events
  • Count down to future dates
  • Count up from past dates
  • Customizable background images
  • Set alarms for important dates
Features
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An App which helps to track and follow all your special important days and events. You may check how many days are left or over the special day. You May Change the Background image and make your app more Beautiful. Never forgot the special days by setting Alarms.

About

Dayward

This app helps you track important dates by counting down to future events or counting up from past milestones. Easily add events with titles, dates, and emojis, and view them on your home screen with customizable widgets. All your data is stored locally for privacy.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event tracking
  • Countdown and count-up modes
  • Calendar date selection
  • Natural language date input
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Event reordering
  • Local data storage
Features
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Dayward keeps track of the days that matter to you — count down to an upcoming event, or count up from a meaningful date. - Add unlimited events with a title, date, and optional emoji - Count "since" a date (e.g. days sober, days at a new job) or "until" one (e.g. days to a trip) - See your count at a glance from your Home Screen with a widget that updates automatically - Give each widget its own event, and stack several to swipe between them - Enter a date from the calendar, or just say how many days away it is - Drag your events into whatever order suits you - Get a reminder on the morning a countdown arrives - Milestone days look the part — reaching one changes how the event reads - Everything stays on your device — no account, no tracking, no ads

Screenshots

My Countdown App3 screens
Dayward3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dayward at none against My Countdown App's 1. Dayward also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). My Countdown App's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. My Countdown App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dayward asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Countdown App ships an update monthly, Dayward daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
My Countdown App versus Dayward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Countdown AppDayward
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAPP ATOLYESI YAZILIM BILISIM REKLAM E-TICARET LIMITED SIRKETILEE IOLANA RICHARDSON

Customer experience

My Countdown App

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Dayward

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

My Countdown App

One-time1
  • My Countdown - [Remove Ads]$1.99
None

Dayward

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Countdown App free?
My Countdown App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dayward free?
Dayward is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Countdown App or Dayward have ads?
Neither My Countdown App nor Dayward shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Countdown App or Dayward?
My Countdown App ships an update monthly, and Dayward daily. Most recently, My Countdown App was updated on November 1, 2026 and Dayward on October 31, 2026.

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