Comparison

GoWorksheet PLUS vs Visual Countdown Timer

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

Head to head
About

GoWorksheet PLUS

Transform printed worksheets into interactive digital assignments for students. Add features like word banks, drag-and-drop answers, and audio support to enhance accessibility and engagement. Share and collect completed work easily through various digital channels.

Highlights
  • Convert printed worksheets to digital format
  • Add word banks and drag-and-drop answers
  • Incorporate audio output for instructions
  • Utilize OCR for text capture
  • Multiple sharing and submission options
  • Virtual manipulatives for exercises
Features
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GoWorksheet PLUS takes printed classroom worksheets and tests and makes them accessible with an iPad! Quickly turn printed worksheets and tests into work all your students can use. Bring in an image or take a photo of the worksheet, and customize it for your student's needs. Customization includes added word banks, allowance of tapping to fill multiple choice answers, drag and drop answers, virtual manipulative for counting exercises, line matching, or audio output that includes more detailed instructions or additional prompting. Two versions of the GoWorksheet app are available. GoWorksheet PLUS is for adding accessibility alternatives to a worksheet so all students can complete the same work. GoWorksheet is for filling out customized worksheets. Capturing text with OCR (optical character recognition) is a useful tool for creating an enhanced worksheet. Text that is to be read aloud can either be keyed in or added with the built-in OCR that identifies text on the screen. Word banks are another useful tool. For questions with short answers, the keyboard pops up when tapped. Instead of typing the answer, a student may select the answer from a teacher-created word bank. Use the AAC toolbar for quick access to messages. Once a GoWorksheet is created, multiple ways are available for the teacher to share it with the student, and for the student to return the completed worksheet. Sharing options include AirDrop, email, any cloud storage set up on the iPad (such as Google Drive or Dropbox), print, or save to Photos.

About

Visual Countdown Timer

This app helps children transition between activities with a visual countdown. A picture slowly reveals as time elapses, and a fun animation and sound reward completion. It's designed to make daily tasks more engaging and less of a struggle.

Highlights
  • Visual time progression (green to red)
  • Picture reveal as time counts down
  • Customizable reveal images
  • Time-of-day background changes
  • Reward animation and sound
  • COPPA and GDPR compliant
Features
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This is the Educational Institution Edition of "Visual Countdown Timer". It has all the great features of the normal version but comes without any Ads or InApp purchases, and is opted into Apple's volume discount for educational institutions. COPPA and GDPR compliant. Is it a battle to get your child to do something quickly? This visual countdown App was designed for my 2 year old son to help him get his reward chart star for getting dressed quickly. Getting him dressed used to take forever with many stalling strategies being deployed. Now he runs upstairs asking for the "Countdown". Watch as the timer runs from green to amber to red, helping the child understand that time is running out. A fun picture is slowly revealed as the time runs down and when the time is up the child is rewarded with an exciting sound and the picture spins. Background image changes to match the time of day, so that your child is given subtle hints as to what time of day the task they are being asked relates to. Choose your own image to reveal from your iPhones photo library to really surprise your child. Endless possible uses: * Getting dressed * Getting out the door (shoes and coats on) * Tidying * Brushing teeth * Sharing toys Turns daily struggles into fun time!

Screenshots

GoWorksheet PLUS4 screens
Visual Countdown Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Visual Countdown Timer at $3.99 against GoWorksheet PLUS's $49.99. Visual Countdown Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On update cadence, ads, monetization model 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

GoWorksheet PLUS costs $49.99 and Visual Countdown Timer $3.99 up front. GoWorksheet PLUS sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Visual Countdown Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Countdown Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Countdown Timer has 251 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of GoWorksheet PLUS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Visual Countdown Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoWorksheet PLUS ships an update every 2 months, Visual Countdown Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GoWorksheet PLUS versus Visual Countdown Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoWorksheet PLUSVisual Countdown Timer
Price$49.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.3 (35 ratings)4.5 (251 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35251 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB165 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAttainment CompanyFehners Software LLP

Customer experience

GoWorksheet PLUS

All ratings35 ratings
Positive77.1%
Neutral11.4%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Visual Countdown Timer

All ratings251 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

GoWorksheet PLUS

One-time10
  • Early Numeracy: Math Fun$29.99
  • Explore Biology$29.99
  • Explore Social Skills$29.99
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  • Look at Math$29.99
  • TTS English Language Arts$29.99
  • TTS: Math- MathWork$29.99
  • Access Algebra$29.99
  • Aligning Life Skills$29.99
  • Life Skill Stories$29.99
  • Simply Earth Science$29.99
None

Visual Countdown Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GoWorksheet PLUS free?
GoWorksheet PLUS costs $49.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Visual Countdown Timer free?
Visual Countdown Timer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GoWorksheet PLUS or Visual Countdown Timer?
Visual Countdown Timer is rated higher. GoWorksheet PLUS averages 4.3 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Visual Countdown Timer averages 4.5 from 251 ratings.
Do GoWorksheet PLUS or Visual Countdown Timer have ads?
Neither GoWorksheet PLUS nor Visual Countdown Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoWorksheet PLUS or Visual Countdown Timer?
GoWorksheet PLUS ships an update every 2 months, and Visual Countdown Timer monthly. Most recently, GoWorksheet PLUS was updated on September 17, 2026 and Visual Countdown Timer on September 23, 2026.

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