Countdown Now vs Teller1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Now
Create and share custom countdowns for your special events. Personalize each event with backgrounds and receive timely reminders. Track past events with count-up features and export to your calendar.
- Create and share custom countdowns
- Personalize events with custom backgrounds
- Set 3 reminders per event
- Count up for past events
- Export events to calendar
- Universal app for iPhone and iPad
- Today Widget for quick event view
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Thank's a lot everyone for the positive feedback! As always if you have any question or if you want something new in the next update, just send it to me from Feedback through Settings in Countdown Now App! With Countdown Now, you can create and share countdowns for your special and unique events! You may customize each event you create with background! Features: • Universal App: One App for your iPhone and your iPad • Spotlight Support: Search for you events from Spotlight! • Quick Action: View All Events with one tap! • Today Widget: Quick view of your first event from your list in notification center! • Drag ’n drop countdown view • Custom backgrounds: You can use your own photos • 3 Reminders for each event: 3 days before, 1 day before and 1 hour before • Share Screenshot of you countdown with everyone! • Count Up for old events • Export your events to calendar Special: ° Countdown Now is full accessible from VoiceOver! Pro Version features: • No Ads • Backup to iCloud all your events and share it with your favourite iOS Device Start Countdown Now!! * iCloud Backup is a Premium feature and may need to buy it
Teller1
Create visually stunning countdowns for any event, complete with dynamic backgrounds and celebratory animations. Track progress in days, hours, minutes, and seconds, and share moments with others. Integrates with Siri and your calendar for easy setup.
- Dynamic event-specific backgrounds
- Detailed progress tracking (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
- Celebratory animations and haptic feedback
- Home screen widgets and Dynamic Island integration
- Shared countdowns via iCloud
- Siri and calendar import
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Some dates deserve more than a calendar entry. Countdown turns the moments you can't wait for into living, glowing timers with a proper celebration when they finally arrive. BACKGROUNDS THAT GET IT • The background matches your event: type "Ibiza Trip" and the app finds real imagery of the place, tinted by its live time of day. • Or pick any photo from your library. • Hand-tuned themes: Aurora, Sunset, Neon Noir, Midnight Gold and more. COUNT EVERY SECOND • Glowing progress ring with days, hours, minutes, seconds. • The last 10 seconds go full-screen cinematic with a haptic heartbeat. • Confetti storm and celebration screen at zero. • Anticipation stats: sleeps left, weekends left, how far you've come. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK • Home screen widgets in three styles: Ring, Flip Clock, Minimal. • Live Activity in the Dynamic Island for the final 24 hours. • Ambient nightstand mode. • Notifications at the moment itself, plus halfway, 30-day, 1-week and 1-day milestones. SHARED MOMENTS • Share a countdown via iCloud and count down together. • See the moment across world time zones. • Finished countdowns become keepsakes: add photos, count the days since. QUICK TO ADD • Siri: "Add a countdown" • Import straight from your calendar • Paste any text, "flight to Lisbon Aug 14 6am" becomes a countdown. Free. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Teller1 at none against Countdown Now's 1. Teller1 also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks). Countdown Now's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Countdown Now sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Teller1 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Countdown Now against 5.0 for Teller1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Countdown Now ships an update every 4 weeks, Teller1 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Now | Teller1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ioannis Alexiou | This is GroundBreaking B.V. |
Customer experience
Countdown Now
Teller1
In-app purchases
Countdown Now
- Premium Version$1.99
Teller1
No in-app purchases









