Days Matter Air vs Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Days Matter Air
Track important upcoming and past events with a visual countdown. Supports a vast date range, custom categories, and widgets. Never miss a birthday, anniversary, or bill payment again.
- Countdown/count up to 10,000 years
- Support for various widgets
- Customizable event categories
- Lunar calendar support
- Pin important dates to the top
- Passcode protection
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Days Matter is an app to countdown your important days, such as: How many days away from your Family’s birthday? When to pay your credit card? How many days are there from your payday? How long has it been since the baby was born? = Feature = ·10,000 Years Support - From January 1, The Year One AD to December 31, 9999 AD, count up/down. · Support Various Widgets · Today in History · Custom Categories - 3 default categories: Anniversary, Work, Life, support custom categories · Lunar Calendar Support: From 1901 AD to 2099 AD · Pin top for important dates, arranged in chronological order · Custom event background · Advanced feature: Passcode Protection Please feel free to provide problem reports, feature ideas and general comments. Proudly by Clover
Countdown
Never forget important dates again with this app. It helps you track upcoming events like birthdays and holidays, and also shows how many days have passed since a specific event. Customize reminders and categorize your countdowns for better organization.
- Positive countdowns for future events
- Track days passed for past events
- Customizable push reminders
- Repeatable date settings
- Date categorization
- Today in History feature
- Icon color customization
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Are you worried about forgetting the date of your love? Are you upset about forgetting someone's birthday~ Are you counting how many days until Chinese New Year? Do you want to know clearly how many days have passed for something~ Download the Countdown App, and all these problems will be solved! positive countdown date Clearly know how many days are left for something and how many days have passed~ Message push reminder You can choose the reminder of the day, the previous day or every day~ Dates can be repeated Repeat daily, monthly or yearly as you like. Date category Different days are sorted according to your own ideas. today in History Look at what happened today in history~ Icon color customization Define the App to your liking Hurry up and use it~ If you think this App is not bad, please give me a five-star praise and attach your review, it is very important to me. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact me~
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Days Matter Air at 4.7 against Countdown's 3.7. Days Matter Air also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (85% vs 55%). Countdown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Days Matter Air sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Days Matter Air holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Days Matter Air has 335 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Days Matter Air's written reviews are positive against 55% of Countdown's.
Days Matter Air ships an update every 2 months, Countdown every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Days Matter Air | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (335 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better | 55.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 335 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iDaily Corp. | 晓文 刘 |
Customer experience
Days Matter Air
Countdown
Bugs and requests
Days Matter Air
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional app crashes
- Widget disappearing from Notification Center
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add note/description field for events
- Provide more language options
- Improve Apple Watch app functionality
- Implement backup and restore options
- Add sorting/filtering for event lists
Countdown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Days Matter Air
- Days Matter Air Pro$1.99
- 咖啡$2.99
- 银币$5.99
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- 金币$14.99
Countdown
No in-app purchases
