Comparison

How Many Days Until vs Countdown Timer

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

Head to head
About

How Many Days Until

Easily track upcoming special occasions with this app. Set reminders for important dates and personalize your countdowns with beautiful backgrounds. Its simple interface makes managing your events straightforward.

Highlights
  • Create and save special days
  • Event reminders
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Simple user interface
Features
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Count down to the days ahead, and count up from the days you never want to forget. Trusted by 465,000+ people since 2016. COUNT DOWN OR COUNT UP • Days until your next trip, birthday, wedding or big exam • Days since your anniversary, your first day, any memory that keeps counting SEE IT EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets with your own photos • Lock Screen widgets for a glance at your big day • Live countdown that ticks down to the very second NEVER MISS A BIG DAY • Reminders before the day: 100, 30, 7 days and more • A celebration on the day itself • Anniversary milestones at 100, 365 and 1,000 days MAKE IT YOURS • Your photos as full-screen backgrounds • Beautiful built-in themes • Calendar view of your whole year SAFE IN ICLOUD • Your events back up automatically • New phone? Sign in and they come right back Free to start. Premium unlocks the live countdown, photo widgets and custom photo backgrounds, with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Download How Many Days Until and never lose count of what matters. Privacy Policy: https://whiteoj.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdown Timer

Track time remaining until important events or time elapsed since a past event. Receive notifications when a countdown expires. This app offers a simple, ad-free experience for managing your time.

Highlights
  • Countdown timer
  • Count-up timer
  • Event tracking
  • Time remaining
  • Time elapsed
  • Event notifications
Features
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The simplest countdown timer (and regular countdown). Without advertising. The timer works in two modes: 1. How much time left to the event 2. How much time has passed after the event When the timer expires, you will receive a notification.

Screenshots

How Many Days Until4 screens
Countdown Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown Timer at 85% against How Many Days Until's 23%. Countdown Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). How Many Days Until's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). On price 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. How Many Days Until sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

How Many Days Until ships an update every 5 weeks, Countdown Timer every 7 months. Both last shipped on September 27, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
How Many Days Until versus Countdown Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHow Many Days UntilCountdown Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.7% of reviews84.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAtthaporn ChanprakonGregory Strigunov

Customer experience

How Many Days Until

Written reviews22 reviews
Positive22.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative72.7%

Countdown Timer

All ratings1,208 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral1.5%
Negative13.6%

Bugs and requests

How Many Days Until

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Countdown Timer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Timer not always accurate
  • Countdown not working as expected in some cases

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add widget support
  • Allow multiple timers/countdowns
  • Provide more customization options

In-app purchases

1 purchases

How Many Days Until

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
None

Countdown Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is How Many Days Until free?
How Many Days Until is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Timer free?
Countdown Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do How Many Days Until or Countdown Timer have ads?
How Many Days Until shows ads; Countdown Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, How Many Days Until or Countdown Timer?
How Many Days Until ships an update every 5 weeks, and Countdown Timer every 7 months. Most recently, How Many Days Until was updated on September 27, 2026 and Countdown Timer on September 27, 2026.

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