Countdown Timer vs Countdown #
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Countdown timer
- Count-up timer
- Event tracking
- Time remaining
- Time elapsed
- Event notifications
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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.
Countdown #
Keep track of important dates with a stylish countdown. Never miss a vacation, anniversary, or birthday again with customizable reminders and alerts. Features a clean design and useful widgets for easy event management.
- Event countdowns
- Customizable widgets
- Event sorting
- Reminders and alerts
- Clean UI/UX design
- Icon customization
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Never miss upcoming events again Count down to your next events: vacations, anniversaries, birthdays and more - in style! Features: - Beautiful and useful Widget - Clean UI/UX design - Sort events - Reminders - Main daily event alerts - Customize date settings - Beautiful icon event.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Countdown Timer at Free against Countdown #'s $0.99. Countdown Timer also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 67%) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 45). Countdown #'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Countdown Timer is free to download; Countdown # costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Countdown Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Timer has 1.2K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Countdown Timer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Countdown #'s.
Countdown Timer ships an update every 7 months, Countdown # weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Timer | Countdown # |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.6 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gregory Strigunov | Khang Le |
Customer experience
Countdown Timer
Countdown #
Bugs and 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
Countdown #
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown Timer
No in-app purchases
Countdown #
No in-app purchases
Questions
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