Countdown Timer vs KeyHour
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.
KeyHour
This app offers a fullscreen digital clock experience inspired by landscape mode designs. It features multiple well-crafted themes and supports both countdown and count-up timers, along with home screen widgets.
- Fullscreen landscape clock
- Multiple clock themes
- Countdown timers
- Count-up timers
- Home screen widgets
- Ad-free experience
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KeyHour helps you feel time passing, stay focused, and reclaim your attention. ◎ Thoughtfully designed for landscape mode. ◎ Multiple carefully crafted clock themes. ◎ App blocking to protect your time from social media and games. ◎ Supports both countdown and count-up timers. ◎ Time widgets to make your Home Screen feel unique and special. I’d love to hear your ideas and feedback — just send an email to kiiiidd@duck.com. ◎ Privacy Policy: https://dominich.notion.site/KeyHour-ead63446fd074e53bc00fb0364cd5984 ◎ Terms of Use: https://dominich.notion.site/KeyHour-26c7b126e78f42c5abbea9254f092ae4
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown Timer at none against KeyHour's 3. Countdown Timer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 53). KeyHour's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (96% vs 85%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. KeyHour sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Countdown Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Timer has 1.2K ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Countdown Timer's written reviews are positive against 96% of KeyHour's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Countdown Timer ships an update every 7 months, KeyHour every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Timer | KeyHour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.5 (53 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews | 96.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 53 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gregory Strigunov | 炜东 黄 |
Customer experience
Countdown Timer
KeyHour
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
KeyHour
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown Timer
No in-app purchases
KeyHour
- Yearly$4.991 Year
- Lifetime$7.99
- Lifetime$9.99
Questions
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