count vs DOY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
count
Easily track the number of days passed or remaining until a specific date. Set a date once and get an instant overview of your progress towards goals or countdowns to important events.
- Day counting
- Countdown timer
- Progress tracking
- Simple interface
- Event tracking
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a very simple day counter! set the date once and know at a glance how many days since or until the date you chose. count down to an important event, or track your progress towards a new goal.
DOY
This app helps you track important upcoming events by counting down the days. It also provides the Day Of Year and sunrise/sunset times for each event based on your location.
- Countdown to user-defined events
- Displays Day Of Year for events
- Provides sunrise and sunset times
- Location-based sunrise/sunset data
- Inspired by military 'short timer' tapes
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They say don't count the days, make the days count. Why not do both? 40 years ago, when I was serving in the U.S. Army Field Artillery, the PX sold tapes with tear-away numbers, allowing 'short timers' to countdown the days as they neared the end of their active duty service. Those tapes are the inspiration for DOY, which tracks the number of days until a user configurable set of events. As a bonus, for each upcoming event, DOY also provides the Day Of Year, and sunrise and sunset times based on your current longitude and latitude.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DOY at Free against count's $0.99. DOY also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 18 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). count's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). On ads, in-app purchases 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
DOY is free to download; count costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
count holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of count's written reviews are positive against 50% of DOY's.
count ships an update every 18 months, DOY every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | count | DOY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Schepman | Daniel Hansen |
Customer experience
count
DOY
In-app purchases
count
No in-app purchases
DOY
No in-app purchases
