Cluesheet Companion vs Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cluesheet Companion
This app acts as a personal clue sheet and controller for local multiplayer games of Cluedo on Nintendo Switch or Steam. Keep your notes secret while playing with friends and family on the big screen.
- Personal clue sheet
- Local multiplayer controller
- Secret note-taking
- Logic-assisted virtual sheet
- Connect up to 6 devices
- Character selection
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Keep your Clue Sheet hidden with the Official Local Multiplayer Companion app. This app requires you to have Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game on Nintendo Switch™ or Steam®. A grand mansion … a dastardly murder … a gathering of suspicious characters. Play Hasbro’s beloved board game together with family and friends on the big screen with the local multiplayer mode for Nintendo Switch™ and Steam®! Use the official Companion app as your game controller and personal Clue sheet for local multiplayer games. Take notes, eliminate red herrings and make brilliant deductions. Gather your detectives in the same room and play together, but keep your notes secret. It’s easy to get started. Launch Cluedo: The Classic Mystery Game on Nintendo Switch or Steam®. Select Play with Friends from the main menu and Host a Local Game. Open the Companion app and enter the passcode to join the lobby. You can connect up to 6 smartphones as controllers to play together. Use the Companion app as your personal controller for local multiplayer games. Pick your character, choose from Miss Scarlett, Colonel Mustard, Mrs Peacock, Mr Green, Dr Orchid, Professor Plum, and many more. On your turn roll the dice to move around the mansion and ask questions: “I suggest it was Miss Scarlett, with the Rope, in the Study!” Use the innovative logic-assisted virtual Clue Sheet that allows for advanced note-taking. Watch everyone’s actions play out on the big screen. This app supports local multiplayer only, it’s not compatible with the single player mode. Time to crack the case! Follow Marmalade to discover more official Hasbro digital board games!
Countdown
Easily track upcoming events with a free countdown and reminder app. Customize each event with emojis and colors, and stay organized with tags and widgets. Syncs across devices and offers optional premium features for enhanced functionality.
- Unlimited event creation
- Customizable event colors and emojis
- Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
- Customizable reminders and alarms
- iCloud sync across devices
- Import events from calendars and contacts
- Event grouping with tags
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Countdown is a free, easy-to-use countdown and reminder app for all of life's big events. Your next vacation, birthday, wedding, concert, graduation or retirement is always one glance away. Create unlimited events and make each one your own. Downloaded over 20 million times. It's been a joy to shape Countdown with your feedback for more than eight years. We're looking forward to many more. ——— WIDGETS & APPLE WATCH ——— • See your next event with free circular and inline Lock Screen widgets • Show one event or a list of upcoming events in Home Screen widgets, and filter lists by tag or pinned events (Premium) • Show your event's emoji, title and time left in the rectangular Lock Screen widget, and keep countdowns visible in StandBy (Premium) • Check your countdowns on Apple Watch and add them to your watch face ——— REMINDERS & ALARMS ——— • Get a reminder on the big day and the day before, at a time you set • Add custom reminders minutes, hours, days, weeks or months in advance (Premium) • Set alarms that ring even when your iPhone is on silent (Premium; requires iOS 26.1 or later) ——— MAKE IT YOURS ——— • Pick an emoji and a color for every countdown, and add notes • Make events repeat every day, week, month or year, or on your own schedule, like every two weeks or the last Friday of the month • See the age someone turns on their birthday and the years celebrated on an anniversary • Add holidays and big events in one tap from suggestions for your country • Count only weekdays, or see the time since a past event • Choose how you see the time left, with units from years to seconds (Premium) ——— STAY ORGANIZED ——— • Group events with tags and pin your favorites to the top • Archive events once they pass, so your list shows what's next • Archive or delete past events automatically (Premium) • Sort by date or drag events into your own order • Search for events, duplicate them and edit several at once ——— SYNC, IMPORT & SHARE ——— • Your events stay up to date on your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud • Bring in events from your calendars and birthdays from your contacts • Automatically turn new calendar events into countdowns with Auto Import (Premium) • Add your countdowns to your calendar • Send a link so friends and family can count down with you • Check countdowns with Siri and create them with Shortcuts ——— YOUR PRIVACY ——— Your plans are personal. We never use your countdowns for advertising, and our analytics never see the titles, dates or notes you enter. ——— PREMIUM ——— One purchase. No subscriptions. Unlock all widgets, custom reminders, alarms, Auto Import, every countdown format and more. Premium also removes ads. ——— QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? ——— We love hearing from you and read every email. Get in touch at countdown@findappiness.co
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown at 72% against Cluesheet Companion's 12%. Countdown also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Cluesheet Companion's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. Countdown sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Cluesheet Companion asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 191K ratings behind it against 7.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Cluesheet Companion's written reviews are positive against 72% of Countdown's.
Cluesheet Companion ships an update every 2 months, Countdown every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.
| Parameter | Cluesheet Companion | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (7.5K ratings) | 4.8 (191K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.7% of reviews | 71.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.5K | 191K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #46 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 698 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marmalade Game Studio Limited | Find Appiness LLC |
Customer experience
Cluesheet Companion
Countdown
User reviews
Cluesheet Companion
From 7.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Companion app for board game
- 💡 Innovative concept
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Passcode not working
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Sync issues between app and game
Countdown
From 191K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 🎨 Customizable colors and emojis
- ⏰ Accurate countdown tracking
- 🔔 Helpful reminders and notifications
- 💰 One-time payment for premium features
Room to improve
- 💸 Paid widget feature
- 🔍 Lack of instructions/guidance
- 🔀 Inconsistent countdown display on widget
- 📅 Limited repeat options for events
- 🖼️ No option to use custom photos
Bugs and requests
Cluesheet Companion
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect passcode error
- Game freezing and kicking players out
- Desynchronization between app and game
Requested features
3 requests- Add option to play without passcode
- Improve local multiplayer functionality
- Provide more information on how to use the app
Countdown
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widget not updating automatically
- Countdown display issues after iOS 14 update
- Inability to delete archived events
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to count up from past events
- Provide more date/time format options
- Implement calendar view for all events
- Allow custom backgrounds for widgets
- Add support for weekly/monthly repeating events
In-app purchases
Cluesheet Companion
No in-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Widget Offer$2.29
- Countdown Widget$3.99









