Countdown With Me vs CountDown Reminder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown With Me
Create visually stunning countdown timers for any event with personalized backgrounds, themes, and AI-generated art. Syncs across devices, integrates with your calendar, and offers live lock screen activities.
- Personalized countdown timers
- Custom backgrounds and themes
- AI-generated artwork
- iCloud sync across devices
- Calendar event integration
- Live lock screen activities
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Imagine you have a friend who's *obsessed* with knowing exactly how many days until their next vacation, wedding, or birthday party. That's who this app is for — and honestly, that's most of us. MAKE IT YOURS • Custom backgrounds, color themes, and fonts for every countdown • AI-generated artwork and color palettes — no two countdowns have to look alike • Pick how you count: days, hours, minutes, even seconds DISCOVER • Browse a curated catalog of holidays, seasonal moments, sporting events, and upcoming movie releases • Add any of them to your list in one tap — no blank-slate guesswork NEVER MISS THE IMPORTANT STUFF • Recurring yearly countdowns for birthdays and anniversaries that roll over automatically • Import birthdays straight from Contacts • Pull events in from your calendar LIVE, RIGHT ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN • Live Activities show your countdown ticking down in real time on the big day • Dynamic Island support, with a live progress view in the final hour SHARE THE MOMENT • Turn any countdown into a beautiful Story or Square card for social media • Export it as a short video, ready to post KEEP THE MEMORIES • Attach a photo scrapbook to any countdown — revisit the moment long after it's passed AND ON YOUR WRIST • A companion Apple Watch app keeps your countdowns one glance away SYNCS EVERYWHERE • iCloud keeps every countdown, photo, and theme in sync across your devices Countdown With Me is free to use, with an optional one-time upgrade to unlock Pro features like video export.
CountDown Reminder
Create beautiful countdowns to important events and track days passed once they occur. Receive timely push notifications and personalize each event with custom backgrounds. Share your upcoming milestones with friends and enjoy seamless integration with your device.
- Countdown to events
- Count up after events
- Push notifications
- Customizable backgrounds
- Share events
- Today Widget support
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Countdown - the most beautiful countdown app for you. Main Functions : - Supports countdown to events and counting up once they arrive - Push notifications to remind you of an arriving event - Wonderful build-in background images - Customizable background for each event - Share your event with friends - Support Today Widget - Support force touch - Support iPhone X
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countdown With Me at 5.0 against CountDown Reminder's 4.4. Countdown With Me also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). CountDown Reminder's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (119 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Countdown With Me sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CountDown Reminder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown With Me holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CountDown Reminder has 119 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Countdown With Me ships an update every 3 weeks, CountDown Reminder monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown With Me | CountDown Reminder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.4 (119 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 88.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 119 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David McKay | 红英 杨 |
Customer experience
Countdown With Me
CountDown Reminder
Bugs and requests
Countdown With Me
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CountDown Reminder
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unauthorized charges
- Text not readable on certain backgrounds
Requested features
5 requests- Add category function
- Display recent events at the top
- Outline for text for better readability
- Change units of time (weeks, months)
- Adapt to iPhone X and above screen sizes
In-app purchases
Countdown With Me
- Countdown Pro$4.99
CountDown Reminder
- Pro version$1.99
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