Comparison

Countdown With Me vs Countdown ▼

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Personalized countdown timers
  • Custom backgrounds and themes
  • AI-generated artwork
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Calendar event integration
  • Live lock screen activities
Features
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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.

About

Countdown ▼

Track upcoming events and important dates with a customizable countdown. Set reminders for birthdays, holidays, and special occasions, with options to add photos, locations, and notes. Share your countdowns with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Add unlimited events
  • Countdown in days, hours, minutes, or seconds
  • Customizable photos and backgrounds
  • Birthday import from Contacts
  • Event reminders and notifications
  • Event sharing
  • Custom categories and sorting
Features
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Countdown to your favorite events and important dates! Great for keeping track of upcoming birthdays, holidays, sporting events, Christmas, New Years, weddings, anniversaries, parties and any special events. FEATURES - Easily add your own events - Add unlimited events - Countdown until or countdown from a date - Display days, hours, minutes or seconds - Pick your own photo or pick from a huge collection of built-in photos - Add birthday's from your Contacts app - Add a location or note to each event - Repeat an event - Get notified on the day of the event - Add to favorites - Quickly sort by categories - Add your own categories - Share your event - Change the color, font and background image of each event --------------------------------------------------- TAPMEDIA PRO SUBSCRIPTION - You will receive access to the apps in the TapMedia PRO bundle for the duration of the subscription. - Subscription length: Monthly (includes one week free trial). - Subscriptions with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. - Payments will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - All prices are subject to change without notification. We occasionally run promotion prices as incentives or limited time opportunities for qualifying purchases made during the promotional time period. Due to the time sensitive and promotional nature of these events, we are unable to offer price protection or retroactive discounts or refunds for previous purchases in the event of a price reduction or promotional offering. - Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription - You may cancel a subscription during its free period via the subscription setting through your iTunes Account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Please visit http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 Privacy Policy: http://tapmedia.co.uk/privacy.htm Terms of Use: http://tapmedia.co.uk/terms.htm

Screenshots

Countdown With Me4 screens
Countdown ▼4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdown ▼ at none against Countdown With Me's shown. Countdown ▼ also leads on ratings volume (2.3K vs 3) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.6). Countdown With Me's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Countdown With Me sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown ▼ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown With Me holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown ▼ has 2.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown With Me ships an update every 3 weeks, Countdown ▼ every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countdown With Me versus Countdown ▼: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown With MeCountdown ▼
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.7 (2.3K ratings)
Positive reviews—73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings32.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid McKayTapMedia Ltd

Customer experience

Countdown With Me

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown ▼

All ratings2,250 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral15.6%
Negative11.1%

Bugs and requests

Countdown With Me

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Countdown ▼

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not working on some devices
  • Incorrect date/time display issues
  • Saving and loading events problematic

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add widget support
  • Improve notification system
  • Allow more customization options
  • Include actual event date in countdown

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown With Me

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$4.99
1 purchases

Countdown ▼

Subscriptions1
  • TapMedia PRO - 1 month3 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Countdown With Me free?
Countdown With Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown ▼ free?
Countdown ▼ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown With Me or Countdown ▼?
Countdown With Me is rated higher. Countdown With Me averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Countdown ▼ averages 4.7 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Countdown With Me or Countdown ▼ have ads?
Countdown With Me shows ads; Countdown ▼ does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown With Me or Countdown ▼?
Countdown With Me ships an update every 3 weeks, and Countdown ▼ every 3 months. Most recently, Countdown With Me was updated on October 3, 2026 and Countdown ▼ on October 9, 2026.

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