CountDown Reminder vs Countdowns by DGR Labs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Countdowns by DGR Labs
Create visually appealing countdowns for any event, from trips to birthdays. Keep track of upcoming milestones with customizable backgrounds and widgets. The app also offers smart alerts and iCloud sync for a seamless experience across devices.
- Customizable backgrounds
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Calendar and contact import
- Smart alerts
- iCloud sync
- Landscape mode
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Meet Countdowns — a calmer, more beautiful way to look forward. Designed with a minimalist, dark interface, Countdowns stays out of the way so your moments can stand out. Create countdowns for trips, birthdays, deadlines, holidays, and anything worth anticipating — and keep counting up after events pass. BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUNDS Choose a look for every countdown: your own photos, a built-in gallery, or custom colors—then let the countdown take center stage. WIDGETS THAT MATCH YOUR HOME SCREEN Keep your next milestone in view. Free includes small Home Screen widgets. Pro adds medium and large Home Screen widgets plus Lock Screen widgets. IMPORT FROM CALENDAR & CONTACTS Quickly create countdowns from events already on your calendar, or import birthdays directly from your contacts. SMART ALERTS Get notified at the right time. Set one alert per countdown for free, or upgrade to Pro to add multiple alerts for the same event (e.g., 1 week before, 1 day before, at event time, and more). IMMERSIVE LANDSCAPE MODE Rotate your phone for a pure black, full-screen countdown display—perfect on a desk, nightstand, or stand. SEAMLESS ICLOUD SYNC (INCLUDED) Your countdowns automatically sync across iPhone and iPad for any device signed in with your Apple ID. FREE TO DOWNLOAD Free includes up to 3 countdowns. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited countdowns, multiple alerts per countdown, and expanded widget options. One-time purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countdowns by DGR Labs at 5.0 against CountDown Reminder's 4.4. Countdowns by DGR Labs also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). CountDown Reminder's advantage is ratings volume (119 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Reminder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdowns by DGR Labs sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdowns by DGR Labs 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of CountDown Reminder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdowns by DGR Labs's.
CountDown Reminder ships an update monthly, Countdowns by DGR Labs weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CountDown Reminder | Countdowns by DGR Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (119 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 119 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 红英 杨 | DGR Labs |
Customer experience
CountDown Reminder
Countdowns by DGR Labs
Bugs and 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
Countdowns by DGR Labs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CountDown Reminder
- Pro version$1.99
Countdowns by DGR Labs
- Pro Upgrade$1.99
Questions
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