Comparison

Wedding Countdown · vs Outside

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

Head to head
About

Wedding Countdown ·

Track the remaining time until your wedding day with a highly customizable countdown. Features include personalized backgrounds, decorations, and shareable live websites. Get timely reminders and widgets for easy access.

Highlights
  • Super personalizable countdowns
  • Creative decorations and wallpapers
  • Use own photos as wallpaper
  • Shareable live website
  • Notification center widget
  • Home and Lock screen widgets
  • Milestone reminders
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The biggest day of your life approaches! Can't wait! With Our Wedding Countdown, you'll be able to see exactly how much time you have to arrange everything and live the most important event in your life. With the countdown widget for the notification center, you'll always be able to see the time count to your day, up to the seconds! It's super simple to use and incredibly nice to see. Reminders are also scheduled to notify you when an important milestone is reached, be it 1 year, 1 month or a week to the wedding day! That's perfect for planning everything right and never miss anything. Countdowns are super-personalizable. You'll be able to unleash your creativity! Hundreds of high quality backgrounds to use, decorations and also the possibility to use your own photos. You'll be able to create the perfect countdown for your wedding. Share your love with your friends or your spouse. Create a live website that updates every second and share it on social media or wherever you want. It looks awesome and builds up the expectations! It's also compatible with every device, including laptops, tablets and smartphones! Main Features: - Super personalizable countdowns. - Tens of creative decorations to apply to the countdown. - Thousands of wallpapers to use. - Use your own photo as a wallpaper. - Create a website shareable with all your friends. - Notification center widget to have your countdown available at any time with a swipe. - Home screen (iOS 14+) and Lock screen (iOS 16+) widgets. - Reminders at appropriate times allow you to enjoy the big date approaching. What are you still waiting for? We've been counting down the time you've spent reading this (professional deformation). Stop thinking, download it now! It's super cool :D ----- Terms Of Service for the Subscription: In order to unlock all content in the app you may need to subscribe to the service. There is a free trial period so that you can fully evaluate if you like the app and the premium content before making any commitment. This is to help me pay development costs and provide new features, fix bugs, provide better content and so on. Here are a few details on the subscription itself: - Free trial: You can use the app for free for trial period. After that period you can subscribe to have full access to the app. Non used free trial period will be forfeited - Subscription is auto-renewable. It will renew automatically 24h before expiration and it will be billed to your iTunes Account - You can cancel from the subscription anytime from settings > Your Name > iTunes & App Store > Apple Id > Subscriptions - When cancelling, the subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled but the current subscription period will not be refunded. WARNING: uninstalling the app will NOT cancel the subscription! Please make sure to follow the instructions above (also included inside the app) or follow this link for even clearer instructions on how to manage your subscriptions within your device: https://crazyhorseapps.com/support Privacy Policy: https://crazyhorseapps.com/apps-privacy-policy Terms Of Service: https://crazyhorseapps.com/apps/wedding-countdown/terms Support: https://crazyhorseapps.com/support

About

Outside

Plan, share, and remember important moments with loved ones. Ideal for long-distance relationships, trip planning, and creating a visual diary of your year. Features live widgets and offline access.

Highlights
  • Shared countdowns for long-distance couples
  • Trip planning with group coordination
  • Yearly memory archive and profile
  • Live widgets for home and lock screens
  • Calendar sync (Apple & Google)
  • Offline functionality
  • Photo sharing for Lock Screen
Features
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Waiting is better together. Turn every date you can't wait for—weddings, trips, birthdays, reunions—into a countdown you share, with widgets you'll both smile at every day. Use Outside for trips, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, reunions, concerts and every date worth looking forward to. CREATE AND SHARE Create a countdown, send an invite and let friends, family or your partner join the same moment. WIDGETS AT A GLANCE Keep your next countdown on your Home Screen, Lock Screen or in StandBy. PLAN TOGETHER Add the date, place and details so everyone knows what is happening. FREE TO START The free plan includes creating, sharing and joining countdowns, plus Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets. OUTSIDE PRO Outside Pro is optional and adds custom reminders, calendar sync, recurring events, attachments, camera-roll wallpapers, group chat, custom app icons, photo uploads and search, premium countdown styles, links and checklists. Available plans, prices and introductory trial eligibility are shown before purchase. Terms: https://outside.so/terms Privacy: https://outside.so/privacy Support: https://outside.so/support

Screenshots

Wedding Countdown ·4 screens
Outside1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Outside at 54% against Wedding Countdown ·'s 13%. Outside also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Wedding Countdown ·'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Wedding Countdown · sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Outside sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Outside holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outside has 2.8K ratings behind it against 292, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Wedding Countdown ·'s written reviews are positive against 54% of Outside's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wedding Countdown · ships an update every 2 months, Outside every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wedding Countdown · versus Outside: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWedding Countdown ·Outside
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (292 ratings)4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews53.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2922.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB144 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarolina PlattiOutside HQ LTD

Customer experience

Wedding Countdown ·

All ratings292 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

Outside

All ratings2,754 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews200 reviews
Positive53.5%
Neutral8.0%
Negative38.5%

User reviews

Wedding Countdown ·

From 292 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app for countdowns
  • 👍 Convenient time tracking
  • 👍 Nice to share countdowns
  • 👍 Ability to add custom photos

Room to improve

  • 💸 App is not free
  • 💸 Hidden costs after download
  • 💸 Subscription required to use
  • 💸 Expensive weekly subscription
  • 💸 Misleading app description

Outside

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Free home/lock screen countdown widget
  • 👍 Simple and chic design
  • 👍 Highly customizable
  • 👍 Seamless calendar integration
  • 👍 Useful AI assistant

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy, crashes, and glitches
  • 💰 Subscription-based model, expensive pricing
  • 🔒 Limits free features, forces paid subscription
  • 🤔 Confusing and changing pricing structure
  • 🤔 Lack of transparency around free vs paid features

Bugs and requests

Wedding Countdown ·

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App not working
  • Days are incorrect
  • Charged after removal from phone
  • Unauthorized debits

Requested features

3 requests
  • Show cost in App Store before download
  • More customization options
  • Clearer indication of paid features

Outside

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widget not working after iOS updates
  • Countdown events suddenly blocked by paywall
  • Paid subscription not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options for widgets
  • Ability to delete or edit events
  • Improved Android support
  • Memories/map feature to track past events

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Wedding Countdown ·

Subscriptions4
  • Wedding Countdown Premium7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Wedding Countdown Pro7 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Wedding Countdown Monthly PRO7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Wedding Countdown Yearly PRO7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Our Wedding Countdown Pro Account$9.99
17 purchases

Outside

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly subscription$2.991 Month
  • Outside Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan$4.491 Month
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  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro Deal3 Days trial$12.491 Year
  • Annual Pro3 Days trial$12.491 Year
  • Outside Pro Annual$19.991 Year
  • Annual Plan3 Days trial$29.491 Year
  • Outside Pro Annual3 Days trial$31.491 Year
  • Annual plan3 Days trial$44.491 Year
One-time7
  • Unlock Countdown styles$0.99
  • Ad supported tier$4.99
  • All Time Deal$5.49
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  • All Time Deal$7.49
  • All Time Pro$9.99
  • Lifetime Access$29.99
  • Lifetime access$44.49

Questions

Is Wedding Countdown · free?
Wedding Countdown · is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Outside free?
Outside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wedding Countdown · or Outside?
Outside is rated higher. Wedding Countdown · averages 4.5 out of 5 from 292 ratings, while Outside averages 4.7 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Wedding Countdown · or Outside have ads?
Neither Wedding Countdown · nor Outside shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wedding Countdown · or Outside?
Wedding Countdown · ships an update every 2 months, and Outside every 6 days. Most recently, Wedding Countdown · was updated on September 16, 2026 and Outside on September 23, 2026.

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