Comparison

Time Arrow vs Day Countdown & Event Counter

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

Head to head
About

Time Arrow

Track important dates with a countdown and count-up tool. Never forget anniversaries, birthdays, or payment deadlines again. Offers quick recording, sharing, and customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up modes
  • Quick event recording
  • Card sharing
  • Multiple widget options
  • Annual/monthly anniversary display
  • Cloud backup (Premium)
  • Daily reminders (Premium)
Features
Read full description

■ Apple Today Recommendation ■ App Introduction Time Arrow is a count down day recording tool to help you manage important days such as anniversaries, birthdays, repayment days and so on. There are always days in life that you want to record: - Do you remember your mom's and dad's birthday? - How many days have you been born? - What's the date do you have to pay back your credit card every month? - How many days to get paid? - Will the rent be paid next month? - Do you need a physical examination once a year? - Don't forget to take medicine at night? - Did you walk the dog today? Did you shovel shit? - Don't forget to punch in at night? - Did you pay the tuition fee? - What's the date of this month? You must have more important days to record... ■ Function Introduction - Cycle design: a more intuitive display of the annual monthly anniversary. - Count down & Count up: one mode supporting two counting ways. - Quick Recording: No tedious steps, quick preset 1 step to complete. - Card Sharing: One-click Sharing Exquisite Countdown Days Cards to Friends. - Widget: multiple widgets for your choice, quick Preview. - Back up: Keep important information in the cloud without fear of loss (Premium) - Daily Reminder: Date approaching, timely reminder (Premium) - Add to Calendar: Export to system calendar and reminder (Premium) - Secure Access: Password needed when open app each time (Premium) - Hidden Page: flexible display, minimalism to the end (Premium) ■ About Me - Personal Works Apple Recommend App: Time Arrow, Flaaash, Easy Period, Lover List, Sun & Moon - Contact Information My Email: hanchongzan@icloud.com If you have any suggestions and ideas, you can send messages me at any time. I will continue to develop more good applications. Thanks for aurwiz's support to Russian Thanks for Nantadech's support for Thai ■ Terms of Use Time Arrow Premium Subscription is a subscription-based paid-up service, which means that you will pay in advance for future use of the service. You can currently choose to pay the service on an annual basis. At the end of each subscription cycle, your subscription is automatically renewed by default unless you explicitly cancel the automatic renewal or cancelled by Time Arrow. - Fees: Now Premium is set a standard fee as $0.99 per year. This price may be changed during promotion period. If the price is adjusted, the new price will take effect for the next subscription cycle. - Refund: After the trial period, you shall never be refunded the fee. Please voluntarily cancel your payment of service. - Unsubscribe: If you want to unsubscribe, please cancel it at least 24 hours in advance. You can cancel it as follow steps: Enter Into The System Settings - Click Apple ID - Click Subscription - Select Time Arrow Premium - unsubscribe. Terms of Use: https://shimo.im/docs/tGwwvxCvj8KxjyvX Privacy Policy: https://shimo.im/docs/CCDjcWytvwWRvxkt

About

Day Countdown & Event Counter

Track important upcoming events and plan ahead with a customizable countdown tool. Personalize your events with icons and backgrounds, and set reminders to stay on schedule. Share your countdowns with friends and protect your privacy with a password.

Highlights
  • Customizable event categories
  • Prioritize important events
  • Quickly add festivals
  • Password protection
  • Share events
  • Time reminders
  • Notification bar styles
Features
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Day Counter & Event Countdown is a useful tool for you to record the important events of schedule and draw up plans in advance. There are many event icons and background images to select according to different situation like parents birthday, final examination, etc. Day Counter & Event Countdown application has a lot of usages. Scenarios: 1.Date, love, marry countdown 2.Birthday, party, travel countdown 3.Examination countdown of final, college entrance, postgraduate 4.Days countdown of Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween 5.Event, task, project countdown ... Features: 1.Event category by yourself 2.Top an event which is most important 3.Quickly add usual festivals 4.Privacy protection by password 5.Share events with your friends Subscription : - After subscribing you will be able to use : Turn on time reminders and unlock all cover and category icon,notification bar style - The subscriptions provide three period:One Month,Three Months(trial period for three days in Three months) and One Year . - The subscriptions are $ 1.49 per month, $ 3.99 per quarter and $ 13.49 per year (US) - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews ,After the subscription expires, the payment account will be renewed automatically,unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication - You can read our privacy policy at(long press) https://www.camoryapps.com/netpower/privacy_policy/daycountdown_en.html - You can read our terms of services at(long press) https://www.camoryapps.com/netpower/service/daycountdown_en.html - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication Price are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines is the equivalent of the subscription price in $USD.

Screenshots

Time Arrow4 screens
Day Countdown & Event Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

Time Arrow and Day Countdown & Event Counter both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 77% of Time Arrow's written reviews are positive against 30% of Day Countdown & Event Counter's. Time Arrow also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). Day Countdown & Event Counter's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Time Arrow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Day Countdown & Event Counter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Time Arrow against 4.7 for Day Countdown & Event Counter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 88 and 39 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Time Arrow's written reviews are positive against 30% of Day Countdown & Event Counter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Arrow ships an update every 5 weeks, Day Countdown & Event Counter weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Time Arrow versus Day Countdown & Event Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime ArrowDay Countdown & Event Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (88 ratings)4.7 (39 ratings)
Positive reviews76.8% of reviews — better30.3% of reviews
Number of ratings88 — better39
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer重赞 韩Wuhan Net Power Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Time Arrow

All ratings88 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive76.8%
Neutral10.7%
Negative12.5%

Day Countdown & Event Counter

All ratings39 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive30.3%
Neutral15.7%
Negative53.9%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Time Arrow

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - Yearly Subscription$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$4.99
3 purchases

Day Countdown & Event Counter

Subscriptions3
  • Unlock all materials$1.991 Month
  • Unlock all materials3 Days trial$3.993 Months
  • Unlock resource & reminder$15.991 Year

Questions

Is Time Arrow free?
Time Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Day Countdown & Event Counter free?
Day Countdown & Event Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Time Arrow or Day Countdown & Event Counter?
Time Arrow and Day Countdown & Event Counter are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 88 and 39 ratings respectively.
Do Time Arrow or Day Countdown & Event Counter have ads?
Both Time Arrow and Day Countdown & Event Counter show ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Arrow or Day Countdown & Event Counter?
Time Arrow ships an update every 5 weeks, and Day Countdown & Event Counter weekly. Most recently, Time Arrow was updated on October 14, 2026 and Day Countdown & Event Counter on October 16, 2026.

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