Comparison

Time Arrow vs Countdown Days

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

Countdown Days

Easily track important dates like birthdays and anniversaries. Get timely reminders and count down the time remaining until your events. Organize events with notes and custom categories.

Highlights
  • Countdown time in years, months, weeks, and days
  • Event notification scheduling
  • Track time since past events
  • Add notes to events
  • Categorize events
  • Customize themes
Read full description

Countdown Days is an App that can help you remember events, anniversaries, and big days and send alerts or reminders according to your time setting. You can effortlessly track your time and this App can count down the years, months, weeks, and days for you. Current features: Countdown time (including years, months, weeks, and days) until your events. Schedule notification to remind you days before your events. Track years, months, weeks, and days since the events you created, Write notes on your events. Categorize your events based on your needs. Customize your themes.

Screenshots

Time Arrow4 screens
Countdown Days4 screens

Verdict

The call

Time Arrow and Countdown Days both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 77% of Time Arrow's written reviews are positive against 25% of Countdown Days's. Time Arrow also leads on ratings volume (88 vs 26) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Countdown Days's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Countdown Days sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.8 for Countdown Days. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 88 and 26 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Time Arrow's written reviews are positive against 25% of Countdown Days's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Arrow ships an update every 5 weeks, Countdown Days every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Time Arrow versus Countdown Days: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime ArrowCountdown Days
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (88 ratings)4.8 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.8% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings88 — better26
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer重赞 韩Banghua Zhao

Customer experience

Time Arrow

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

Countdown Days

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Time Arrow

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

Countdown Days

One-time1
  • Remove Ads forever$0.99

Questions

Is Time Arrow free?
Time Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Days free?
Countdown Days is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Time Arrow or Countdown Days?
Countdown Days is rated higher. Time Arrow averages 4.7 out of 5 from 88 ratings, while Countdown Days averages 4.8 from 26 ratings.
Do Time Arrow or Countdown Days have ads?
Both Time Arrow and Countdown Days show ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Arrow or Countdown Days?
Time Arrow ships an update every 5 weeks, and Countdown Days every 8 days. Most recently, Time Arrow was updated on October 14, 2026 and Countdown Days on October 9, 2026.

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