Comparison

Time Arrow vs Countdown

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
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■ 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

Never forget important dates again with this app. It helps you track upcoming events like birthdays and holidays, and also shows how many days have passed since a specific event. Customize reminders and categorize your countdowns for better organization.

Highlights
  • Positive countdowns for future events
  • Track days passed for past events
  • Customizable push reminders
  • Repeatable date settings
  • Date categorization
  • Today in History feature
  • Icon color customization
Features
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Are you worried about forgetting the date of your love? Are you upset about forgetting someone's birthday~ Are you counting how many days until Chinese New Year? Do you want to know clearly how many days have passed for something~ Download the Countdown App, and all these problems will be solved! positive countdown date Clearly know how many days are left for something and how many days have passed~ Message push reminder You can choose the reminder of the day, the previous day or every day~ Dates can be repeated Repeat daily, monthly or yearly as you like. Date category Different days are sorted according to your own ideas. today in History Look at what happened today in history~ Icon color customization Define the App to your liking Hurry up and use it~ If you think this App is not bad, please give me a five-star praise and attach your review, it is very important to me. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact me~

Screenshots

Time Arrow4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Time Arrow at 4.7 against Countdown's 3.7. Time Arrow also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 55%) and ratings volume (88 vs 3). Countdown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads 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. Time Arrow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Time Arrow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Arrow has 88 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Time Arrow's written reviews are positive against 55% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Arrow ships an update every 5 weeks, Countdown every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Time Arrow versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime ArrowCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (88 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews76.8% of reviews — better55.0% of reviews
Number of ratings88 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer重赞 韩晓文 刘

Customer experience

Time Arrow

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

Countdown

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive55.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative35.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Time Arrow

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - Yearly Subscription$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$4.99
None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time Arrow free?
Time Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Time Arrow or Countdown?
Time Arrow is rated higher. Time Arrow averages 4.7 out of 5 from 88 ratings, while Countdown averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Time Arrow or Countdown have ads?
Both Time Arrow and Countdown show ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Arrow or Countdown?
Time Arrow ships an update every 5 weeks, and Countdown every 8 days. Most recently, Time Arrow was updated on September 23, 2026 and Countdown on September 21, 2026.

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