Countdown GO vs Event Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown GO
Track upcoming events and activities with personalized visuals. Share your countdowns across Apple devices via iCloud. Use your iPad as a dynamic photo frame for your events.
- Add multiple activities
- Personalize with pictures
- iPad photo frame mode
- iCloud device sharing
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A fresh, modern look and a handy new feature! • Event history — Look back at all the events that have already passed, right from Settings. • Redesigned add screen — Creating an event is now a live preview: pick your photo and instantly see how your countdown will look. • Refreshed Premium & Privacy screens — Cleaner, clearer, and easier on the eyes. • Fixed a date bug — Events set for tomorrow no longer show up as "Today". • Various visual polish and small improvements.
Event Countdown
Never forget important dates again with this event reminder app. Track upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays by counting down the days left until each event. Customize backgrounds and set notifications to stay organized.
- Track up to 10 events (unlimited for pro)
- Sort events by categories
- Export events to calendar
- Create event notifications
- Set custom event backgrounds
- Share events on social media
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You forget important dates, anniversaries, birthdays or other events? No more, new Event Countdown - Reminder App is here and it will help you track all important events in your life! With this event reminder app, you can add up to 10 events, sort them by category and create a notification for each event. As simple as that. Countdown days left until important events and special dates in your life with this simple and easy-to-use event reminder app. Create a list of all significant events, set a beautiful background for each event and never again will you forget any important date. This countdown timer counts days left until your special events, so you can easily keep track of upcoming birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, appointments and so on. Features: - Create, edit or delete up to 10 events, unlimited for pro - Sort events by categories - Export events to the calendar - Create a notification for each event - Set a custom background for each event, take a photo or set your own image as an event background - Share events on social networks Download this Event Countdown - Reminder App and easily track events that are important to you. Name an event, choose a category, set specific date and time, choose a custom background or set your own photo as a background, and that’s it, the countdown can begin! Do not miss significant dates and events, get this event reminder app and know the exact time until important events. Track events in the simplest possible way with this countdown timer and have the list of all dates in one place, in a single app! Countdown days left until your vacation, Christmas, an anniversary, your friend’s birthday or a wedding, you name it. Let the event countdown begin!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Event Countdown at 5.0 against Countdown GO's 3.0. Event Countdown also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 27.0). Countdown GO's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 14 months). 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 GO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Event Countdown sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Event Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown GO has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Countdown GO's written reviews are positive against 0% of Event Countdown's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Countdown GO ships an update every 3 weeks, Event Countdown every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown GO | Event Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeroen Zonneveld | Danijel Cvetkovic |
Customer experience
Countdown GO
Event Countdown
In-app purchases
Countdown GO
- Premium$0.99
Event Countdown
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Add more events$1.99
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