Countdown GO vs 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.
Countdown
Track important dates and count down to special events or count the days since a significant moment. Receive timely notifications and visualize your progress with beautiful counters. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with iCloud syncing across devices.
- Ad-free experience
- Home screen widgets
- Light and dark mode support
- Count in days, weeks, months, hours, minutes
- iCloud device syncing
- Customizable event sorting
- Event notifications
- Shareable live counters
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Countdown will help you to count down the days until a special event or, count from the days since an important moment in your life. You'll receive notifications when it's time. Countdown to birthdays, holidays, an upcoming vacation, weddings, the New Year, parties, sporting events, concerts, and more. features: - No advertisements - Add your events as widgets to your iOS home screen - Support for light and dark mode - Count with days, weeks, months, hours, minutes - Sync with all your devices from iCloud - Sort events by name or date, ascending or descending - Sort by repeating and one-time events - Receive notifications when it's time - Beautiful fullscreen live counter - Share the image with live counter with friends and family - No third-party tracking or analytics services are used. No personal data is shared with anyone. - Default library with beautiful pictures to use for your events
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countdown at 4.8 against Countdown GO's 3.0. Countdown GO's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and device support (5 vs 3). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Countdown GO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 26 respectively.
Countdown GO ships an update fortnightly, Countdown monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown GO | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (16 ratings) | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| 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, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeroen Zonneveld | Discoveruapps v.o.f. |
Customer experience
Countdown GO
Countdown
In-app purchases
Countdown GO
- Premium$0.99
Countdown
- Countdown+$1.99
