Comparison

Countdown GO vs Home Dash TV

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Add multiple activities
  • Personalize with pictures
  • iPad photo frame mode
  • iCloud device sharing
Features
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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.

About

Home Dash TV

Features
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Your TV spends most of its life as a black rectangle. Home Dash TV turns it into the heart of your home: a calm, beautiful, always-current family dashboard over a living ambient backdrop. Set it up in minutes from your iPhone. Choose your widgets and your scene, and they appear on your Apple TV automatically — synced privately through your own iCloud. Every change you make lands on the TV in seconds. WHAT'S ON YOUR DASHBOARD • World Clock — home time plus a second city for family abroad, with the Hijri date • Weather — current conditions, the week ahead, sunrise and sunset (no account needed) • Family Schedule — plan the week together on a shared calendar; the TV shows today and tomorrow automatically • Prayer Times — accurate, computed entirely on your device, with Ramadan awareness • Shopping List — add milk in the kitchen, see it on the TV before you pocket your phone; long lists fit automatically • Countdowns & Birthdays — the days that matter, counted down together • News Headlines — a quiet one-line ticker from the sources you choose • Photo Memories (Pro) — your favorite photos in their own beautiful tile SET THE SCENE Choose the TV's ambient backdrop from your iPhone: crackling fireplace, calm nature, gentle rain, an aquarium, and more. The scene changes every ten minutes, and the dashboard's smoked-glass cards let it glow through. DESIGNED FOR THE LIVING ROOM A dark, ambient aesthetic that never shouts. Large, legible typography readable from the sofa. Slow, calm updates — nothing blinks, nothing nags. Open it and it stays: the dashboard keeps your TV awake for as long as it's on screen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No servers. No analytics. Your family's data syncs through your own iCloud and never touches ours — because we don't have any. FREE AND PRO Home Dash TV is free with up to three active widgets. One single purchase — no subscription — unlocks every widget, Photo Memories, and everything we add to Pro in the future. Family Sharing supported. The iPhone app is the remote control. The TV is the canvas. Your family is the star.

Screenshots

Countdown GO3 screens
Home Dash TV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Countdown GO at 5 against Home Dash TV's 2. Home Dash TV's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Countdown GO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Home Dash TV sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown GO ships an update every 3 weeks, Home Dash TV monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Countdown GO versus Home Dash TV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown GOHome Dash TV
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple TV
Requires iOS27.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeroen ZonneveldMohamed Shafi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown GO

One-time1
  • Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Home Dash TV

One-time1
  • Upgrade Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Countdown GO free?
Countdown GO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Home Dash TV free?
Home Dash TV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown GO or Home Dash TV have ads?
Neither Countdown GO nor Home Dash TV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown GO or Home Dash TV?
Countdown GO ships an update every 3 weeks, and Home Dash TV monthly. Most recently, Countdown GO was updated on October 20, 2026 and Home Dash TV on October 24, 2026.

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