Comparison

Countdown, Event Reminder vs Year Progress

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

Head to head
About

Countdown, Event Reminder

Easily track important life events with timely reminders. See remaining time in various units and access upcoming events with a convenient widget. Never miss a birthday, anniversary, or holiday again.

Highlights
  • Organize and track important events
  • Receive scheduled reminders
  • View remaining time (years, months, days, hours, minutes)
  • Convenient Today Widget for quick access
  • Customizable event tracking
Features
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Countdown helps you track the dates that matter most. Create one-time or repeating countdowns for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, trips, weddings and other events. Repeat events daily, weekly, every two weeks, monthly or yearly. See the remaining time in years, months, days, hours or minutes, and get reminders before the big day. Browse your countdowns in Calendar View. Repeating events appear on each occurrence, and selecting a date shows everything scheduled for that day. Import birthdays from Contacts to create yearly birthday countdowns automatically. Previously imported birthdays are recognized, helping prevent duplicates. Customize each countdown with colors, icons and notes, reorder your list, share special events, and check upcoming dates from Home Screen widgets. Whether you are planning a vacation or remembering a special moment, Countdown keeps everything organized.

About

Year Progress

Features
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See exactly how much of this year is gone, how many days are left, and how many days stand between today and every date you care about. Most calendars show you squares on a page. This app shows you time itself: an animated ring that fills as the year moves, a dot grid with one dot for every single day of the year, and a live count of days passed, days remaining, and percent complete. Then it lets you drop your own dates onto that year — birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, deadlines, launch days — and counts down to each one, day by day. Everything is computed right on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no server. WHAT YOU GET - Know the state of your year at a glance, with a progress ring and percentage that move every day - See all 365 days at once in a dot grid, with today highlighted and your own dates marked - Get an exact "X days away" or "X days ago" number for every date you add - Stop re-entering the same dates: repeat any event yearly, monthly, weekly, or on your own interval - Be reminded before it is too late — 7 days, 3 days, or 1 day ahead, or on the day itself - Keep it all organized with categories, colors, notes, pinning, and upcoming/past filters PERFECT FOR - People who feel the year slipping away and want a number instead of a feeling - Anyone who keeps forgetting birthdays and anniversaries until the day after - Students, freelancers, and planners counting down to deadlines and delivery dates - Goal-setters who think in quarters, half-years, and "days left to finish this" WHY NOT JUST USE THE CALENDAR APP? Your calendar answers "what day is it on?" It does not answer "how many days do I have left?" There is no year-completion percentage, no day-by-day grid of the whole year, and no countdown that tells you in one look that a birthday is 12 days out. That is the entire job of this app, and it does that job on one screen. PRIVACY Your dates never leave your iPhone. No account to create, no cloud upload, no analytics profile, no ads, no tracking. Delete the app and the data goes with it. FULL ACCESS The year ring, the 365-day dot grid, the seasonal moments, and your first 5 countdowns are free. Full Access unlocks unlimited events, recurring events, every reminder timing, pinning, notes, custom categories, the Insights screen, and export to .ics calendar or .csv spreadsheet files. It is available as a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The price is shown in your local currency before you confirm, and a subscription can be cancelled anytime in your App Store settings. Add the one date you have been dreading — or looking forward to — and see the number today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

Screenshots

Countdown, Event Reminder4 screens
Year Progress4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Year Progress at none against Countdown, Event Reminder's shown. Year Progress also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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, Event Reminder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Year Progress sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown, Event Reminder ships an update every 4 months, Year Progress monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Countdown, Event Reminder versus Year Progress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown, Event ReminderYear Progress
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (159 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings159 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTevfik YucekPhuc Pham

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown, Event Reminder

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
2 purchases

Year Progress

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$2.997 Days
  • Annual Premium$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Countdown, Event Reminder free?
Countdown, Event Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Year Progress free?
Year Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown, Event Reminder or Year Progress have ads?
Countdown, Event Reminder shows ads; Year Progress does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown, Event Reminder or Year Progress?
Countdown, Event Reminder ships an update every 4 months, and Year Progress monthly. Most recently, Countdown, Event Reminder was updated on September 18, 2026 and Year Progress on September 28, 2026.

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