Comparison

Day Countdown & Event Counter vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Day Countdown & Event Counter

Track important upcoming events and plan ahead with a customizable countdown tool. Personalize your events with icons and backgrounds, and set reminders to stay on schedule. Share your countdowns with friends and protect your privacy with a password.

Highlights
  • Customizable event categories
  • Prioritize important events
  • Quickly add festivals
  • Password protection
  • Share events
  • Time reminders
  • Notification bar styles
Features
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Day Counter & Event Countdown is a useful tool for you to record the important events of schedule and draw up plans in advance. There are many event icons and background images to select according to different situation like parents birthday, final examination, etc. Day Counter & Event Countdown application has a lot of usages. Scenarios: 1.Date, love, marry countdown 2.Birthday, party, travel countdown 3.Examination countdown of final, college entrance, postgraduate 4.Days countdown of Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween 5.Event, task, project countdown ... Features: 1.Event category by yourself 2.Top an event which is most important 3.Quickly add usual festivals 4.Privacy protection by password 5.Share events with your friends Subscription : - After subscribing you will be able to use : Turn on time reminders and unlock all cover and category icon,notification bar style - The subscriptions provide three period:One Month,Three Months(trial period for three days in Three months) and One Year . - The subscriptions are $ 1.49 per month, $ 3.99 per quarter and $ 13.49 per year (US) - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews ,After the subscription expires, the payment account will be renewed automatically,unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication - You can read our privacy policy at(long press) https://www.camoryapps.com/netpower/privacy_policy/daycountdown_en.html - You can read our terms of services at(long press) https://www.camoryapps.com/netpower/service/daycountdown_en.html - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication Price are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines is the equivalent of the subscription price in $USD.

About

Countdown

Personalize your iOS 16 lock screen with customizable countdown widgets for important dates. Never miss holidays or anniversaries with a quick glance at your screen.

Highlights
  • Customizable lock screen widgets
  • Countdown to important dates
  • iOS 16 integration
  • Calendar and reminders import
  • One-click screen lock preview
Features
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Personalize your screen lock with a new way to display a set of countdown days widgets, so important days are never missed, and holidays and anniversaries are counted down at a glance. The countdown day screen lock page brings you a different screen lock experience, and the simple widgets are integrated with the iOS 16 interface style, which is beautiful and convenient. FEATURES - Decorate the screen lock page and enrich the screen lock content - Update the countdown day every day, and never miss the important day - For iOS 16 screen lock - When locking the screen, you can open the countdown day application with one button - Customize the new countdown day - Importable from calendar, reminders into the app - One-click preview of screen lock components If you have any questions and suggestions in the process of using the app, please feel free to give us feedback in the app.

Screenshots

Day Countdown & Event Counter4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Day Countdown & Event Counter at 4.7 against Countdown's 3.5. Day Countdown & Event Counter also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (30% vs 14%). Countdown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). 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. Day Countdown & Event Counter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Day Countdown & Event Counter holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Day Countdown & Event Counter's written reviews are positive against 14% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day Countdown & Event Counter ships an update weekly, Countdown every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Day Countdown & Event Counter versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay Countdown & Event CounterCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (39 ratings) — better3.5 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews30.3% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings39 — better12
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWuhan Net Power Technology Co., Ltd传彬 戴

Customer experience

Day Countdown & Event Counter

All ratings39 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive30.3%
Neutral15.7%
Negative53.9%

Countdown

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Day Countdown & Event Counter

Subscriptions3
  • Unlock all materials$1.991 Month
  • Unlock all materials3 Days trial$3.993 Months
  • Unlock resource & reminder$15.991 Year
None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Day Countdown & Event Counter free?
Day Countdown & Event Counter 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, Day Countdown & Event Counter or Countdown?
Day Countdown & Event Counter is rated higher. Day Countdown & Event Counter averages 4.7 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Countdown averages 3.5 from 12 ratings.
Do Day Countdown & Event Counter or Countdown have ads?
Both Day Countdown & Event Counter and Countdown show ads.
Which is updated more often, Day Countdown & Event Counter or Countdown?
Day Countdown & Event Counter ships an update weekly, and Countdown every 4 months. Most recently, Day Countdown & Event Counter was updated on October 16, 2026 and Countdown on October 3, 2026.

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