Comparison

Countdown vs Countdowns

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

Head to head
About

Countdown

Easily track important dates and events with a customizable countdown timer. Set reminders, organize events with tags, and view upcoming dates on your home screen or Apple Watch. Syncs across devices and offers various counting options.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown timer
  • Event reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
  • Event sharing
  • iCloud sync
  • Repeatable countdowns
Features
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Countdown is a free, super easy to use countdown timer and reminder for the important events & dates in your life. Features: • Check your events on the Lock Screen with our widget (Premium feature) • Glance at your events on your Apple Watch • Glance at your events using our widget in StandBy (Premium feature) • Place our Widget anywhere on your Home Screen to view your most important events (Premium feature) • Share your countdowns with friends and family • Auto Import (Premium): Connect your calendars to Countdown and automatically add new events. • Pick any color you'd like for your countdown background • In addition to receiving a notification when it is time for your event, you can receive reminders 1 day before or 1 week before the event. • Choose the format in which you want to see your countdown (Premium feature) • Create as many events as you'd like • Count up from past events (available on each countdown page) • Sync your events across your devices with iCloud • Set your countdowns to repeat yearly, monthly, weekly or daily • Sort your events from the closest to the most distant • Dark Mode • Add notes to your events • Count only working days • Have many events? Organize them with tags Add as many events as you want: Vacation, Birthday, Holiday, Party, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, Cruise, Valentines, Wedding, Anniversary, Birth, Baby, Graduation, Pregnancy, Trip, New Home, Retirement, Game, Goals, Concert and many more. ——— QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? ——— We love hearing from you and we read every single email you send us! Have suggestions? Feel free to contact us at countdown@findappiness.co

About

Countdowns

Easily create and manage countdowns for important events. Sync across devices, set reminders, and add notes for each countdown. Enjoy a seamless experience with Apple Watch, Split View, and Dark Mode support.

Highlights
  • Create and edit countdowns
  • Automatic device syncing
  • Optional notifications
  • Add notes to events
  • Apple Watch app
  • iPadOS Split View/Slide Over
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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Countdowns now works with Siri AI, Spotlight, and Shortcuts. Works with Siri AI Just talk to Siri. "Create an event called Trip to Lisbon on November 14 in Countdowns." "Move my dentist appointment to Friday." "Rename this one to Marathon." "Delete my car insurance countdown." Siri understands your countdowns as events, asks before deleting, and you can undo. Siri knows what's on your screen While you're looking at your events, Siri can act on what you see. "Open the second one." "Delete this countdown." No need to repeat the name. Spotlight Every countdown is in Spotlight. Search from the Home Screen, see the picture and the date, and tap to open it in the app. Type "Upcoming" or "Today" to jump straight to a section without opening the app first. Shortcuts New actions for the Shortcuts app: Create Event, Show Events, Search Events, and Get Countdowns. Get Countdowns hands your list to other actions, so you can send your upcoming events to Use Model and get a summary in your own words, or build any automation you like. Siri AI and Apple Intelligence features require iOS 27 and a device that supports Apple Intelligence. See exactly how many days until your next vacation, birthday, wedding, or trip — and keep it on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets. Countdowns is a fast, native, ad-free way to track the moments that matter, designed to feel right at home on iPhone and iPad. Features: • Beautiful countdowns Track upcoming and past events with clear, easy-to-read countdowns. • Widgets for Home Screen Keep your most important countdowns visible without opening the app. • Lock Screen widgets Check your countdowns instantly from the Lock Screen. • iCloud sync Your countdowns automatically stay in sync across iPhone and iPad. • Create events in seconds Add new countdowns quickly with a simple and intuitive interface. • Pin important events Keep the countdowns that matter most at the top. • Smart filters Quickly view Today, Upcoming, or Past Events. • Clean native design Built entirely with modern technologies for a smooth and reliable experience. • No ads Completely ad-free experience. Perfect for tracking: • Vacations • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Trips • Holidays • Important life events Never lose track of what you’re looking forward to.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Countdowns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdowns at none against Countdown's shown. Countdowns also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 72%). Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (186K vs 51) and chart position (#29 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Countdown sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Countdowns sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Countdown against 4.9 for Countdowns. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 186K ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 86% of Countdowns's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 4 days, Countdowns every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Countdown versus Countdowns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownCountdowns
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (186K ratings)4.9 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings186K — better51
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#29 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.0 — better27
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFind Appiness LLCIgor Rusinov

Customer experience

Countdown

All ratings186,316 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews2,474 reviews
Positive71.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative22.3%

Countdowns

All ratings51 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Bugs and requests

Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widget not updating automatically
  • Countdown display issues after iOS 14 update
  • Inability to delete archived events

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to count up from past events
  • Provide more date/time format options
  • Implement calendar view for all events
  • Allow custom backgrounds for widgets
  • Add support for weekly/monthly repeating events

Countdowns

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Countdown

One-time3
  • Start 7-Day Free TrialFree
  • Countdown Widget Offer$3.99
  • Countdown Widget$6.99
1 purchases

Countdowns

One-time1
  • Unlock App$0.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdowns free?
Countdowns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Countdowns?
Countdowns is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.8 out of 5 from 186K ratings, while Countdowns averages 4.9 from 51 ratings.
Do Countdown or Countdowns have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Countdowns does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Countdowns?
Countdown ships an update every 4 days, and Countdowns every 9 days. Most recently, Countdown was updated on September 25, 2026 and Countdowns on September 24, 2026.

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