Comparison

Countdown vs Drive Logger

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
Currently charting
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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

Drive Logger

Easily log your supervised driving practice to meet licensing requirements. Track daytime and nighttime drives with simple one-tap recording and view your progress at a glance. All your data is securely stored on your device.

Highlights
  • Log practice drives with one tap
  • Track daytime and nighttime driving
  • View driving history and statistics
  • Manual drive recording
  • Export drive data
  • iOS 14 home screen widgets
  • On-device data storage
  • Open source
Features
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Got your drivers permit? Now you need to practice driving in order to get your full license. Drive Logger helps you log how much you have been driving making sure that you get your practice hours in. # Simple, Easy, Fast It takes just one tap to start recording your current drive. When you're finished, one tap records it. This simplicity allows you to focus on learning how to drive while giving you peace of mind that you’re getting your required hours. # Information at a glance Easily see how long you have been driving, broken down into daytime and nighttime drives. Additionally, view statistics about your driving habits. iOS 14 homescreen widgets allow you to easily see your progress. # Completely on device None of your data is sent over the internet. Instead, it is stored completely on device. Drive Logger is an open source app, so anyone can take a look at the source code. Features: - View your driving history at a glance, broken down by day and night drives - One tap to start recording a drive and one tap to save it - Fast and easy to use - Manually record drives - Export your drive data - iOS 14 Widgets allow you to track your progress from your home screen - All data is stored on device - Open source

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Drive Logger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown at 4.8 against Drive Logger's 4.1. Countdown also leads on ratings volume (189K vs 15) and review sentiment (72% vs 50%). Drive Logger's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Countdown sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Drive Logger asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 189K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 50% of Drive Logger's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 2 days, Drive Logger weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Countdown versus Drive Logger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownDrive Logger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (189K ratings) — better4.1 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings189K — better15
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#41 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFind Appiness LLCRonan Furuta

Customer experience

Countdown

All ratings189,110 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews2,553 reviews
Positive71.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative22.4%

Drive Logger

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

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

Drive Logger

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
None

Drive Logger

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drive Logger free?
Drive Logger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Drive Logger?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.8 out of 5 from 189K ratings, while Drive Logger averages 4.1 from 15 ratings.
Do Countdown or Drive Logger have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Drive Logger does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Drive Logger?
Countdown ships an update every 2 days, and Drive Logger weekly. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 23, 2026 and Drive Logger on October 14, 2026.

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