Countdown vs Date & Time Calculator Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable countdown timer
- Event reminders
- Home screen widgets
- Apple Watch support
- Event sharing
- iCloud sync
- Repeatable countdowns
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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
Date & Time Calculator Counter
Calculate the difference between dates and times, or add/subtract durations. Save your important calculations to bookmarks and enjoy a dark mode option. All features are free to use.
- Calculate date, time, and date & time differences
- Add and subtract dates, times, and date & times
- Save calculations to bookmarks
- Supports dark mode
- Completely free to use
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It's a simple date & time calculator app. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Calculation of date, time, date & time difference - Addition & subtraction of date, time, date & time - Save calculations to bookmarks - Supports dark mode - Free & no additional charge URL scheme: datetimecalc://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Date & Time Calculator Counter at none against Countdown's 3. Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (190K vs 28). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Countdown sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Date & Time Calculator Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 190K ratings behind it against 28, 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 67% of Date & Time Calculator Counter's.
Countdown ships an update every 2 days, Date & Time Calculator Counter monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | Date & Time Calculator Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (190K ratings) — better | 4.6 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 190K — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #30 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Find Appiness LLC | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Countdown
Date & Time Calculator Counter
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
Date & Time Calculator Counter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Start 7-Day Free TrialFree
- Countdown Widget Offer$3.99
- Countdown Widget$6.99
Date & Time Calculator Counter
No in-app purchases
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