Comparison

Countdown vs Emoji Battery Mood

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 upcoming events with a free countdown and reminder app. Customize each event with emojis and colors, and stay organized with tags and widgets. Syncs across devices and offers optional premium features for enhanced functionality.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event creation
  • Customizable event colors and emojis
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Customizable reminders and alarms
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Import events from calendars and contacts
  • Event grouping with tags
Features
Currently charting
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Countdown is a free, easy-to-use countdown and reminder app for all of life's big events. Your next vacation, birthday, wedding, concert, graduation or retirement is always one glance away. Create unlimited events and make each one your own. Downloaded over 20 million times. It's been a joy to shape Countdown with your feedback for more than eight years. We're looking forward to many more. ——— WIDGETS & APPLE WATCH ——— • See your next event with free circular and inline Lock Screen widgets • Show one event or a list of upcoming events in Home Screen widgets, and filter lists by tag or pinned events (Premium) • Show your event's emoji, title and time left in the rectangular Lock Screen widget, and keep countdowns visible in StandBy (Premium) • Check your countdowns on Apple Watch and add them to your watch face ——— REMINDERS & ALARMS ——— • Get a reminder on the big day and the day before, at a time you set • Add custom reminders minutes, hours, days, weeks or months in advance (Premium) • Set alarms that ring even when your iPhone is on silent (Premium; requires iOS 26.1 or later) ——— MAKE IT YOURS ——— • Pick an emoji and a color for every countdown, and add notes • Make events repeat every day, week, month or year, or on your own schedule, like every two weeks or the last Friday of the month • See the age someone turns on their birthday and the years celebrated on an anniversary • Add holidays and big events in one tap from suggestions for your country • Count only weekdays, or see the time since a past event • Choose how you see the time left, with units from years to seconds (Premium) ——— STAY ORGANIZED ——— • Group events with tags and pin your favorites to the top • Archive events once they pass, so your list shows what's next • Archive or delete past events automatically (Premium) • Sort by date or drag events into your own order • Search for events, duplicate them and edit several at once ——— SYNC, IMPORT & SHARE ——— • Your events stay up to date on your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud • Bring in events from your calendars and birthdays from your contacts • Automatically turn new calendar events into countdowns with Auto Import (Premium) • Add your countdowns to your calendar • Send a link so friends and family can count down with you • Check countdowns with Siri and create them with Shortcuts ——— YOUR PRIVACY ——— Your plans are personal. We never use your countdowns for advertising, and our analytics never see the titles, dates or notes you enter. ——— PREMIUM ——— One purchase. No subscriptions. Unlock all widgets, custom reminders, alarms, Auto Import, every countdown format and more. Premium also removes ads. ——— QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? ——— We love hearing from you and read every email. Get in touch at countdown@findappiness.co

About

Emoji Battery Mood

Easily add beautiful and customizable widgets to your device. Choose from pre-designed options or create your own with an intuitive editor. Discover dozens of widget types, including photos, countdowns, weather, and quotes.

Highlights
  • Aesthetic widget creation
  • Predesigned widget library
  • Customizable widget editor
  • Home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Standby mode support
  • Multiple widget types (photo, countdown, weather, quotes)
Features
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Bring your battery to life with adorable emoji widgets! Emoji Battery Widget lets you decorate your Home Screen with cute battery widgets that change expressions based on your battery level. Watch your emoji smile when fully charged, look calm at medium power, and become worried when your battery is running low. Features: • Cute emoji battery widgets • Dynamic expressions based on battery level • Home Screen & Lock Screen support • Beautiful battery themes • Multiple widget sizes • Simple and lightweight • Easy to customize Make your battery more fun and give your Home Screen a unique personality! Support : Home Screen Widget Lock Screen Widget Standby Mode MORE: Customize each widget to perfection. Add pictures to your widgets, edit their font, create your own color scheme, and so much more. Frequent updates constantly add new widgets you’d love. Here’s a glimpse of our widgets: ● Time, Date & Battery ● Countdown ● Daily, Hourly, & Current Weather ● Calendar ● Analog Clock ● Quotes & Custom Text ● Reminders Along with many more widgets to discover. If you like please share it to social media : Facebook, instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp... Download Emoji Battery Widget today!

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Emoji Battery Mood3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emoji Battery Mood at none against Countdown's 2. Emoji Battery Mood also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). 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 2 one-off in-app purchases. Emoji Battery Mood asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 192K ratings behind it against 66, 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 56% of Emoji Battery Mood's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 2 days, Emoji Battery Mood every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Countdown versus Emoji Battery Mood: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownEmoji Battery Mood
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (192K ratings) — better4.4 (66 ratings)
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings192K — better66
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#38 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFind Appiness LLCVan Manh Nguyen

Customer experience

Countdown

All ratings190,150 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews2,559 reviews
Positive71.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative22.4%

Emoji Battery Mood

All ratings63 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

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

Emoji Battery Mood

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Countdown

One-time2
  • Countdown Widget Offer$2.29
  • Countdown Widget$3.99
None

Emoji Battery Mood

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Emoji Battery Mood free?
Emoji Battery Mood is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Emoji Battery Mood?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.8 out of 5 from 192K ratings, while Emoji Battery Mood averages 4.4 from 66 ratings.
Do Countdown or Emoji Battery Mood have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Emoji Battery Mood does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Emoji Battery Mood?
Countdown ships an update every 2 days, and Emoji Battery Mood every 4 months. Most recently, Countdown was updated on November 10, 2026 and Emoji Battery Mood on November 7, 2026.

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