Countdown to Everything vs neCal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown to Everything
Track important upcoming events with a customizable countdown. Create unlimited events, organize them with color-coded folders, and receive personalized alerts. Add widgets to your home screen and lock screen for quick access.
- Unlimited event creation
- Color-coded event folders
- Repeating event setup
- Customizable countdown units
- Personalized alerts
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Calendar event import
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Countdown to Everything is a simple and customizable app to count down the days until any events in your life. Features: - Create unlimited events for any time in the past or future - Group events into color coded folders - Set up repeating events (yearly, monthly, weekly, daily) - Customize countdown units (years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes) - Customize alerts (yearly, monthly, weekly, daily) - Personalize each countdown and widget - Add widgets to your home screen and lock screen - Import events from your calendar
neCal
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It is an app that displays the next event for each calendar set in the Calendar app. It supports widgets. You must have calendar access permission to use it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: neCal at 3 against Countdown to Everything's 1. neCal also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown to Everything | neCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Victor Johnson | SHIN INABA |
In-app purchases
Countdown to Everything
No in-app purchases
neCal
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Countdown to Everything free?
Is neCal free?
Do Countdown to Everything or neCal have ads?
Which is updated more often, Countdown to Everything or neCal?
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