Spurr vs Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spurr
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Earn rewards, personalised offers and exclusive privileges from your favourite brands. Simply get your Spurr QR code scanned by the attendant at your location to redeem rewards and stamps or accumulate your spend.
Countdown
Track important dates and count down to special events or count the days since a significant moment. Receive timely notifications and visualize your progress with beautiful counters. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with iCloud syncing across devices.
- Ad-free experience
- Home screen widgets
- Light and dark mode support
- Count in days, weeks, months, hours, minutes
- iCloud device syncing
- Customizable event sorting
- Event notifications
- Shareable live counters
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Countdown will help you to count down the days until a special event or, count from the days since an important moment in your life. You'll receive notifications when it's time. Countdown to birthdays, holidays, an upcoming vacation, weddings, the New Year, parties, sporting events, concerts, and more. features: - No advertisements - Add your events as widgets to your iOS home screen - Support for light and dark mode - Count with days, weeks, months, hours, minutes - Sync with all your devices from iCloud - Sort events by name or date, ascending or descending - Sort by repeating and one-time events - Receive notifications when it's time - Beautiful fullscreen live counter - Share the image with live counter with friends and family - No third-party tracking or analytics services are used. No personal data is shared with anyone. - Default library with beautiful pictures to use for your events
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spurr at none against Countdown's 1. Spurr also leads on iOS requirement (13.6 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spurr asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spurr ships an update every 3 weeks, Countdown monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spurr | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHOPIQ SDN. BHD. | Discoveruapps v.o.f. |
In-app purchases
Spurr
No in-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown+$1.99
