Comparison

Countdown! Reminders and Timer vs Via Browser

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Countdown! Reminders and Timer

This app helps you manage your time with precise countdowns, event reminders, and a suite of utility tools. It offers extensive customization for widgets and notifications, ensuring you never miss an important moment. Features include lunar calendar support, age calculation, and QR code generation.

Highlights
  • Second-accurate countdowns
  • Customizable widgets (70+ lock screen, 100+ desktop)
  • Lunar calendar support
  • Built-in utility tools (Age Calculator, QR Generator, etc.)
  • Push notification reminders
  • Data backup to iCloud
Features
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Countdown is a reminder and time management app, it will remind you to cherish your time at all times, which can be accurate to the second. Support lunar calendar display, support classification management function, support custom widget background, support percentage form, change percentage accuracy, so that you can see the time change every minute and every second, remind you to cherish time. At the same time, it supports "CPU Panel", "Hourly Reporting", "Age Calculator", "Full Screen clock", "Date cCalculator", "QR Code Generation" and other tools. It can help you make project plans, set reminders for meetings, arrange your schedule, and keep you focused. It can also be used to record memo events and help you better manage your time. [Features] # 70+ Lock Screen Widgets and 100+ Desktop Widgets; # Full support for Apple Watch. Enjoy a clean‑looking interface with a rich selection of watch complications; # Can be accurate to the second, always remind you to cherish the time and see the time change; # Support reminders, remind you of upcoming events through push notifications; # Supports holiday and leave information; # Support dynamic wallpapers; # Support lunar calendar selection, do not miss every lunar festival; # Customizable widget backgrounds, custom widget colors, and custom widget definitions; # Support recalculation every day, every week, every month; # Built-in multiple tools, including "CPU Panel", "Dynamic Island", "Hourly Reporting", "Device Panel", "Age Calculator", "Full Screen clock", "Date cCalculator", "QR Code Generation" and other tools; # Desktop widgets can customize the background, font, font color, transparency and blur; # Support event pin; # Support automatic event sequencing; # Support classification management function, better help you manage all event reminders; # You can set the background for each event, small and beautiful time reminder application; # Support the function of backing up data to iCloud, no longer have to worry about data loss; # Provide a variety of cool animations to give you a different mood; # Customizable push notification ringtones to make you unique; # Support network search to provide you with richer content; # New and concise operation interface makes operation more concise; # Supports percentage form. VIP features include: All Widgets, all Tools, all Static wallpapers and Dynamic wallpapers, 100% pure ad-free and automatic data backup, and can enjoy all future VIP features. 【Monthly VIP Instructions】 1. Subscription period: 1 month 2. Subscription price: 3 yuan per month 3. Payment: After the user confirms the purchase and pays, it will be credited to the itunes account 4. Cancellation of payment: If you need to cancel the renewal, please manually turn off the automatic renewal function in the iTunes/Apple ID settings management 24 hours before the current subscription expires 5. Renewal: Apple iTunes account will be debited within 24 hours before expiration, and the subscription period will be extended by one month after the deduction is successful 【Yearly VIP Instructions】 1. Subscription period: 1 year 2. Subscription price: 24 yuan per year 3. Payment: After the user confirms the purchase and pays, it will be credited to the itunes account 4. Cancellation of payment: If you need to cancel the renewal, please manually turn off the automatic renewal function in the iTunes/Apple ID settings management 24 hours before the current subscription expires 5. Renewal: Apple iTunes account will be debited within 24 hours before expiration, and the subscription period will be extended by one year after the deduction is successful 【Permanent VIP】 Unlimited permanent use of VIP features, all Widgets, all Tools, all Static wallpapers and Dynamic wallpapers, 100% pure ad-free and automatic data backup, and can enjoy all future VIP features. Privacy Policy: https://shijianguihuaju.cn/2020/01/01/countdown-law/ User Agreement: https://shijianguihuaju.cn/2020/01/01/countdown-law/

About

Via Browser

A minimalist and lightweight web browser designed for speed and minimal memory usage. It offers extensive customization options, ad blocking, and essential browsing features for a clutter-free experience.

Highlights
  • Quiet browsing experience
  • Low memory usage
  • Minimalist design
  • Customizable interface
  • Ad blocking
  • Night mode
  • Request desktop site
Features
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• Quiet Browser Via browser won’t push news and other things to you. No bother to your device. • Mini Browser Via browser use much less memory usage on your device. Keep your device as fast as new. • Lite Browser Via browser is designed for Minimalism. Best choice for geek user and who enjoy lite products. • Customized Browser You can easily customize Via browser. This is your own web browser. • Fast Browser Via browser is smooth for your device. And we optimized a lot for fast browsing. Here are some features of Via browser • iCloud sync • Ad blocking • User-script support • Night mode • Request desktop site • Translate • Find in page • Multi search engine support • Saving webpages • ... Enjoy your time with Via Browser.

Screenshots

Countdown! Reminders and Timer4 screens
Via Browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Via Browser at Free against Countdown! Reminders and Timer's $0.99. Via Browser also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). Countdown! Reminders and Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

Via Browser is free to download; Countdown! Reminders and Timer costs $0.99 up front. Countdown! Reminders and Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Via Browser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Countdown! Reminders and Timer against 4.4 for Via Browser. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 161 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Countdown! Reminders and Timer's written reviews are positive against 84% of Via Browser's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown! Reminders and Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, Via Browser every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countdown! Reminders and Timer versus Via Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown! Reminders and TimerVia Browser
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (75 ratings) — better4.4 (161 ratings)
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews — better83.8% of reviews
Number of ratings75161 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB5 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer霞 王亚锋 涂

Customer experience

Countdown! Reminders and Timer

All ratings75 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%

Via Browser

All ratings161 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive83.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative7.1%

Bugs and requests

Countdown! Reminders and Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Via Browser

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Sync not working between devices
  • Bookmarks disappearing after days of use
  • Cache not clearing properly, excessive memory usage
  • Settings URL field resets on app restart
  • Userscripts install but don't execute
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  • Desktop site request not functioning reliably
  • iCloud website compatibility error
  • Untitled sleep tabs making navigation difficult
  • Text file downloads open instead of saving
  • Status bar not appearing consistently
  • Meta theme color not respected for dark/light mode
  • Memory usage increases dramatically with minimal browsing

Requested features

17 requests
  • Set as default browser
  • Cross-device bookmark synchronization
  • Resource sniffer/traffic inspection tool
  • QR code scanner functionality
  • Userscript/Tampermonkey full support
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  • Configuration import/export functionality
  • Video download capability
  • Background video playback
  • Bookmark drag-and-drop reordering
  • Floating action buttons and gesture customization
  • Search engine switcher in search bar
  • iCloud Keychain and passkey support
  • Weather and homepage customization widgets
  • Zoom functionality
  • Russian language support
  • JavaScript disable toggle
  • Redirect blocking feature

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Countdown! Reminders and Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly VIP$0.491 Month
  • Yearly VIP1 Year trial$3.491 Year
One-time4
  • Transparent WidgetFree
  • Unlock all dynamic wallpapers$0.99
  • Unlock all Tools$0.99
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  • Permanent VIP$3.99
None

Via Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown! Reminders and Timer free?
Countdown! Reminders and Timer costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Via Browser free?
Via Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown! Reminders and Timer or Via Browser?
Countdown! Reminders and Timer is rated higher. Countdown! Reminders and Timer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while Via Browser averages 4.4 from 161 ratings.
Do Countdown! Reminders and Timer or Via Browser have ads?
Countdown! Reminders and Timer shows ads; Via Browser does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown! Reminders and Timer or Via Browser?
Countdown! Reminders and Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Via Browser every 3 months. Most recently, Countdown! Reminders and Timer was updated on October 11, 2026 and Via Browser on October 13, 2026.

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