Comparison

Countdown Time Days Until app vs ARADA Watch

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Time Days Until app

Track upcoming events with real-time accuracy and customizable widgets. Personalize your countdowns with beautiful backgrounds and themes. Share your excitement with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Track unlimited events
  • Customizable widget
  • Elegant design
  • Multiple themes and backgrounds
  • Daily notifications
  • Event sharing
Features
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Countdown Time tracks upcoming events in beauty and elegance. Have your most anticipated events right at your fingertips with Countdown Time. Events are tracked to the second in real-time with razor accuracy. Feel the excitement as the day draws closer and share it with friends and family. Pick from hundreds of beautiful backgrounds to truly bring your event to life and make the day uniquely yours. Features - Track as many events as you want - Fully customizable widget - Beautiful, sleek and elegant design - Multiple themes - Pick from hundreds of HD backgrounds or use your own - Daily notifications - Personalize your event with display modes and headings - Built-in event sharing Start the countdown! Events are what make life shine. They are the moments we will forever be looking back on; and the moments we can't wait for. Whether it's your sister's wedding, your son's graduation or your own birthday, you know that it will be a day to remember. Use it for a holiday trip, vacation travel abroad or an anniversary that you can't forget. Keep track of big days like Christmas or New Years eve. Daily notifications will keep you up to date with your events and milestones while the widget gives you an instant glance at your date. Forgo a clunky calendar for a sleek and beautiful countdown timer: It's your big day and you need it to be as magnificent as it can. A simple calendar won't do it justice. The count down starts today - set your clock. More than just Christmas, weddings and birthdays Use Countdown Time for tracking any event. Any event at all! Set up a countdown app to a big presentation, track the seconds until a family dinner, set the widget to count down to your birthday or measure the amount of breaths until a romantic date. No day is too big or too small to be tracked in the app. It's completely up to you and what you want your milestones to be. Set your date and let Countdown Time and its widget take care of your vacation, holiday or wedding day. Your day, your way It's your event and you get to choose how you want the clock to count down to it. Choose the full-on experience by opening the app or an at-a-glance look with the widget. Count down in days, heartbeats, years and more - just pick the display mode that fits your big day. The app comes with breathtaking backgrounds that go with any occasion: from wedding days and to travel. Your clock is what you want it to be and your date is when you want it to be. Choose from 15 app themes to personalize your count down clock. Build the excitement. Share the moment. Your excited about the big day - that's why they are called big days after all! You go to bed every night with dreams of your vacation in Paris or your wedding date. Or both - perhaps your wedding is in Paris while you're on vacation! Up the anticipation by adding a daily reminder of these big days to your life. Count down the days to your next big holiday and share it with your friends and family. The built-in sharing lets you instantly share a beautiful snapshot of your clock with friends and family. Use the gentle daily notifications as a reminder to get Christmas presents. Show your loved ones how many days until your birthday to hint for that "surprise" birthday party. Count the days until your graduation and freedom. Get Countdown Time now to bring excitement and anticipation to your big events!

About

ARADA Watch

Features
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YOUR HERITAGE. YOUR TIME. ARADA Watch brings Ethiopian-inspired art, authentic Ge’ez numerals and the Ethiopian calendar to live in-app clocks for Apple Watch. EXPLORE YOUR COLLECTION Browse 69 designs across Abbaa Gadaa, Ge’ez, Axum, Cross, Islam, Ethiopia, Lion of Judah, Obsidian, Royal, Heritage, Neo and Minimal. Explore clean analog dials, sculpted metallic time, full-screen portraits and original cultural artwork. Preview each design on iPhone and send your selected configuration to your paired Apple Watch. TIME THAT FEELS LIKE HOME Choose standard or traditional Ethiopian time, device-local or Addis Ababa timezone, Ge’ez or regular numerals, and Ethiopian or Gregorian calendar options. Abbaa Gadaa designs default to Latin numerals, Josefin Sans typography and Afaan Oromoo month names, with analog and digital options. Ge’ez numerals are the default elsewhere. Essential clock and calendar functions work offline. MAKE IT YOURS Choose supported fonts and finishes, adjust numeral size, show or hide dates, and save favorite configurations. Customization varies by design. Original artwork may include fixed decorative symbols. ONE FREE DESIGN IN EVERY COLLECTION Twelve designs are included free. Unlock individual premium designs with an optional one-time non-consumable purchase, or choose ARADA Premium to unlock all premium designs. No subscription. The localized price is shown before purchase. Restore eligible purchases from your Library. BUILT FOR APPLE WATCH ARADA designs run as clock experiences inside the ARADA Watch app. They do not replace Apple’s system watch faces or keep the app open indefinitely. WidgetKit complications provide Ethiopian calendar and time information on supported Apple Watch faces. Requires iOS 18 or later and watchOS 11 or later for the Watch experience.

Screenshots

Countdown Time Days Until app4 screens
ARADA Watch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ARADA Watch at none against Countdown Time Days Until app's shown. ARADA Watch also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly). Countdown Time Days Until app's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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 Time Days Until app sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ARADA Watch sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Time Days Until app ships an update monthly, ARADA Watch daily. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown Time Days Until app versus ARADA Watch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown Time Days Until appARADA Watch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (115 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings115 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSociosoftware LLC (Apps)Letera Amente

Bugs and requests

Countdown Time Days Until app

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Widgets look strange after update
  • Picture not fully zoomed in widgets
  • Black stripes in widgets
  • Widgets look strange on iOS
  • Widgets don't display correctly
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  • App shows only the 15 logo after update
  • Cannot figure out how to get widget on Home Screen
  • Cannot change icon in second countdown
  • Cannot drag icons to organize
  • Free version limited to two events
  • Usage data collection cannot be turned off
  • Countdown goes into positive time after reaching zero
  • No fanfare at the end of countdown

Requested features

7 requests
  • Horizontal view without lines
  • Option to hide units in widget
  • Ability to move event name
  • App available in German
  • Ability to organize icons by dragging
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  • More instructions in-app
  • Option to use as lock screen

ARADA Watch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Time Days Until app

One-time1
  • Go Premium!$1.99
10 purchases

ARADA Watch

One-time10
  • Axum Gilt$0.99
  • Axum Eclipse$0.99
  • Cross Silver$0.99
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  • Ge’ez Vertical$0.99
  • Ge’ez Sundial$0.99
  • Axum Monolith$0.99
  • Cross Engraved$0.99
  • Sapphire$0.99
  • Ethiopia Contour$0.99
  • Ethiopia Dawn$0.99

Questions

Is Countdown Time Days Until app free?
Countdown Time Days Until app is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ARADA Watch free?
ARADA Watch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown Time Days Until app or ARADA Watch have ads?
Countdown Time Days Until app shows ads; ARADA Watch does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Time Days Until app or ARADA Watch?
Countdown Time Days Until app ships an update monthly, and ARADA Watch daily. Most recently, Countdown Time Days Until app was updated on November 10, 2026 and ARADA Watch on October 29, 2026.

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