Knots vs Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knots
Create a personal timeline to record life's events, big and small. Mark important dates as anniversaries and explore historical connections. Weave your personal history into the grand tapestry of world events.
- Personal timeline creation
- Record daily events
- Anniversary marking
- Historical context exploration
- Date-based search
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Knots brings your events, diary entries, and anniversaries together in one personal timeline. Keep the moments that shaped you close, from everyday thoughts to the days you never want to forget. A TIMELINE FOR YOUR STORY Add an event for a trip, a new beginning, or a small win. Write a diary entry on its own or link it to an event so the story continues in one place. Switch between all entries, events with their linked entries, and diaries. WRITE WITH FEELING Choose a mood, put your thoughts into words, and add photos. Give quiet days as much space as big milestones. REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS Save birthdays, anniversaries, and other important dates. Set reminders and see the days ahead or the time that has passed. LOOK BACK, FIND YOUR WAY Revisit memories with On This Day and browse your calendar. Use notebooks, tags, and search to find a moment when you need it. Every day adds another thread to your story. Let Knots hold them together. OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIP Knots offers an annual auto-renewing membership and a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before purchase. You can manage or cancel an annual subscription in your App Store account settings and restore purchases in the app. Privacy Policy: https://glen-father-c47.notion.site/10b9e50ad6064cf89b29c37a78a75a74?source=copy_link Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Countdown
Never forget important dates again with this app. It helps you track upcoming events like birthdays and holidays, and also shows how many days have passed since a specific event. Customize reminders and categorize your countdowns for better organization.
- Positive countdowns for future events
- Track days passed for past events
- Customizable push reminders
- Repeatable date settings
- Date categorization
- Today in History feature
- Icon color customization
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Are you worried about forgetting the date of your love? Are you upset about forgetting someone's birthday~ Are you counting how many days until Chinese New Year? Do you want to know clearly how many days have passed for something~ Download the Countdown App, and all these problems will be solved! positive countdown date Clearly know how many days are left for something and how many days have passed~ Message push reminder You can choose the reminder of the day, the previous day or every day~ Dates can be repeated Repeat daily, monthly or yearly as you like. Date category Different days are sorted according to your own ideas. today in History Look at what happened today in history~ Icon color customization Define the App to your liking Hurry up and use it~ If you think this App is not bad, please give me a five-star praise and attach your review, it is very important to me. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact me~
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Knots at 4.8 against Countdown's 3.7. Knots also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (80% vs 55%). Countdown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. Knots sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Knots holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knots has 162 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Knots's written reviews are positive against 55% of Countdown's.
Knots ships an update every 5 days, Countdown every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Knots | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (162 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better | 55.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 162 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guangzhou Xiaorichang Technology Co., Ltd. | 晓文 刘 |
Customer experience
Knots
Countdown
In-app purchases
Knots
- 年度订阅3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- 高级用户$9.99
Countdown
No in-app purchases
