Comparison

Countdown List vs Jianben Cat

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

Head to head
About

Countdown List

Easily track important dates, anniversaries, and countdowns with flexible reminders and notes. Organize events with tags and sub-events, and view time in multiple dimensions. Sync and back up your data across devices.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns and anniversaries
  • Flexible reminders with notifications
  • Notes and sub-events for details
  • Multiple time display methods
  • Multi-device sync and backup
  • Event list widget
Features
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Countdown List is a simple, easy-to-use app for countdowns, anniversaries, reminders, and time management. Centered on events, it lets you record anniversaries, countdowns, inspirations, notes, and reminders with simple operations and inputs. You can set highly flexible reminders for events to get timely notifications in the future. Now we’ve added Notes and Sub-events features—you can not only categorize events by tags but also attach exclusive notes and sub-events to each one. For example, you can set a countdown for Christmas, and add sub-events like "Buy a Christmas tree" or "Gift for the baby" to it. It’s amazing! Multiple time display methods help you understand time from different perspectives. Let it help you record every important date in daily life—multi-device sync and backup keep your events safe from loss. Key Features: - Precise to the second: Remind you to cherish time with visible time changes - Multi-dimensional reminders: Push notifications alert you to upcoming events - Customizable notification ringtones: Easily distinguish different reminders at a glance - Versatile time displays: Percentage, seconds, days, and more - Event list widget: Check reminders with a swipe—no need to open the app - Independent life countdown & annual remaining time: Subtly remind you that time flies day and night - Notes & Sub-events: Enrich event details and streamline management For suggestions or feedback, feel free to contact us. Email: zhaoappsmail@163.com

About

Jianben Cat

Features
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Jianben Cat is a professional, local-first plain-text editor for iPhone and iPad. It works directly with Apple's Files app. Create, open, edit and save documents on your device, in iCloud Drive or in other file locations supported by iOS. Your documents remain real files instead of being locked inside the app. COMMON TEXT FORMATS Open and edit TXT, Markdown, CSV, TSV, JSON, XML, YAML, logs, source code, scripts and configuration files. Jianben Cat preserves file extensions and supports Save, Save As, Rename and the system share sheet. Jianben Cat focuses on plain text. It does not edit rich-text Word documents such as DOC or DOCX, and it does not add hidden formatting to your files. ENCODING AND LINE ENDING CONTROL Work with UTF-8, GB18030, GBK, UTF-16 little-endian and big-endian, Windows-1252, ISO Latin-1 and ASCII. UTF byte-order marks are detected and preserved. If a legacy encoding cannot be identified safely, the app asks you to choose an encoding and can reopen the original file with that selection. Detect and convert LF, CRLF and CR line endings, including files that contain mixed line endings. This keeps text predictable when moving between iOS, macOS, Windows and other systems. TOOLS FOR SERIOUS EDITING • Line numbers and Go to Line • Plain-text and regular-expression search • Case-sensitive matching and previous/next navigation • Replace and Replace All • Character, word, line and file-size statistics • Undo, redo and essential hardware-keyboard shortcuts • Monospaced editing without autocorrection, smart quotes or spelling interference WARMTH FOR EVERY EDIT Subtle cat animations and gentle encouragements bring warmth to the clean, professional interface. While you edit, the cat occasionally offers a short, lighthearted message without interrupting your typing. You can also tap it whenever you would like a little motivation to keep going. The messages are available in multiple languages and stay unobtrusive without covering the main editing area. YOUR WRITING JOURNEY Writing Journey summarizes the characters you have entered and the documents you have worked on, along with your earliest start and any late-night writing sessions. It also awards milestone badges as your work grows. It is not a cold leaderboard, but a personal retrospective that gives every keystroke a place in your story and reminds you to appreciate your persistence. LOCAL SNAPSHOTS AND RECOVERY Create local snapshots automatically while editing or save a recovery point manually. Browse and restore snapshot history, with the current version protected before a restore. A damaged snapshot is isolated so it does not affect the rest of the history. BUILT FOR LONG TEXT Incremental line indexing, delayed statistics and background search help keep long documents responsive. Search results and highlights are bounded, while large and extremely large files use reduced workloads and additional safeguards. LOCAL FIRST No account is required. There are no ads or tracking, and no analytics SDK is included by default. Documents stay on your device or in a Files/iCloud Drive location you choose. Recovery snapshots stay in the app's local sandbox. Jianben Cat is designed for people who work directly with logs, configurations, Markdown, structured data, source snippets and long-form text. The interface stays restrained so your text remains the focus and your files remain under your control.

Screenshots

Countdown List4 screens
Jianben Cat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Countdown List at Free against Jianben Cat's $0.99. Jianben Cat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

Countdown List is free to download; Jianben Cat costs $0.99 up front. Countdown List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jianben Cat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown List ships an update every 3 months, Jianben Cat every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown List versus Jianben Cat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown ListJianben Cat
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.7
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志翔 赵Andongdaolai Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown List

One-time1
  • Remove Ads + Pro$1.99
None

Jianben Cat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown List free?
Countdown List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jianben Cat free?
Jianben Cat costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown List or Jianben Cat have ads?
Countdown List shows ads; Jianben Cat does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown List or Jianben Cat?
Countdown List ships an update every 3 months, and Jianben Cat every 3 days. Most recently, Countdown List was updated on November 11, 2026 and Jianben Cat on November 10, 2026.

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