Birthday Countdown vs Floating Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Birthday Countdown
Never miss an important birthday again with this easy-to-use countdown and reminder app. Set custom notifications, import contacts, and even view upcoming events on your Apple Watch. Premium features include lock screen widgets and data export.
- Birthday countdowns
- Customizable notifications
- Import from contacts/calendar
- Apple Watch support
- Lock screen widgets (Premium)
- Share countdowns
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Birthday Countdown is a free, super easy to use countdown and reminder app for the all the important birthdays in your life. Never forget a birthday again! Features: • Check your birthdays on the Lock Screen or Home Screen with our widget (Premium feature) • Check upcoming birthdays on your Apple Watch • Create as many events as you'd like • Share your countdowns with friends and family • Get notifications at the time of your choosing on each birthday day. You can also get notified 1 day or 1 week before each birthday • Import birthdays from your calendar • Import birthdays from your contacts • Import birthdays from your facebook • Dark Mode • Widget to view your most important events (Premium feature) • Export your birthdays through an ICS file (Premium feature) • Pick an emoji to identify each birthday ——— TERMS & PRIVACY ——— Terms of use (https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/93268760) Privacy & Policy (https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/93268760) EULA (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) ——— QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? ——— We love hearing from you and we read every single email you send us! Have suggestions? Feel free to contact us at birthdaycountdownapp@gmail.com
Floating Clock
This digital clock tool offers stopwatch and countdown functionality, allowing it to be suspended over any app or mobile desktop. Customize the background and font of the floating window for a personalized experience.
- Floating clock overlay
- Stopwatch functionality
- Countdown timer
- Customizable background
- Customizable font
- Suspends over other apps
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A digital clock tool supporting stopwatch and countdown, which can be suspended on any app and mobile desktop! The background format and font of floating window can be customized.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Birthday Countdown at 7.8K against Floating Clock's 19. Floating Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Birthday Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Floating Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Birthday Countdown against 4.9 for Floating Clock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birthday Countdown has 7.8K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Birthday Countdown ships an update weekly, Floating Clock fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Birthday Countdown | Floating Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.8K ratings) | 4.9 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.8K — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Find Appiness LLC | 贵东 赵 |
Customer experience
Birthday Countdown
Floating Clock
Bugs and requests
Birthday Countdown
Reported bugs
4 issues- Dates randomly changing or being off by a day
- App crashing or becoming unusable after updates
- Notifications not working as expected
- Inability to open or access the app after a reset
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to use personal photos
- Provide more reminder time options
- Allow adding notes/details for birthdays
- Improve widget functionality and customization
- Implement import/export backup functionality
Floating Clock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Birthday Countdown
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Birthday Special Offer$1.99
- Birthday Widget Offer$4.99
- Birthday Widget$9.99
Floating Clock
- VIP month3 Days trial$6.491 Month
- VIP year3 Days trial$29.491 Year
- VIP$1.99
Questions
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