Comparison

Countdown Reminder vs FunCountDown

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Reminder

Never forget an important date again with this beautifully designed countdown and reminder app. Create personalized countdowns for birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays with custom titles and reminders. Organize events with hashtags and track time effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Personalized countdowns
  • Custom titles and reminders
  • Event organization with hashtags
  • Time tracking (days left/passed)
  • Event editing and updating
  • Gradient color customization
Features
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Soon: countdown remind app Never miss an important date again! Soon is a simple, beautifully designed countdown and reminder app that helps you stay on top of birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and all your special moments. With Soon, you can: • Create personalized countdowns with stunning gradient colors, custom titles, and reminders. • Organize events with hashtags for quick navigation and easy grouping. • Track time effortlessly - see how many days are left until an event or how many have passed. • Edit and update events anytime to keep your list accurate and up to date. Available in 10 languages, loved by users worldwide. Free to download. Add your first event in seconds.

About

FunCountDown

Easily create beautiful countdowns for any event, from birthdays to vacations. Personalize with photos and dynamic styles, and get glanceable updates with home screen widgets. Receive smart notifications to stay on track.

Highlights
  • Unlimited countdown creation
  • Personalized backgrounds and styles
  • Home screen widgets
  • Smart event notifications
  • Shareable countdown images
  • Editable and reorderable countdowns
Features
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Fun CountDown makes it easy (and fun!) to track the moments that matter most. Whether it’s a birthday, vacation, anniversary, or a special goal, create a beautiful countdown in seconds and keep it front and center with widgets. Highlights: • Create unlimited countdowns for your events • Personalize with photo backgrounds, gradients, or dynamic shapes • Share a high‑quality image of your countdown with friends • Add Home Screen widgets for glanceable updates • Smart notifications: at event time, daily, weekly, monthly, or a set time before the event • Reorder your countdowns and edit anytime • Works great on all iPhone sizes Why you’ll love it: • Clean, friendly design that’s easy to use • Big, readable time remaining with days, hours, minutes, and seconds • Flexible background styles that make each countdown feel unique • Widgets that look great and update automatically Make every moment more exciting — start counting down today!

Screenshots

Countdown Reminder4 screens
FunCountDown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FunCountDown at none against Countdown Reminder's 1. FunCountDown also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Countdown Reminder's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Countdown Reminder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FunCountDown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Countdown Reminder against 5.0 for FunCountDown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Reminder ships an update monthly, FunCountDown fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Countdown Reminder versus FunCountDown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown ReminderFunCountDown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikita BeninJoshua Vucelich

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Reminder

One-time1
  • Remove advertisements$0.99
None

FunCountDown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Reminder free?
Countdown Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FunCountDown free?
FunCountDown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Reminder or FunCountDown?
Countdown Reminder and FunCountDown are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Countdown Reminder or FunCountDown have ads?
Countdown Reminder shows ads; FunCountDown does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Reminder or FunCountDown?
Countdown Reminder ships an update monthly, and FunCountDown fortnightly. Most recently, Countdown Reminder was updated on November 2, 2026 and FunCountDown on November 5, 2026.

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