My CountDown vs Focus Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My CountDown
This app helps you track important dates with visually appealing countdowns. It offers customizable themes, multiple reminder options, and even screen recording for sharing. Stay on top of your special moments with this versatile tool.
- Customizable countdown widgets
- Multiple reminder types
- Themed countdown styles
- High-definition images and filters
- Screen recording for sharing
- Data backup and restore
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我的倒计时是一款免费且功能强大的时间记录提醒工具。 iOS14已支持精美的倒计时桌面小组件,锁屏倒计时,请注意更新~ 可用于记录:考试倒计时、生日提醒、节假日倒计时、各种纪念日、情侣恋爱天数、单身天数、生命倒计时等等。 让您不再错过生命中的每一个重要日子。 ===特色功能=== 1、两种主题风格:全屏、简约,满足不同喜好。 2、大量高清图片,动态壁纸,滤镜效果,让倒计时更美观 3、支持3种提醒方式:按周期定时提醒、提前提醒、重要日子提醒。支持置顶事件图标小圆点,不错过每个重要日子。 4、支持App内录屏保存,分享到短视频平台,个性化表达您的心情。 5、iOS14添加精美的桌面小组件,设置精美桌面主题。 6、iOS14.3以上系统支持锁屏倒计时。 7、支持数据备份,更换手机更方便。 您的支持是我们改进的动力! QQ交流反馈群:782815038
Focus Clock
This app helps you concentrate on tasks with a unique focus mode that rewards sustained attention. It offers customizable timers, background operation, and detailed statistics to track your progress. Enjoy an ad-free experience with various visual themes to enhance your study or work sessions.
- Ad-free focus mode
- Background timing with notifications
- Daily focus statistics
- Customizable clock styles and skins
- Gesture controls for navigation
- Progress bar and color customization
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Ad-free, versatile, and focused timing software that helps you concentrate on your work or studies. Introduction: Whenever you want to focus on a task (reading, working, preparing for exams, etc.), you can activate the "Focus Mode," and a "little flying man" will appear on the clock, moving towards your goal. If you can't resist checking your social media or playing games, unfortunately, the "little flying man" will disappear immediately, and the Focus Mode will exit (you can switch to background timing mode)... If you activate the "background timing mode," you can use other applications after setting the time, and the clock will send a reminder notification when the time is up. If you succeed in the challenge, it will be recorded in the daily focus statistics. The longer you study, the darker green the cover background on the statistics page will be. There are also surprises for successful challenges! After activating the background mode, the countdown can be displayed in Lingdong Island! Points to note: Please enable push notification permissions. After successfully completing a challenge, a message will be sent to notify you. Features: Various clock styles can be changed. Background skins can be changed. Activates the countdown mode after entering the "Focus Mode." Check your daily focus time and previous focus times. Explore features such as "glass background," "custom progress bar," "custom color," and "statistics report." Gesture functions: Swipe left to view the daily focus time. Swipe right to enter the Focus Mode. Swipe up to switch clock styles. Suggestion and Feedback: Your feedback and suggestions are the best support for me! Please leave your comments in the comment section, and I will respond regularly! Alternatively, you can send an email to du1992@88.com. About the application: To ensure a better user experience, there will be no ads now or in the future. At present, the charging method is a subscription membership to unlock some value-added services in the application, but it will not affect the use of basic functions. Thank you for your understanding! Membership Subscription Instructions: After subscribing, you can unlock all features. After purchasing and completing payment, the subscription will automatically be charged through your iTunes account. The iTunes account will be charged 24 hours before the expiration date. If you wish to cancel the subscription, please manually turn off the auto-renewal feature in the Apple ID Settings Management 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. User Agreement: https://du1992.github.io/worksWeb/appAgreement.html Subscription Agreement: https://du1992.github.io/worksWeb/payAgreement.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: My CountDown at free with in-app purchases against Focus Clock's subscription. My CountDown also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (227 vs 16). Focus Clock's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. My CountDown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Focus Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
My CountDown holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My CountDown has 227 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of My CountDown's written reviews are positive against 69% of Focus Clock's.
My CountDown ships an update every 2 weeks, Focus Clock fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My CountDown | Focus Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (227 ratings) — better | 4.1 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.5% of reviews — better | 69.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 227 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Xiamen ShenZhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd. | 晓庆 张 |
Customer experience
My CountDown
Focus Clock
In-app purchases
My CountDown
- 永久会员$1.99
Focus Clock
- Subscription member$0.993 Months
- Permanent buyout$1.99
- discounts VIP$2.99









