Comparison

Countdown@ vs TimeTime

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

Head to head
About

Countdown@

Easily track important life events with stylish countdown timers. Create custom events like vacations, birthdays, and holidays. View upcoming events with a convenient widget and even count up from past milestones.

Highlights
  • Create custom event countdowns
  • Count up from past events
  • Event timeline with diary and notes
  • Widget for important events
  • Stylish event tracking
Features
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Countdown@ is a super easy to use countdown timer for the important events in your life. Count down to your next event: Vacation, Birthday, Holiday, Party, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, and more - in style! Features: • Create different types of events • Widget to view your most important events • Count up from past events • Timeline in every countdown event — diary and notes ——— FEEDBACK ——— Have any suggestions? Feel free to contact us at joezhang176776005@gmail.com

About

TimeTime

This app helps visualize the passage of time with intuitive countdown timers. It's designed for simplicity, making it easy for children and adults to understand time progression for various activities, from meal times to workouts.

Highlights
  • Create, edit, and delete timers
  • Customizable tile colors, icons, and names
  • Multiple countdown face styles (cylinder, pie, ring)
  • iCloud data synchronization across devices
  • Privacy-focused, no data collection
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# Motivation I was furious by my 3-year-old son's innocent look after my warning to take away his food if he can't finish it within 10 minutes, an hour and a half ago. There's gotta be a way to let him know that 10 minutes is not that long. TimeTime was born that night, out of a mixed feeling of anger and love. I use the app daily ever since because it is working like a charm. No yelling and screaming. He knows exactly what I am talking about. # Beyond Small Kids TimeTime is a simple countdown timer that tries to visualize time's elapsing in the most intuitive ways. Since its original target audience was a 3-year-old boy, simplicity is in the blood of the design. Over time, I found it is often useful to my older kids for various purposes where a clear grasp of the progression of time is needed. I used it in certain workout sessions. Seeing the progress straightaway really motivates me at tough times. # Features - Create, edit, delete timers, with customized tile colour, icon and name. - Customizable countdown faces (currently support 3 flavours: cylinder, pie and ring, more to come shortly, because it's fun). - all data are synced via iCloud, meaning all your personal preferences are synced across all your iOS devices. - we collect NOTHING. It's all yours. Hopefully, it can be helpful to you. Enjoy.

Screenshots

Countdown@4 screens
TimeTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TimeTime at 78% against Countdown@'s 37%. TimeTime also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Countdown@'s advantage is ratings volume (40K vs 5) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price 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@ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TimeTime asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown@ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown@ has 40K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 37% of Countdown@'s written reviews are positive against 78% of TimeTime's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Countdown@ versus TimeTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown@TimeTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (40K ratings) — better4.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews37.1% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings40K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB1 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperWuhan Linggu Dingdang Technology Co., LtdXiaoxing Hu

Customer experience

Countdown@

All ratings40,189 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews278 reviews
Positive37.1%
Neutral10.4%
Negative52.5%

TimeTime

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral22.2%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Countdown@

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Countdown not updating correctly
  • Widget not displaying as customized
  • Inability to delete past events

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to set countdown as alarm
  • Sync countdowns across devices
  • More customization options for widget
  • Allow multiple countdowns in widget

TimeTime

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown@

One-time1
  • Countdown Premium$4.99
None

TimeTime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown@ free?
Countdown@ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeTime free?
TimeTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown@ or TimeTime?
Countdown@ is rated higher. Countdown@ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 40K ratings, while TimeTime averages 4.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Countdown@ or TimeTime have ads?
Countdown@ shows ads; TimeTime does not.

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