Comparison

Countdown@ vs Countdown

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 customizable countdowns. View upcoming dates with widgets and add notes or diary entries to each event. Count up from past events to see how long ago they occurred.

Highlights
  • Customizable event countdowns
  • Widget for important events
  • Count up from past events
  • Diary and notes for events
  • Multiple event types
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

Countdown

Visually track personal goals, habits, and important dates with customizable widgets. Supports counting up and down, recurring events, and synchronization across Apple devices. Offers detailed progress visualization and notifications to keep you motivated.

Highlights
  • Customizable home and lock screen widgets
  • Count up and down timers
  • Recurring event tracking
  • Apple Calendar and Reminders synchronization
  • Detailed progress visualization dashboard
  • Customizable colors, icons, and fonts
  • Notifications for key dates and streaks
Features
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Track time with beautiful countdown widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Get the results you want by adding beautiful ALWAYS ON motivational countdowns to the device you use every day. On your wrist? On your Mac? Pretty Progress works there, too. Our objective is to support you achieve your goals. We beautifully track your goals so you don’t have to. What better place to remind yourself of the things that matter than the devices you use every day? Your life goals, your health routines, your personal habits, when your newborn arrives, the deadline of your PhD or your mother’s birthday… No matter what your goal is. Pretty Progress gives you beautiful countdowns with widgets to customize and track them all: - Count up & down towards a specific date or with a timer - Create recurrent events and count the days periodically - Synchronize and import Apple Calendar events and Reminders - Show the percentage of completion, how much time is left or how much time has past (time since). In years, months, weeks, days... or a combination of them - Beautiful and unique designs. 6 different templates to customize and add to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Stand By (iOS 17), and Watch complications - Customize colors, icons, layout, fonts, size... and every little aspect of the countdown at any time. Create your own personal Home Screen and Watch Face - A dashboard to visualize all the timers and day counters created and understand your deadlines, goals, achievements, or recurrent tasks - Notifications: 1 week and 1 day before, and at the end of your countdown, and every day, week, month or year after your habit streak - A library to get inspired and create widgets easily - 3 different sizes for the Home Screen widgets: small, medium, and large - All Lock Screen widgets localizations available - All complication sizes for Watch Faces supported - Dark mode support - iCloud synchronization. Sync your countdowns on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac (Silicon) automatically - Family sharing enabled for the PRO purchase WHAT CAN YOU TRACK? - Health routines - Personal habits progress - Countdown to Christmas - Days until your mother's birthday - Countdown to your next holidays - Days until your project release deadline - Days left until your next trip - Percentage of your gym routine complete - Days left until your wedding anniversary - Days until retirement - Days until your financial independence - Percentage of the year, month, week... - Days left until your kombucha is fermented - How many days you have left on your vacations - Countdown to tax submission - Days until your new child arrives - Countdown to that important exam - Days until your graduation - Percentage of the academic year left - Days until Superbowl - My love countdown - Streak of days of habits - Daily, weekly and monthly tasks - Time until your new job WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK: We love to improve, so any feedback is always welcome! For any question, issue, suggestion or anything you want to say, contact at: hi@prettyprogress.app ======================= The free version of Pretty Progress includes four custom countdown widgets with two designs, the default daily, weekly, monthly and yearly progress and some customization options. If you purchase Pretty Progress PRO, the payment will be charged to your iTunes account. If you purchase a monthly or yearly subscription, your account will automatically be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period unless you disable auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. ======================= Terms of Service: https://prettyprogress.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://prettyprogress.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Countdown@4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

Countdown@ and Countdown both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 37% of Countdown@'s. Countdown also leads on ads (none vs shown). Countdown@'s advantage is ratings volume (41K vs 3.1K) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 and Countdown sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Countdown@ against 4.7 for Countdown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown@ has 41K ratings behind it against 3.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 37% of Countdown@'s written reviews are positive against 82% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown@ ships an update every 5 days, Countdown every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown@ versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown@Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (41K ratings)4.7 (3.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.3% of reviews82.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41K — better3.1K
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB144 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperWuhan Linggu Dingdang Technology Co., Ltdkeinois OU

Customer experience

Countdown@

All ratings40,706 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews284 reviews
Positive37.3%
Neutral10.2%
Negative52.5%

Countdown

All ratings3,140 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews635 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative12.3%

User reviews

Countdown@

From 41K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Customizable countdown
  • 👍 Aesthetically pleasing
  • 🎨 Ability to select background and music

Room to improve

  • 🔔 Countdown only triggers a notification, not an alarm
  • 🔒 Widget functionality locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Inconsistent widget behavior
  • 🔍 Limited customization options
  • 💰 Paywall for basic features

Countdown

From 3.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Handy and useful app
  • 🚀 Helpful for tracking goals and projects
  • 💡 Great customization options
  • 👍 Sleek and visually appealing design
  • 👍 Seamless integration with Apple ecosystem

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited functionality in free version
  • 💰 Paid features can be expensive for some users
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches reported
  • 🔒 Restricted customization options without paying

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

Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch for some users
  • Widgets not updating in real-time as expected
  • Countdown data resetting unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for widgets
  • Ability to track non-time-based progress
  • Improved recurring event management
  • Notification/alarm feature when countdown ends
  • Wider range of color and font options

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown@

One-time1
  • Countdown Premium$4.99
8 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions6
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)$4.997 Days
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)7 Days trial3 variants$14.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$49.99
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$59.99

Questions

Is Countdown@ free?
Countdown@ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown@ or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown@ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 41K ratings, while Countdown averages 4.7 from 3.1K ratings.
Do Countdown@ or Countdown have ads?
Countdown@ shows ads; Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown@ or Countdown?
Countdown@ ships an update every 5 days, and Countdown every 4 days. Most recently, Countdown@ was updated on November 3, 2026 and Countdown on November 3, 2026.

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