Countdown@ vs Countdown by Kired
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Create custom event countdowns
- Count up from past events
- Event timeline with diary and notes
- Widget for important events
- Stylish event tracking
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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
Countdown by Kired
Easily track important dates like birthdays, holidays, and events with custom countdowns. Receive timely reminders and review past events with archived countdowns. Never miss a moment again.
- Custom event countdowns
- Seasonal backgrounds
- Event reminders
- Push notifications
- Archived countdowns
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Never forget anything important! Events, birthdays, concerts, holidays and more! Set your own countdown and watch the time fly by. Set special reminders to alert you at the time of the event. You don’t need to keep it in your head anymore, we got you! Whats in the app? - Do you have some events and holidays you can’t remember? We have your back. Create countdown for every occasion - Countdowns with seasonal backgrounds - Create your own events and remainders. The app with push notifications when you need it - Look at the past with archived countdowns where you can see your past plans If you have a feedback for us or a feature to request don't hesitate and just shake your iPhone and leave us a message.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown by Kired at none against Countdown@'s 1. Countdown by Kired also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Countdown@'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (39K vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Countdown@ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown by Kired asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown by Kired holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown@ has 39K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Countdown@ ships an update every 5 days, Countdown by Kired every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown@ | Countdown by Kired |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (39K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wuhan Linggu Dingdang Technology Co., Ltd | Radek Novak |
Customer experience
Countdown@
Countdown by Kired
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 by Kired
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown@
- Countdown Premium$4.99
Countdown by Kired
No in-app purchases
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