Countdown@ vs Cast Along
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
Cast Along
This app simplifies knitting calculations and helps you track your progress. It offers tools for yarn estimation, sizing, and row counting, allowing you to focus on your craft without complex math. Enjoy a seamless knitting experience with no guesswork involved.
- Yarn calculator with stash check
- Size finder
- Swatch checker
- Increase/decrease spacing calculator
- Row and repeat tracking
- Multiple counters per project
- Project timers
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No more guessing. Just knitting. Counting rows in your head. Recalculating a pattern to fit your gauge. Wondering if you bought enough yarn. Knitting math has a way of pulling your attention away from the knitting itself. Cast Along takes that weight off your shoulders, so your mind can stay on the next stitch, not the next equation. Two things sit at the core of the app: Calculators Real math, worked out for you, not guesswork. • Yarn Sub (New) • Yarn Calculator, with stash-check • Size Finder • Swatch Check • Increase/Decrease Spacing Calculator • Horizontal bust dart instructions Project Row Counters Track every row without losing your place. • Row and repeat tracking as you knit • Multiple counters per project • Grouping counters together • Total row & progress tracking • Project timers • Quick count Cast Along is free right now, while we build alongside the knitting community. When a subscription arrives down the line, it will stay honest and fair, priced like a tool you use every day, not a splurge. No ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cast Along at 100% against Countdown@'s 37%. Cast Along also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Countdown@'s advantage is ratings volume (40K vs 39). On price, update cadence, 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. Cast Along asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cast Along holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown@ has 40K ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Countdown@'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Cast Along's.
Countdown@ ships an update every 5 days, Cast Along every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown@ | Cast Along |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (40K ratings) | 4.9 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40K — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wuhan Linggu Dingdang Technology Co., Ltd | Goodknits |
Customer experience
Countdown@
Cast Along
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
Cast Along
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown@
- Countdown Premium$4.99
Cast Along
No in-app purchases
