Countdown@ vs Friendly Competitions
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
Friendly Competitions
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Friendly Competitions makes it easy to keep score for casual games, family challenges, classroom activities, party games, and everyday competitions. Create a competition, add players or teams, and update scores as you play. The app is built for quick setup, simple score changes, and clear tracking so everyone can focus on the game instead of the math. Friendly Competitions is designed for local, personal use. It does not require an account, does not include ads, and does not track you across apps or websites. Features: - Keep score for players or teams - Quickly add and update scores - Use it for board games, sports, classroom games, party games, and family competitions - Simple design that is easy to use during play - No account required
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Friendly Competitions at none against Countdown@'s 1. Friendly Competitions also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Countdown@'s advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). 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
Both are free to download. Countdown@ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Friendly Competitions asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown@ ships an update every 5 days, Friendly Competitions every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown@ | Friendly Competitions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (40K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 40K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wuhan Linggu Dingdang Technology Co., Ltd | Bethany Michelle Curtis |
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
Friendly Competitions
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown@
- Countdown Premium$4.99
Friendly Competitions
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Countdown@ free?
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Do Countdown@ or Friendly Competitions have ads?
Which is updated more often, Countdown@ or Friendly Competitions?
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