Countdown@ vs SOQA HQ
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
SOQA HQ
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SOQA HQ is the mobile companion to the SOQA flight quality platform. Record a flight on your PC with the xFDR desktop app, then open SOQA HQ on your phone to review every takeoff, approach and landing in the same detail a real airline analyst would. Every flight is graded against real Flight Data Monitoring events — long landing, hard touchdown, off-centerline, high sink rate, high vertical speed, VFE speed exceeded, unstable approach, RNP path deviation, TCAS RA, GPWS warning, and dozens more. Each event carries a real severity level and a snapshot value you can review on the ground. Key features Flight Debrief Every flight opens on a boarding-pass card with your callsign, aircraft, route, distance and time, followed by an events map and a Flight Summary panel. Tap through to see every event that fired on that flight with its severity, time, and location. 3D Flight Replay Visualize your flight in 3D over real terrain. Follow the route from wheels-up to touchdown, see altitude and speed at every point, and understand exactly what happened at every event marker. Take-off and Landing Runway Track A dedicated runway view for every takeoff and landing shows your aircraft path down the runway, alignment with the centerline, touchdown point, and rollout. Great for spotting a drift, an off-center touchdown, or a runway excursion at a glance. Approach Analysis A vertical-path chart and a lateral-deviation chart show how you flew the ILS or RNP approach in the last 1000 feet. Compare your actual path to the glide slope and the extended centerline. Weather Radar Playback See the weather you actually flew through. Radar imagery captured during the flight is overlaid on the map, so you can review why your track deviated around a cell or where turbulence was likely. Filed Flight Plan If your flight was on VATSIM, IVAO, or filed on SimBrief, the filed plan (route, DEP/ARR, cruise level) is shown next to the actual flight for a side-by-side check. Flight Filters Filter your logbook by airport, aircraft, date range, or duration. Find that one KJFK to EGLL flight last month without scrolling. Dark Mode Full light and dark themes. How it works - Fly your sim on Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane or Prepar3D. - Record with the free xFDR desktop app on your PC. - xFDR uploads the flight to your SOQA account. - Open SOQA HQ on your phone and review the analysis. - Sign in with the same account you use on hq.soqa.app. A free tier is available so you can start reviewing your flights right away. Supported sims and aircraft Fenix A319, A320, A321. FlyByWire A380X. FSLabs A321neo. PMDG 737 NG3 and 777 family. INIBuilds A330 and A350, etc. More aircraft with tailored dataframes are added regularly. Who is SOQA for Home simmers who want an airline-style debrief. Virtual airline pilots who want to see how they compare against SOP. SOQA Subscription is an auto-renewable subscription that unlocks the full analysis on every flight: detected safety events, the complete measurements list, climb and approach profiles, and the vertical and lateral deviation charts. Without a subscription, the free tier covers the first 5 flights on your account. The route map, flight information, and takeoff and landing analysis remain available on every flight. - Options: Monthly and Yearly. Prices are shown in the app. - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. - The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. - You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ SOQA Terms of Service: https://hq.soqa.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://hq.soqa.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SOQA HQ at none against Countdown@'s shown. SOQA HQ also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases 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 and SOQA HQ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Countdown@ | SOQA HQ |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wuhan Linggu Dingdang Technology Co., Ltd | Shrikar Galgali |
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
SOQA HQ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown@
- Countdown Premium$4.99
SOQA HQ
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year









