Neat Countdowns vs My Minimal Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Neat Countdowns
Create beautiful, simple countdowns for all your important life events. Share your countdowns with friends via a unique URL without requiring them to install the app. Customize your home screen widgets with multiple color and icon options.
- Create event countdowns
- Shareable countdown URLs
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Multiple widget color options
- Fun widget icon patterns
- Ad-free experience
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Neat Countdowns let's you keep track of all the important events in your life, a birthday, an upcoming trip, a movie release. Sharing is easier than ever, Neat Countdowns will generate a URL that your friends can use to see your countdown without needing to install the app! For widget lovers, Neat Countdowns lets you display your widgets on your home screen, with multiple color options, and fun icon patterns. Neat Countdowns is totally free to use forever. It has no ads, requires no subscriptions and has no limits or In App Purchases.
My Minimal Diary
Record your daily thoughts and feelings in a simple journal. Select your mood and the weather to accompany each entry. Earn hearts for your entries to watch your digital garden grow.
- Daily diary entries
- Emotion and weather selection
- Heart rewards for entries
- Blooming garden visualization
- Simple and minimal interface
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- Write a diary once a day - You can choose your emotions and weather in your diary - Write a diary, receive a heart, and bloom precautions - If you delete the app, all the diaries will be deleted, so be careful
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Neat Countdowns at none against My Minimal Diary's shown. Neat Countdowns also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). My Minimal Diary's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Neat Countdowns ships an update every 3 months, My Minimal Diary every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Neat Countdowns | My Minimal Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (61 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emilio Pelaez | Dong Kyu Choi |
Customer experience
Neat Countdowns
My Minimal Diary
In-app purchases
Neat Countdowns
No in-app purchases
My Minimal Diary
No in-app purchases
