Neat Countdowns vs Countara
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.
Countara
Never forget important life events with this app. It helps you track countdowns to special occasions, recurring tasks, and significant moments with customizable designs and smart notifications. Save notes and enjoy enchanting animations.
- Countdown to special moments
- Recurring event reminders
- Individual design customization
- Smart event notifications
- Notes for memories
- Home screen widgets
- iCloud device syncing
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Welcome to “Momently” - your companion for capturing the special moments in life! Don't want to forget the important events in your life? Whether it's birthdays, anniversaries, regular tasks or other significant moments, Momently offers the perfect solution to remember them fondly. - Countdown to unforgettable moments: Whether you're working towards a vacation, a wedding anniversary or another special occasion, - Recurring events: Never miss a recurring event again - be it weekly, monthly or yearly. We'll remind you in time. - Individual design: Design your moments according to your taste! Add your own images, play with different font colors and sizes to personalize moments and make them unique. - Notifications: Stay up to date on upcoming events with our smart notifications. - Notes for unforgettable memories: capture your thoughts and emotions at every moment. - Enchanting animations: Be enchanted by our appealing animations and enjoy the app's user-friendliness. - Widgets: Stay on top of your important events by placing our handy widgets right on your home screen. - iCloud Integration: Easily sync your Moments between devices and enjoy use anywhere. With “Momently” capturing special moments becomes an uncomplicated pleasure. Download the app today and never miss an important moment! Your precious memories deserve the best attention.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Neat Countdowns at none against Countara's 5. Countara's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Countara sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.79 per month. Neat Countdowns asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Neat Countdowns against 4.7 for Countara. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 27 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Neat Countdowns's written reviews are positive against 79% of Countara's.
Neat Countdowns ships an update every 3 months, Countara monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Neat Countdowns | Countara |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (61 ratings) — better | 4.7 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emilio Pelaez | Robin Guido Schmidt |
Customer experience
Neat Countdowns
Countara
In-app purchases
Neat Countdowns
No in-app purchases
Countara
- Countara+ monthly$0.791 Month
- Countara+ Monthly$0.991 Month
- Countara+ yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime premium Discount$7.99
- Countara+ one-time purchase$8.99
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