Neat Countdowns vs Countdowns
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.
Countdowns
Track the time until your important events, from dates and parties to product launches. This app helps you visualize the remaining time in hours, minutes, or days, for both past and future occurrences.
- Countdown to any event
- Track time in hours, minutes, or days
- Log past and future events
- Cross-device timer synchronization
- Customizable event tracking
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Countdowns will help you count down the time until the event you are waiting for, whether it's a date or a party or a new Apple presentation! Want to know how much time is left until the event? No problem! Countdowns is not just a timer app. It's designed to let you keep track of how much time is left before your event. Count hours from the last sweet you ate or minutes until you meet your loved one - if something has happened in the past or will happen in the future, Countdowns will keep track of the time for you. Countdowns can keep your timers running no matter where you are. You can cancel your Countdowns subscription at any time, but it will renew automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before your next due date.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Neat Countdowns at none against Countdowns's 4. Neat Countdowns also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%). Countdowns's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (14.7 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Countdowns sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 Countdowns. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 47 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Neat Countdowns's written reviews are positive against 50% of Countdowns's.
Neat Countdowns ships an update every 3 months, Countdowns every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Neat Countdowns | Countdowns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (61 ratings) — better | 4.7 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.7 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emilio Pelaez | MASTER PRO MONT DOO |
Customer experience
Neat Countdowns
Countdowns
In-app purchases
Neat Countdowns
No in-app purchases
Countdowns
- 1 Month — Special Gift$2.991 Month
- 1 Week$4.997 Days
- 1 Month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
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- 12 Months$19.991 Year
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