Neat Countdowns vs CNDWN
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.
CNDWN
Track upcoming events and past milestones with customizable countdowns and countups. Features include iCloud sync, widgets, Live Activities, and import from your calendar. Share your progress with others.
- Countdowns and Countups
- Progress Bars
- iCloud Synchronization
- Widgets (Home Screen, Lock Screen, Standby)
- Live Activities
- Import from Calendar
- Shareable Countdowns
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Count down to the moments that matter — birthdays, weddings, trips, exams, due dates, and every big day — on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. CNDWN is the first countdown app with every feature free: • Countdowns & count-ups • Progress bars for every event • Home Screen, Lock Screen & StandBy widgets • Apple Watch app & complications • Live Activities on the Lock Screen • iCloud sync across all your devices • Custom colors for each countdown • Notifications & reminders • Import from Calendar & Reminders • Dark Mode & Handoff • Share your countdowns — now to Instagram, too Set your first countdown in seconds and never lose track of what's coming next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Neat Countdowns at 4.7 against CNDWN's 4.2. Neat Countdowns also leads on ratings volume (61 vs 9). CNDWN's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Neat Countdowns has 61 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Neat Countdowns's written reviews are positive against 80% of CNDWN's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Neat Countdowns ships an update every 3 months, CNDWN every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Neat Countdowns | CNDWN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (61 ratings) — better | 4.2 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emilio Pelaez | Alexandra Schillhahn |
Customer experience
Neat Countdowns
CNDWN
In-app purchases
Neat Countdowns
No in-app purchases
CNDWN
No in-app purchases
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