Neat Countdowns vs Simple Days Until
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.
Simple Days Until
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A simple, beautiful iOS app that brings the passage of time to life. Who it's for: - See how many days are left in this year or this month - Know how close a deadline is, right on your Home Screen - Count down to a milestone birthday - Feel time intuitively without a heavy calendar app Features: Three event types - Deadline: set any custom date range - Period: Today / This Week / This Month / This Year (auto-updating) - Birthday: choose Next Birthday or Specific Age Home Screen Widgets Small, Medium, Large sizes. Keep your favorite events in sight. 10 Theme Colors Morning Forest, Charcoal and Ember, Deep Sea, Dusk Rose, and more. Personal Palette 36 icons and 13 colors to make each event your own. Week Start Choose any day Sunday through Saturday for This Week events. One-time Pro A single 0.49 USD purchase unlocks: - Unlimited events (free is limited to 4) - Modern color palette (8 extra event colors) - All theme colors (8 extra app themes) - All widget sizes - CSV and JSON export Not a subscription. Buy once, keep forever. Privacy All data stays on your device. No external servers other than Apple's purchase processing. No ads, no tracking. Already own the previous paid version? If you purchased version 1.0, Pro features are automatically unlocked at no extra cost.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Days Until at weekly against Neat Countdowns's every 3 months. Simple Days Until also leads on iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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, Simple Days Until weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Neat Countdowns | Simple Days Until |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (61 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emilio Pelaez | naoya takamura |
In-app purchases
Neat Countdowns
No in-app purchases
Simple Days Until
No in-app purchases
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