Neat Countdowns vs Kbrd
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.
Kbrd
Personalize your typing experience with a custom keyboard. Choose styles, colors, and background images, and add unique key icons. It also includes emoji and GIF shortcuts, with options to lock specific keys using authentication.
- Custom keyboard themes
- Uploaded background images
- Key text and color controls
- Emoji and GIF shortcuts
- Lockable keys with authentication
- Floating or docked layout
- Quick settings access
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Kbrd is a customizable keyboard for iPhone and iPad. Pick a keyboard style, choose colors, upload a background image, add key icons, show or hide key text, and adjust the keyboard lift so it sits where you want it. The keyboard includes emoji and quick GIF-style reaction text, plus controls for removing or locking selected letters. Locked keys can optionally use the phone passcode or biometric authentication before typing. Quick settings are available from the keyboard by swiping up, so users can jump back to the main settings screen and adjust lift or floating mode faster. Key features: - Custom keyboard themes and uploaded backgrounds - Floating or docked keyboard layout - Key text, text color, and key picture controls - Emoji and GIF-style reaction shortcuts - Remove or lock selected letters - Optional phone authentication for locked keys - Swipe-up quick settings - Notification permission and App Store update shortcut Privacy note: Kbrd stores keyboard settings locally and in the app group shared with the keyboard extension. The keyboard does not collect typed text for analytics. Full access is used so the keyboard can read user-selected settings and uploaded background assets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Neat Countdowns at 4.7 against Kbrd's 1.0. Neat Countdowns also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (63 vs 1). Kbrd's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Neat Countdowns has 63 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Neat Countdowns ships an update every 3 months, Kbrd monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Neat Countdowns | Kbrd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (63 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emilio Peláez | Lavu Mweemba |
In-app purchases
Neat Countdowns
No in-app purchases
Kbrd
No in-app purchases









