Countdown vs StarDay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown
Easily track important dates with customizable countdowns and count-ups. Set reminders, personalize themes and backgrounds, and share your progress with friends. Never miss a special occasion again.
- Unlimited countdowns and count-ups
- Customizable themes and backgrounds
- Event reminders and notifications
- Drag-and-drop timer placement
- Save and share countdowns
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Count down the days to upcoming events! Create beautiful countdowns, customize the theme and background, and share with your friends on social media. The app is completely free and offers unlimited countdowns and count-ups! Countdown makes it easy to track the dates that matter to you – whether it be your birthday, graduation, anniversary, wedding, retirement, or something entirely else. At any point in time, you can open the app to see the number of days that are left until (or have passed since) your event. You can also turn on notifications, so that when the end date is approaching you get reminders sent to your device. The app lets you personalize each countdown with custom themes and backgrounds. You may also move the countdown timer around the screen. If you are particularly excited about a countdown, you can easily save it to your Photo Library and share it with your friends. We are continuously working to add new exciting functionality to the app. At the moment, the key features of the app are the following. • Create an unlimited number of countdowns and count-ups. • Choose between light or dark theme for each countdown timer. • Pick background images from your Photo Library. • Drag the countdown timer to place it wherever you want on the screen. • Hide the toolbar to leave more space to your countdown. • Count down to a specific time of the target date. • Receive reminders when upcoming events are approaching. • Save countdowns to your Photo Library without any UI or watermarks. We would love to hear what you think of the app. Please take a moment and write us a review!
StarDay
Easily track important life events with unlimited countdowns. Customize widgets to visualize your progress and forget about intrusive advertisements. This app helps you stay on top of your milestones.
- Unlimited countdowns
- Customizable widgets
- Streak tracking
- Ad-free experience
- Event tracking
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Do you need to track some important events in your life? Try our new app. Add unlimited countdowns, customize widgets, forget about noisy ads. Terms of use: https://about-me.app/terms_of_use Privacy policy: https://about-me.app/privacy_policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StarDay at 68% against Countdown's 53%. StarDay also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (4K vs 576) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
StarDay holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 4K ratings behind it against 576, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 68% of StarDay's.
Countdown ships an update every 3 weeks, StarDay weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | StarDay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4K ratings) | 4.8 (576 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 576 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Appostrophe AB | AboutMe Apps, Inc. |
Customer experience
Countdown
StarDay
User reviews
Countdown
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Simple and intuitive
- 💡 Customizable backgrounds
- 🔒 No ads or in-app purchases
Room to improve
- 🐛 Countdown not always accurate
- 🔍 Limited functionality
- 🔢 Maximum 999 days countdown
- 🔄 Need to manually refresh to update countdown
StarDay
From 576 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Efficient countdown timer
- 💡 Handy widget functionality
- 🔓 No subscriptions or ads
- ⭐ Visually appealing design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Widget issues (unable to select custom countdown)
- 🔧 Difficulty customizing events (order, background, etc.)
- 🔢 Limited to one countdown at a time
Bugs and requests
Countdown
Reported bugs
3 issues- Countdown shows wrong number of days
- App crashes on some devices
- Countdown not syncing across devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add widget support
- Provide countdown in years, months, days format
- Allow countdown over 999 days
- Add automatic countdown updates
StarDay
Reported bugs
2 issues- Widget not displaying custom countdowns
- Countdown restarting unexpectedly after deleting an event
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to display multiple countdowns on widget
- Option to customize countdown display (time, background, etc.)
- Automatic sorting of events by date
In-app purchases
Countdown
No in-app purchases
StarDay
No in-app purchases
