Comparison

Event Countdown Timer & Widget vs CountDown Message

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Event Countdown Timer & Widget

Easily track upcoming events with customizable countdowns and celebrate past moments with count-ups. Personalize your experience with numerous backgrounds, widgets, and reminder options. Share your special dates with friends and family, and keep them synchronized across devices.

Highlights
  • Create countdowns for future events
  • Create count-ups for past moments
  • Unlimited background choices
  • Multiple time formats
  • Repeatable event scheduling
  • Customizable event reminders
  • Multiple widget options
Features
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Create countdowns to birthdays, vacations, weddings, concerts, and other important events. Create count ups to remember past special moments forever. 13 reasons to download Event Countdown: - Create countdowns for upcoming events - Create count ups for special moments from the past - A virtually unlimited amount of backgrounds to choose from - View multiple countdowns at the same time - Select from multiple time formats - Schedule events to repeat every day, week, month, or year - Choose if/when you want to be reminded of special events - 6 different widgets to choose from - App icon displays how many days until next event - Share countdowns with your friends and family - Keep your countdowns in sync across devices - A simple, intuitive, and beautiful design - Highly rated with an average of 4+ stars Countdown Pro: The Pro version of Event Countdown can be purchased via an annual subscription to remove ads, create unlimited events, and sync countdowns across devices. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews every year unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of use: https://www.sixstarapps.com/terms/ Privacy policy: https://www.sixstarapps.com/privacy/ HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED HELP? If you have any question about the app, or need help about something, please do not hesitate to contact us at www.SixStarApps.com. We’ll be happy to help!

About

CountDown Message

Easily share countdown timers for special events directly within iMessage. Keep friends and family updated on the remaining days, hours, minutes, and seconds until your next big occasion.

Highlights
  • Share countdown timers in iMessage
  • Count down to specific dates and times
  • Display days, hours, minutes, and seconds
  • Simple and easy to use
  • Fun way to track events
Features
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Use the app to share your countdown timer in iMessage. This way you can count down to an upcoming event with your friends and family. Most countdown apps are too complex for a simple task like this. We want to keep it simple. It's as simple as sending a normal message. It's the most fun way to count down to a specific date. Getting married? Going on holiday? Special sport event coming up? Download the app and send your first countdown message! The live message shows the days, hours, minutes and seconds left until the event. You can enter a specific date and time to count down to.

Screenshots

Event Countdown Timer & Widget4 screens
CountDown Message3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Event Countdown Timer & Widget at 52% against CountDown Message's 3%. Event Countdown Timer & Widget also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.5 vs 1.1). CountDown Message's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Event Countdown Timer & Widget is free to download; CountDown Message costs $0.99 up front. Event Countdown Timer & Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. CountDown Message asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Event Countdown Timer & Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Event Countdown Timer & Widget has 341 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Event Countdown Timer & Widget's written reviews are positive against 3% of CountDown Message's.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Event Countdown Timer & Widget versus CountDown Message: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvent Countdown Timer & WidgetCountDown Message
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (341 ratings) — better1.1 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews51.6% of reviews — better3.4% of reviews
Number of ratings341 — better30
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Marketing Lab, IncFanatic Development

Customer experience

Event Countdown Timer & Widget

All ratings341 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive51.6%
Neutral12.9%
Negative35.5%

CountDown Message

All ratings30 ratings
Positive3.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative96.7%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive3.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative96.6%

Bugs and requests

Event Countdown Timer & Widget

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App keeps crashing
  • Custom photo crashes app
  • Cannot erase old countdowns
  • App crashes multiple times
  • Widget not available
Show 4 more
  • Cannot unsubscribe
  • Paid for pro version, still asked to pay
  • Days counted incorrectly (off by one)
  • Picture background cut out

Requested features

14 requests
  • Show actual date for listed events
  • Widget to count days since an event
  • Show 'Today' instead of skipping event
  • Fortnightly reminder setting
  • Dark/night theme
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  • Change font on photos
  • Add several photos per countdown
  • Notes option for countdowns
  • iPad version for full screen
  • Ability to change font
  • Ongoing events feature
  • Dark mode support in widget and app
  • Share to another person
  • Add to a calendar

CountDown Message

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Event Countdown Timer & Widget

Subscriptions1
  • Countdown Pro (annual)$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Countdown Pro (lifetime)$4.99
None

CountDown Message

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Event Countdown Timer & Widget free?
Event Countdown Timer & Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CountDown Message free?
CountDown Message costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Event Countdown Timer & Widget or CountDown Message?
Event Countdown Timer & Widget is rated higher. Event Countdown Timer & Widget averages 4.5 out of 5 from 341 ratings, while CountDown Message averages 1.1 from 30 ratings.
Do Event Countdown Timer & Widget or CountDown Message have ads?
Event Countdown Timer & Widget shows ads; CountDown Message does not.

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