Countwatch vs Daylu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countwatch
Easily track upcoming events and never forget important dates. Set up countdowns with a headline, date, and time. A notification widget provides constant reminders of how much time remains.
- Event countdown tracking
- Notification center widget
- Simple customization
- Event management
- Transparent and easy to use
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Are you tired of the sudden awareness of how little time is left till your important event? Don't hesitate to try this app. It's suitable for anyone who doesn't want to be afraid of forgetting the important event and wants to know how much time is left. Or it can be used just by people who simply look forward or can't wait till something special in their life. All you have to do is to write a headline, choose date, choose time and you are set. You can also choose if you want to see event in notification center widget. Widget contains basic information about your event with its countdown. Features included: • Transparent and easy to use • Few taps are enough to track your time in a better way • Notification widget with countdown in notification center • Constant reminder of important events • Simple customization • Ability to manage events
Daylu
Visually track important upcoming dates with customizable countdowns. See your progress at a glance with a unique dot grid or emoji style, and keep key events on your home screen with widgets. All your milestones are private and stored locally.
- Visual dot grid countdowns
- Emoji style countdowns
- Customizable themes and colors
- Background image support
- Recurring event tracking
- Home screen widgets
- Offline functionality
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Every important date deserves a beautiful countdown. Daylu turns your upcoming events into stunning visual progress trackers. Whether it's a birthday, vacation, anniversary, graduation, or deadline, watch each day tick by on a gorgeous dot grid that makes waiting feel tangible. VISUAL COUNTDOWNS LIKE NO OTHER See your progress at a glance with Daylu's signature dot grid. Each dot represents a day, bright dots for the days ahead, dimmed dots for the days behind you. Or swap dots for emojis and watch your countdown fill with any of 20 fun icons. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE Make every countdown yours: • 11 gorgeous theme colors plus a full custom color picker • Background images from your photo library with crop, zoom, and rotate • Customize card, title, and subtext colors independently • Choose from 20 emoji styles or classic colored dots SMART RECURRING EVENTS Never miss a birthday or anniversary again. Set events to repeat weekly, monthly, or yearly, Daylu handles the tricky stuff like leap years and short months automatically. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Keep your most important countdowns front and center with three widget sizes: • Small — quick glance at days remaining • Medium — countdown with a mini dot grid • Large — full progress visualization with percentage THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Custom start dates to track progress from any point in time • Intelligent sorting, today's events first, then upcoming, then past • Adapts beautifully to any countdown length, from days to years • Supports light and dark mode automatically PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your dates stay on your device. No accounts. No cloud uploads. No tracking. Daylu works entirely offline — your personal milestones are nobody's business but yours. GET STARTED FREE Create your first countdown for free. Upgrade to Daylu Pro for unlimited countdowns, emoji grids, background images, custom colors, recurring events, and widget customization one purchase, yours forever. Start counting down to what matters most.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countwatch at none against Daylu's 1. Countwatch also leads on device support and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Daylu's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price 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. Daylu sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countwatch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daylu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Countwatch | Daylu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michal Manak | Justin Terry |
In-app purchases
Countwatch
No in-app purchases
Daylu
- Daylu Pro Lifetime Access$2.99









