Countdown Days vs CNDWN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Days
Track important upcoming events and past anniversaries with this straightforward countdown application. It helps you visualize the time remaining until significant dates or the duration since memorable occasions.
- Event countdowns
- Past event tracking
- Beautifully simple interface
- Free to use
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Day Count is a free, beautifully simple event countdown app for the important days, dates, and events in your life.
CNDWN
Track upcoming events and past milestones with customizable countdowns and countups. Features include iCloud sync, widgets, Live Activities, and import from your calendar. Share your progress with others.
- Countdowns and Countups
- Progress Bars
- iCloud Synchronization
- Widgets (Home Screen, Lock Screen, Standby)
- Live Activities
- Import from Calendar
- Shareable Countdowns
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Count down to the moments that matter — birthdays, weddings, trips, exams, due dates, and every big day — on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. CNDWN is the first countdown app with every feature free: • Countdowns & count-ups • Progress bars for every event • Home Screen, Lock Screen & StandBy widgets • Apple Watch app & complications • Live Activities on the Lock Screen • iCloud sync across all your devices • Custom colors for each countdown • Notifications & reminders • Import from Calendar & Reminders • Dark Mode & Handoff • Share your countdowns — now to Instagram, too Set your first countdown in seconds and never lose track of what's coming next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Days at 4.8 against CNDWN's 4.2. Countdown Days also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and ratings volume (347 vs 9). CNDWN's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Countdown Days holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Days has 347 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 79% and 80% positive.
Countdown Days ships an update every 2 days, CNDWN every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Days | CNDWN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (347 ratings) — better | 4.2 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.3% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 347 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plutonium Apps, LLC | Alexandra Schillhahn |
Customer experience
Countdown Days
CNDWN
Bugs and requests
Countdown Days
Reported bugs
2 issues- Date selection reverts to today's date
- App incorrectly calculates number of days remaining
Requested features
9 requests- Create widgets
- More emojis/icons
- Option to pick specific days (e.g., work week)
- Reoccurring events (biweekly, monthly, yearly)
- Notifications for event dates
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- Slightly larger digits for day count
- Password protection/Touch ID
- iCloud backup and sync
- Option to show weeks, months, and years in countdown
CNDWN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown Days
No in-app purchases
CNDWN
No in-app purchases
Questions
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