Countdown vs Spook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown
This app calculates your predicted lifespan for entertainment purposes. It also tracks your time alive with second-level accuracy. The goal is to encourage healthier habits and a greater appreciation for time.
- Predict lifespan (for entertainment)
- Calculate time alive (accurate to seconds)
- Encourages health awareness
- Promotes efficient time use
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How long have I been alive in this world? The purpose of this program is to make people pay attention to health, drink less alcohol, smoke less, and exercise more. Features: • Base on big data to calculate When Will You Die (For entertainment only). • Calculate How long have I been alive in this world? (Accurate to seconds) • Learn how to cherish time and use it efficiently. For entertainment only, please don't take it seriously, pay attention to life, maintain exercise, and be in a good mood to live longer.
Spook
This entertainment app uses lifestyle quizzes to estimate when and how you might die. The results are intended for amusement and to encourage reflection on personal habits for a potentially longer life.
- Lifestyle quizzes
- Death prediction
- Entertainment purposes
- Habit reflection
- Age estimation
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A death countdown with a dark sense of humor. Entirely fictional. Entirely yours. Step into a haunted house, make five choices, and discover your horror-story character, ticking countdown, and final scene. Spook is a game, not a prediction of when or how you will die. MEET YOUR FICTIONAL FATE Would you follow the voice from the basement or ask the ghost for snacks? Your choices shape a playful result. Save your countdown and come back to see it tick. SURVIVE TONIGHT Play a short supernatural encounter from a rotating daily collection. Choose your next move and discover the twist. KEEP AND SHARE YOUR STORIES Revisit saved fate cards and share your funniest endings with friends. Every shared card is clearly labeled fiction. PLAY FREE The haunted-house quiz, complete results, daily encounters, saved fates, and sharing are included. No ads. No account. The stories work offline. MORE WORLDS WITH PREMIUM An optional one-time purchase unlocks zombie, cosmic-horror, and vampire story worlds, plus additional countdown and share-card themes. No subscription. Previous Premium buyers can restore their purchase. FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY Spook cannot predict death or life expectancy. It does not request health information or provide medical advice. All timers, characters, and endings are invented for fun. Privacy: https://renaissanceapps.com/privacy-policy Terms: https://renaissanceapps.com/terms-conditions Support: team@renaissanceapps.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spook at 4.3 against Countdown's 3.7. Spook also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (60% vs 49%). Countdown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Spook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spook holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 150 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 60% of Spook's.
Countdown ships an update every 3 weeks, Spook every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | Spook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (150 ratings) | 4.3 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.1% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 150 — better | 73 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 长金 胡 | Renaissance Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Countdown
Spook
In-app purchases
Countdown
No in-app purchases
Spook
- Tells users how they will die$3.99
