Comparison

Countdown to Anything! vs NailPOP

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

Head to head
About

Countdown to Anything!

Easily track upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Choose from a vast library of icons or create your own to personalize your countdowns for any occasion, from birthdays to holidays. Get notifications and share your progress with friends.

Highlights
  • Create countdowns to any date/time
  • Customizable with hundreds of icons
  • Repeating countdowns (yearly, weekly)
  • Tagging for organization
  • End countdown notifications
  • Shareable countdowns
  • Add notes to countdowns
Features
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Count down to anything - birthdays, vacations, weddings, baby due dates and more - with no ads! FEATURES • Create countdowns to any future date and time, or even countups from a past event • Customise your countdowns with hundreds of cute icons for birthdays, vacations, weddings, baby due dates and lots more • Add a widget to your home screen showing your favourite countdown • Get notifications when your countdowns end • Share your countdowns privately with your friends, even if they don't have the app • Create repeating countdowns, such as yearly countdowns for a birthday, or even a weekly countdown to Friday evening! • Got lots of countdowns? Add custom tags to them so you can see similar countdowns at once. Try creating a "Birthdays" tag! • Add notes to your countdowns, like birthday present ideas, or travel details • No ads! I really don't like ads in apps, so there are no ads and no data sharing at all in Countdown to Anything PREMIUM FEATURES • More widgets - add as many as you want, plus a widget showing a list of your next countdowns • 240+ extra icons for every occasion • Unlimited colours, plus a hex picker for when you need it to be just right • Get reminder notifications before a countdown ends, not just when it ends • Extra layout options, custom time units, and more Premium is available as a one-time lifetime purchase or a yearly subscription. You can try Premium free for 7 days to see if you like it. BUILT-IN COUNTDOWNS Countdown to Anything also has a huge selection of built-in countdowns so you can easily count down to major events. Built-in events include holidays like New Year's Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwali, Easter Sunday, Halloween, St Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, and Chuseok, as well as sporting events including the World Cup and Olympics. ICONS There are icons for every occasion: vacations (including holidays, flights and cruises), concerts and festivals, movie and game releases, exams, anniversaries, parties, retirement, moving house, and hundreds more. In the unlikely event you can't find what you're looking for, contact me from the Settings screen in the app and I'll do my best to add a new icon for you! ABOUT ME Hi! I'm Gary, the developer behind Countdown to Anything. I handle the whole app myself, from development and design to support, bug fixes, and updates. I've built Countdown to Anything to be the kind of app I'd want to use: simple, useful and private. I hope you like it! ABOUT PURCHASES Premium is an optional upgrade, available as an annual subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Annual subscriptions will automatically renew unless auto-renew is tuned off at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. You can manage your subscription on the Premium screen in the app, or in your iPhone's Settings app. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

NailPOP

Design and print your own custom nail art stickers. Explore global trends, use various patterns and colors, and virtually try designs on different hand shapes. Continuously updated with new content and events.

Highlights
  • DIY nail art design
  • Printable nail stickers
  • Extensive design patterns and colors
  • Virtual try-on with various skin tones/hand shapes
  • Global nail artist design collection
  • Free editable design templates
Features
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NailPOP - Playground for Nail art Design Do It Yourself Design and Print Nail Sticker. Nail shop in my hand Try now to be a nail art creator~! If you are tired of decorating with same Nail art design look, let's create your own by using Nailpop. You can create all your imaginable designs by applying numerous design pattern, rich color palette, sticker, photo and more. Also you can show off your own nail art design looks to SNS. ● After create your imaginable Nail art design into reality, you can print directly from nailpop device and apply printed stickers onto your nails. ● Numerous free design looks are available with various themes and you can easily edit those free design looks as well. ● You can check out global nail trend from design collection of globally popular nail artists, and experience the nail artist's designs. ● Various skin tones, hand shape, background are provided for coordination function which will help you to experience virtual fit. ● Nail contents with various events and Nail designs will be continuously updated.

Screenshots

Countdown to Anything!4 screens
NailPOP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown to Anything! at 95% against NailPOP's 25%. Countdown to Anything! also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.2) and ads (none vs shown). NailPOP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Countdown to Anything! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. NailPOP asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown to Anything! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown to Anything! has 571 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Countdown to Anything!'s written reviews are positive against 25% of NailPOP's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown to Anything! ships an update fortnightly, NailPOP every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Countdown to Anything! versus NailPOP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown to Anything!NailPOP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (571 ratings) — better2.2 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews94.9% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings571 — better9
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB220 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJupliDNSGLOBAL CO., LTD

Customer experience

Countdown to Anything!

All ratings571 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews376 reviews
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.7%

NailPOP

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral42.9%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral37.5%
Negative37.5%

Bugs and requests

Countdown to Anything!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Countdowns randomly disappearing
  • App crashing on launch for some users

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add option to subtract weekends from countdowns
  • Allow customizing countdown format (days vs weeks)
  • Provide more free icons and color options
  • Make widgets available in free version
  • Add ability to set reminders for countdowns

NailPOP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Countdown to Anything!

Subscriptions1
  • Premium7 Days trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium (Lifetime)$9.99
None

NailPOP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown to Anything! free?
Countdown to Anything! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NailPOP free?
NailPOP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown to Anything! or NailPOP?
Countdown to Anything! is rated higher. Countdown to Anything! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 571 ratings, while NailPOP averages 2.2 from 9 ratings.
Do Countdown to Anything! or NailPOP have ads?
NailPOP shows ads; Countdown to Anything! does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown to Anything! or NailPOP?
Countdown to Anything! ships an update fortnightly, and NailPOP every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown to Anything! was updated on October 23, 2026 and NailPOP on October 24, 2026.

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