Comparison

Countdown to Anything! vs Faff

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

Faff

Features
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Faff is a desk break app for people who are bored at work but don’t want to admit it. It gives you short, genuinely fun activities using things already on your desk — paper, pens, rubber bands, sticky notes, paperclips. No downloads. No setup. Just something good to do for 2–5 minutes before you get back to it. --- WHY FAFF EXISTS Office workers are bored for 2+ hours every day. Most break apps are games with ads or generic suggestions like “take a walk.” Faff is different: real desk activities designed to actually reset your focus. --- WHAT’S INSIDE 60+ activities across 11 categories: • Paper Magic — simple origami that works • Pen & Pencil — classic desk games • Sticky Note Art — quick creative bursts • Brain Teasers — wake your brain up • Desk Zen — calm, reset, breathe • Rubber Bands, Clip Creations, Desk Challenges, and more --- HOW IT WORKS Open the app → spin or pick a mood → get an activity → do it → feel better → back to work. --- MOOD SYSTEM • Stressed → calming, low-effort • Bored → novel, stimulating • Need a laugh → weird, fun --- DAILY CHALLENGE A new activity every day. Build streaks. Earn badges. --- FAFF PRO Unlock more activities, categories, and premium content. --- WHY “FAFF”? A British word for pleasantly pointless activity. Exactly what this is. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Countdown to Anything!4 screens
Faff4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown to Anything! at fortnightly against Faff's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Faff sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown to Anything! ships an update fortnightly, Faff monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Countdown to Anything! versus Faff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown to Anything!Faff
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (573 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings573 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJupliAngela Freeman

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

Faff

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
1 purchases

Faff

Subscriptions1
  • Faff Pro$3.991 Year

Questions

Is Countdown to Anything! free?
Countdown to Anything! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Faff free?
Faff is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown to Anything! or Faff have ads?
Neither Countdown to Anything! nor Faff shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown to Anything! or Faff?
Countdown to Anything! ships an update fortnightly, and Faff monthly. Most recently, Countdown to Anything! was updated on November 3, 2026 and Faff on October 25, 2026.

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