Eventime vs Countdown Creator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eventime
Easily track all your important events, from parties and concerts to movie releases and holidays. Never miss an upcoming event you're looking forward to with this intuitive countdown tracker.
- Event countdown tracking
- Explore upcoming events
- Categorized event browsing
- Popular event discovery
- Customizable event types
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Never miss what you're waiting for. Eventime puts every upcoming release and event in one timeline: movies, TV shows, albums, video games, concerts, sports and holidays. Save the ones you care about and watch the countdown tick down. Explore • Discover what's coming next, by category and by your region • Save any event with one tap Your own events • Add birthdays, trips, parties or anything else, with your own photo and colours Stay in the loop • Reminders before the big day • Live countdowns • Home Screen widgets for a single event or your favourites Make it yours • Six colour themes with matching app icons • Available in 12 languages
Countdown Creator
Create visually appealing countdown widgets for upcoming holidays and personal events. Customize your countdowns with photos, text, and colors. Share your countdowns with friends and get notified when your event arrives.
- Customizable countdown widgets
- Add photos and custom text
- Built-in holiday list
- Share countdowns via Messages
- Home screen widgets
- iCloud sync
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Celebrate every moment with Countdown Creator – create beautiful countdown widgets to look forward to your next occasion. Countdown cards are completely customizable. Add photos, text styles, and colors to make your countdown look great. Search for beautiful high-quality photos with Unsplash, built right into the app. Or use photos from your own photo library. Holidays are built-in for easy countdown setup, with over 20 to choose from: national holidays, religious observances, and cultural celebrations. Just select the holiday you want, and we’ll create it for you – no need to figure out the date. Plus, the countdown rolls over to the next year once the holiday passes. Use the Messages app to send countdowns to friends. Select the Countdown Creator iMessage app in the drawer, and simply choose a countdown to send. Your friend will receive a copy of your countdown, and they can save it on their own device. Easily display widgets on your home screen. Choose a countdown from the widget settings and see how many days are left at a glance. You’ll receive a notification when the countdown is done, and you’ll be treated to a confetti celebration. And with iCloud sync, your countdowns are always up-to-date across all your devices. Countdown Creator is the ultimate tool for staying excited and connected to the special moments in your life. Download the app today and start counting down to the moments that matter most!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Eventime at 46% against Countdown Creator's 0%. Eventime also leads on ratings volume (266 vs 6) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Countdown Creator's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Eventime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Creator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown Creator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eventime has 266 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Eventime's written reviews are positive against 0% of Countdown Creator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Eventime ships an update every 5 weeks, Countdown Creator every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eventime | Countdown Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (266 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 266 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Cruanes Gonzalez | Joseph Rupertus |
Customer experience
Eventime
Countdown Creator
Bugs and requests
Eventime
Reported bugs
15 issues- Date picker unresponsive when creating/editing events
- Widget displays blank or blue screen after iOS updates
- Widget fails to update after event passes
- Widget shows incorrect countdown numbers
- Widget freezes intermittently
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- App freezes when opening
- Save button requires clicking event name field first
- Picture flashing between blue screen and actual image
- Widget doesn't load on large widget size
- Unable to add widget to home screen
- Widget not clickable/unresponsive to taps
- App crashes with 5+ events tracked
- Image background doesn't update on home screen
- Font color requires setting twice to apply
- App logo change option non-functional
Requested features
16 requests- Display countdown in days only (no months/years)
- iCloud synchronization across devices
- Bi-weekly and custom recurring intervals
- Widget cycling through multiple events
- Days since event tracking
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- Ability to hide event title on widget
- Automatic light/dark mode for widgets
- Auto-advance to next event after countdown ends
- Calendar integration for importing events
- Event date display in app
- Alternative font options
- Event grouping and tagging by category
- Widget sharing with friends
- Customizable countdown format options
- Image crop positioning control
- Digital clock design option
Countdown Creator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Eventime
- Eventime Pro$4.99
Countdown Creator
- Countdown Premium$2.99
Questions
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