Comparison

MarkDays vs Not Another Countdown

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

Head to head
About

MarkDays

This tool helps you remember and count down to significant life events like anniversaries, birthdays, and important schedules. Receive timely reminders so you never miss a special occasion. Track both past and future important dates.

Highlights
  • Mark important life days
  • Count down to events
  • Track past events
  • Timely reminders
  • Anniversary tracking
  • Birthday reminders
Features
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Markdays is a small, focused tool for remembering the days that matter. Mark a birthday, an anniversary, an exam, a first meeting, or any date you do not want to lose. When the day comes, a timely reminder helps you notice it—not after it has already passed. For example: How many days until a birthday? How many days until the exam? How many days until the next wedding anniversary? How many days has the baby been in the world? How many days have we known each other? Every important day is worth keeping. DAYS REMAINING AND DAYS PASSED See how many days remain until the next marked day, or how many days have already passed. The list is sorted by closeness, so today, upcoming, and past events are easy to tell apart. GREGORIAN AND LUNAR CALENDARS Create an event on the Gregorian calendar or the Chinese lunar calendar. Lunar birthdays and traditional festivals can repeat on the calendar you actually use. In non-Chinese languages you can also choose a second calendar, such as Buddhist, Islamic, Hebrew, or Japanese. REPEAT AND ALERTS Repeat never, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. Alerts can fire at the event time, or 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 1 day, 2 days, or 1 week before. Add a second alert, and snooze for 10 minutes, 30 minutes, or 1 hour. COLOR AND ORDER Give each day a color so the important, the gentle, and the urgent are easy to spot. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Small, medium, and large widgets can show the nearest event, the next upcoming event, the newest event, or one event you choose. Pin a favorite day to the widget and see the countdown whenever you glance at the Home Screen. APPLE WATCH Check your marked days, remaining or elapsed days, and dates from your wrist. ICLOUD SYNC The main app stores your events with iCloud, so they stay in sync across your devices. Widgets read the same shared data. Change phones or use more than one device—the days you marked are still there. TIME ZONE Follow the system time zone, or pick one yourself, so the day count stays accurate when you travel. The trial version can create 5 events. Upgrade to Professional to add more. We would love for you to try Markdays, and we welcome your feedback. Your support is what keeps us improving.

About

Not Another Countdown

Features
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Count down to life's most exciting moments with beautiful widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Whether it's a birthday, wedding, vacation, graduation, or any special event - Not Another Countdown keeps your important dates front and center with stunning real-time countdowns. BEAUTIFUL WIDGETS - Home Screen widgets in 3 sizes (small, medium, large) - Lock Screen widgets for at-a-glance countdown (iOS 16+) - Live countdown updates - days, hours, minutes, seconds - See your countdown without even opening the app SMART NOTIFICATIONS - Get reminded the week before, day before, and day of your event - Never miss an important date again - Customizable reminders for each countdown FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE - 40+ beautiful icons to personalize each event - 10 color-coded categories: Birthday, Holiday, Vacation, Wedding, Baby, Graduation, Concert, Sports, Work and more - Custom colors for every countdown - Add notes to remember event details RECURRING EVENTS - Set annual countdowns for birthdays and anniversaries - Automatically resets after each year SIMPLE AND ELEGANT - Clean, intuitive interface - Search and filter your countdowns - Track upcoming and past events FREE TO START - Create up to 3 countdowns free - Upgrade to Premium for unlimited countdowns, widgets, and notifications Perfect for: - Birthdays and Anniversaries - Vacations and Trips - Weddings and Engagements - Graduations - Baby Due Dates - Holidays - Concerts and Events - Sports Events Download now and never lose track of your special moments! Privacy Policy: https://andyarevalo.com/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://andyarevalo.com/terms.html Support: https://andyarevalo.com/support.html

Screenshots

MarkDays3 screens
Not Another Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Not Another Countdown at monthly against MarkDays's every 70 months. MarkDays's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. MarkDays sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Not Another Countdown sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MarkDays ships an update every 70 months, Not Another Countdown monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MarkDays versus Not Another Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkDaysNot Another Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 70 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer昊罡 姚Andy Arevalo

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MarkDays

One-time1
  • Unlock MarkedDays Professional$4.99
6 purchases

Not Another Countdown

Subscriptions4
  • Countdown Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Not Another Pass Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Countdown Premium Annual$14.991 Year
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  • Not Another Pass Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Countdown Lifetime$19.99
  • Not Another Pass Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is MarkDays free?
MarkDays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Not Another Countdown free?
Not Another Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MarkDays or Not Another Countdown have ads?
Neither MarkDays nor Not Another Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MarkDays or Not Another Countdown?
MarkDays ships an update every 70 months, and Not Another Countdown monthly. Most recently, MarkDays was updated on November 3, 2026 and Not Another Countdown on October 8, 2026.

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