Countdown To The Mouse vs Standby Skipper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown To The Mouse
Plan your Disney World vacation with this essential guide. It offers a countdown to your trip, timely notifications for important reservations like Fastpass+ and dining, and helpful tips. Customize your background with your own photos or a slideshow.
- Disney World countdown timer
- Reservation booking alerts (Fastpass+, Dining)
- Customizable photo backgrounds
- Full-screen slideshow option
- Informative travel tips and hints
- Optional notification disabling
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This app is an invaluable Disney World planning essential. The app is so much more than just a Disney countdown. This app will send you notifications and information on all of the important dates for things that need to be scheduled to make your vacation a huge success, such as Fastpass+ and Disney Dining reservation booking windows. We will also send out fun and useful tips and hints to help you learn more about your upcoming Disney World Vacation. Don’t want the notifications and hints? That’s no problem the app allows you to disable them and just use it as a Disney countdown. You have the ability to select a single photo for the back ground or select multiple photos to use with the Full Screen Slideshow Ability to upload your own photo Our Disney Countdown app is a fun way to look forward to your upcoming Disney World Vacation, after all who wouldn’t want to see that amazing reminder every day that they are going on a magical vacation! Please contact us with any corrections, feedback or any features you would like to see added. We would love to hear from you! WRAdevelopment@gmail.com Please note this app is only for Disney World. Disney Land is not supported at this time. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.countdowntothemouse.com/privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use Countdown To The Mouse App is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any other way associated with The Walt Disney Company. For Official Disney information, please visit the Official Disney Website
Standby Skipper
Enhance your Florida vacation by reducing phone usage. This app helps you spend more time enjoying attractions and less time swiping, with users reporting an 80% decrease in screen time.
- Reduce phone screen time
- Enhance vacation enjoyment
- Streamline park experience
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Enjoy your Florida vacation -- stop sweating and swiping! Our users spend 80% less time on their phone while in the parks by using our app!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Standby Skipper at none against Countdown To The Mouse's 6. Standby Skipper also leads on ratings volume (351 vs 14) and review sentiment (91% vs 75%). Countdown To The Mouse's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ads 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. Countdown To The Mouse sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Standby Skipper asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Countdown To The Mouse against 4.5 for Standby Skipper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Standby Skipper has 351 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Countdown To The Mouse's written reviews are positive against 91% of Standby Skipper's.
Countdown To The Mouse ships an update every 3 weeks, Standby Skipper every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown To The Mouse | Standby Skipper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 4.5 (351 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 91.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 351 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WRA Development LLC | Standby Skipper LLC |
Customer experience
Countdown To The Mouse
Standby Skipper
Bugs and requests
Countdown To The Mouse
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Standby Skipper
Reported bugs
2 issues- Trouble with email verification
- Inability to recognize park attendance
Requested features
3 requests- Option to book specific ride times
- Integration with Disneyland
- Ability to modify booked rides
In-app purchases
Countdown To The Mouse
- Countdown To The Mouse$0.99
- Countdown To The Mouse Premium$1.99
- Countdown To The Mouse$2.99
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- Countdown To The Mouse$3.99
- Countdown To The Mouse$4.99
- Countdown To The Mouse$5.99
Standby Skipper
No in-app purchases
Questions
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