Countdown ∙ vs Upcoming
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown ∙
This app helps you remember and track important life events. It allows for unlimited event creation, custom themes, and detailed countdowns. Receive timely notifications to stay organized and focused on what matters.
- Unlimited event creation
- Customizable themes
- Detailed countdowns (years to seconds)
- Event tracking (past and future)
- Scheduled notifications
- Intuitive interface
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The Best Countdown App! Countdown ∙ app is used to remind the important events that means a lot in your life. Countdown ∙ app can remember all your events, notify you when you want to be reminded and track your time in a very intuitive manner. So, you can focus on what’s important to you and plan accordingly. # Key Features ◆ Create an infinite number of events. ◆ Customise with unlimited themes. ◆ Countdown the years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds until your events. ◆ Keep track of the years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds since your events. ◆ Schedule notifications to alert you hours, days, weeks, months or years before or after your events.
Upcoming
Track important dates with a customizable countdown widget. Visualize your progress towards goals, events, or holidays with daily updates. Stay motivated and focused by seeing how much time remains until your next milestone.
- Daily countdown tracking
- Customizable icons and colors
- Event card styling
- Motivation for goal completion
- Sense of urgency for tasks
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Upcoming is a simple, beautiful countdown app for the days that matter: birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, exams, launches, or anything you're looking forward to. MAKE EVERY COUNTDOWN YOUR OWN • Pick a color and an icon for each event, or draw your own icon • Organize events into groups • See your whole year at a glance in the calendar view • Get reminders before important dates • Keep countdowns on your Home Screen with widgets • Check your next events on Apple Watch • Sync across your devices with iCloud, and back up your events to a file WHY COUNT DOWN? Knowing exactly how much time is left keeps you motivated and focused on what's ahead. Watching the days go by, one at a time, gives you a sense of urgency, so you spend less time scrolling and more time on what matters. FREE AND UPCOMING PLUS Upcoming is free to use with up to 8 events, 3 groups, 8 pre-made icons, 1 custom drawn icon and 2 color themes. Reminders, widgets, the year calendar, Apple Watch, iCloud sync and backups are free for everyone. Upcoming Plus unlocks: • Unlimited events and groups • Unlimited custom drawn icons • All 182 pre-made icons • All color themes Upcoming Plus is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. The yearly plan may include a free trial. Prices are shown in the app before you buy and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JNCHjdEaUqFAD1AAu1UufTuoq4-qbyzt3BvMIHGcQn8/edit?usp=sharing Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Have a suggestion? Email us at kokk97799@gmail.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Countdown ∙ at free with in-app purchases against Upcoming's subscription. Countdown ∙ also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). Upcoming's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 29 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 ∙ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Upcoming sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Countdown ∙ against 4.7 for Upcoming. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 85 and 40 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Countdown ∙'s written reviews are positive against 57% of Upcoming's.
Countdown ∙ ships an update every 29 months, Upcoming every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown ∙ | Upcoming |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (85 ratings) — better | 4.7 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 56.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nilu Technologies | Kok Keong |
Customer experience
Countdown ∙
Upcoming
In-app purchases
Countdown ∙
- Remove Ads$3.99
Upcoming
- Monthly$1.491 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$11.491 Year
- Lifetime - Early Bird Discount$5.99
- Lifetime$20.99
Questions
Is Countdown ∙ free?
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