Comparison

Days Counter vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Days Counter

Track important life events and days elapsed or remaining. Customize counters with images, backgrounds, and fonts. Set reminders and display counts on your home screen with widgets.

Highlights
  • Countdown to specific days
  • Count up after events
  • Unlimited counters and widgets
  • Customizable images and backgrounds
  • Event reminders
  • Repetitive counters (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
Features
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Trendy and lightweight app to track the most important days and events from your life. View days elapsed after an event or the remaining days. With this app, you will never forget about: - anniversaries - birthdays - any memorable days or events Have you ever wondered how long have you been with your significant other? Maybe you want to find out your age in days, weeks or years? Maybe you want to know how many days you have of sobriety? How long have you been free from smoking? In the middle of a nofap or exercise challenge? No problem at all. Create a counter for all of those important events. This app will tell you that and much more! Customize every counter with your own image or choose from dozens of amazing, pre-installed backgrounds for many occasions. Change the font color, size and type as you wish. Create a highly customizable widget on your home screen and be able to count the most important days end events every day right in front of you. Set a reminder for each event to make sure that you don't commit a blunder! Download now and start counting today to stay informed about your events and days. Key features: - easy and intuitive to use - countdown to specific days or events - counting up once specific days arrive - unlimited number of counters - ability to choose a counter image from your gallery or pre-installed backgrounds - unlimited number of widgets to be placed on your home screen for every counter - reminders for each event (with a specific time and custom notification text) - repetition of each counter (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) Upgrade to the Premium version to receive other great features as well: - full synchronization in real-time between multiple devices (including images) - endless counter customization- background image, overlay, font size, type, color and much more - counting in many different formats (days, weeks, months, years, hours, minute, seconds) - absolutely no ads - downloading images from the Internet for every counter without leaving the app - guarantee to get every premium feature that will come in the future Terms Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdown

Track important dates and count down to special events or count the days since a significant moment. Receive timely notifications and visualize your progress with beautiful counters. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with iCloud syncing across devices.

Highlights
  • Ad-free experience
  • Home screen widgets
  • Light and dark mode support
  • Count in days, weeks, months, hours, minutes
  • iCloud device syncing
  • Customizable event sorting
  • Event notifications
  • Shareable live counters
Features
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Countdown will help you to count down the days until a special event or, count from the days since an important moment in your life. You'll receive notifications when it's time. Countdown to birthdays, holidays, an upcoming vacation, weddings, the New Year, parties, sporting events, concerts, and more. features: - No advertisements - Add your events as widgets to your iOS home screen - Support for light and dark mode - Count with days, weeks, months, hours, minutes - Sync with all your devices from iCloud - Sort events by name or date, ascending or descending - Sort by repeating and one-time events - Receive notifications when it's time - Beautiful fullscreen live counter - Share the image with live counter with friends and family - No third-party tracking or analytics services are used. No personal data is shared with anyone. - Default library with beautiful pictures to use for your events

Screenshots

Days Counter4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown at 4.8 against Days Counter's 4.2. Countdown also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Days Counter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 26 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Days Counter ships an update every 2 months, Countdown monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Days Counter versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDays CounterCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)4.8 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings526 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArkadiusz ChmuraDiscoveruapps v.o.f.

Customer experience

Days Counter

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Days Counter

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly plan7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly plan7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown+$1.99

Questions

Is Days Counter free?
Days Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Days Counter or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. Days Counter averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Countdown averages 4.8 from 26 ratings.
Do Days Counter or Countdown have ads?
Neither Days Counter nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Days Counter or Countdown?
Days Counter ships an update every 2 months, and Countdown monthly. Most recently, Days Counter was updated on October 14, 2026 and Countdown on October 2, 2026.

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