Countdown vs Memories
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown
Easily track important life events and holidays with unlimited countdowns. Set custom reminders and personalize the appearance of each countdown to stay organized and never miss a special occasion.
- Unlimited countdowns for life events and holidays
- Push notification reminders
- Customizable color themes for each countdown
- Single view for all countdowns
- Counts up after event arrival
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The countdown is an app with unlimited countdown for your life events: birthdays, weddings, spring break, graduation, cruises, trips, retirement, concerts, and any memorable events in your calendar. Also, countdown to holidays such as Christmas, Easter, New Year, and Valentine's, you name it whatever you want and keep track and give push notification reminders to you. Countdown features • All your countdowns in a beautiful single view. • Countdown to events and counting up once they arrive • Push notifications to remind you of an event • Customize the colours of each countdown How to use : Download the app, run the app, and add a countdown. To add a count, you must give the count's name, the happening date, and the colour theme. What Type of countdown can you add? Birthday Countdown Weddings Countdown Christmas Countdown Easter Countdown New Years Countdown Valentines Countdown Spring break Countdown Graduation Countdown Cruise Countdown Trips Countdown Retirement Countdown Concerts Countdown Please like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/countdowncount Have any questions? Just email hello@emmito.co for help
Memories
Display your cherished photos directly on your home screen with a customizable widget. Choose from multiple sizes, apply filters, and even add text to personalize your memory display.
- Multi-photo widget
- Drag & drop photo import
- Adjustable slideshow interval
- Color and photo filters
- Customizable title text
- Multiple photo sizes
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A multi-photo widget perfect to display your memories wherever you go. • add photos or drag & drop from other apps! • slideshow for multiple photos with adjustable time interval • multiple color filters for matching photos with wallpaper! • new photo filters - including poster and comic effect! • add title text with adjustable font and perspective effect • 3 photo sizes (4 on iPad) on home screen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Memories at 78% against Countdown's 0%. Memories also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). Countdown's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, 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
Countdown costs $2.99 and Memories $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Memories holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 78% of Memories's.
Countdown ships an update fortnightly, Memories every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | Memories |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emmito (Pvt) Ltd | Virtual GS |
Customer experience
Countdown
Memories
In-app purchases
Countdown
No in-app purchases
Memories
No in-app purchases
