Comparison

Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder vs Countdown

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

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About

Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder

Locate misplaced Bluetooth devices like earbuds and headphones. Get alerts if you leave items behind and scan for hidden trackers. Offers proximity detection and last-seen location mapping.

Highlights
  • Find nearby Bluetooth devices
  • Left-behind alerts
  • Hidden tracker scanning
  • Last-seen location mapping
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Lost your earbuds, headphones or keys? This app helps you find them, warns you if you leave them behind, and checks if a hidden tracker is following you. FIND THEM WHEN THEY'RE NEARBY 1. Open the app and tap your item to start Find Nearby. 2. Walk slowly in one direction. The app shows how close you are: Far, In the room, Close, Within arm's reach. 3. Your phone beeps and vibrates faster as you get closer. - It tells you if you're getting closer, and when you walked past it. - Camera view (on supported devices): see the room through your screen as you search. - Lost the signal? It says "Lost contact" instead of guessing. SEE WHERE YOU LEFT THEM - Save your things. If one goes missing, see when the app last detected it, and where on a map if Location was on. - Get walking directions there, and a street-level view where available. - Ask Siri "Where did I leave my keys in BLE Finder?" to hear the place and time. - Get notified once when a saved item is back in range (for gear the app can connect to, not Apple devices). DON'T LEAVE THEM BEHIND - Turn on Left-Behind Alert to get an alert if you walk away without a saved item. Free while the app is on screen. - Pro: Always-On Guard keeps these alerts working when your iPhone is locked (for items it can connect to). - Pro: Before You Go shows what's with you and what's missing. Star the items you always carry and it checks them as you leave home. - Pro: Safe Zones alert you if you leave a place you choose without your item. CHECK FOR HIDDEN TRACKERS — FREE 1. Tap Safety, start a scan and allow Location. 2. Keep walking with the app on screen. A scan takes 10 minutes. 3. If a device moves with you from place to place, you're warned it may be following you. One that stays close for 8 minutes is listed as worth checking. - Found one? Track it down with distance, free. - Warnings are saved on this iPhone for 60 days. Share a report as text. - Your own gear? Tap "This is with me" to ignore it. - If the screen locks, the scan can't detect some trackers, including AirTags. - It can miss some trackers, so keep your iPhone's own tracker alerts on too. KEEP YOUR TAGS WORKING - A warning when a tag's battery is low (for tags that report it). - A heads-up when a saved tag hasn't been detected for 3 days. WATCH, WIDGETS AND SHORTCUTS - Works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, synced with iCloud. - Apple Watch: find items from your wrist, see what's nearby and where they were last detected. - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your items at a glance. - Control Center, Lock Screen and Action button shortcuts open Find Nearby or the Safety Scan. - Search any device by name or brand. GOOD TO KNOW - Works with Bluetooth earbuds, headphones, speakers, watches and tags (keys need a Bluetooth tag). - It only finds things that are on: earbuds closed in their case or a dead tag stay silent. - Unnamed items show their brand, like "Sony device 3F2A". Rename yours and pick icons. - Swiping the app away pauses alerts until you open it again. FREE Everything above not marked Pro, including the full Safety Scan, plus a one-minute preview of distance and voice guidance. EXACTTRACK PRO - Estimated distance in feet or meters - Voice guidance, and wrist taps on Apple Watch that speed up as you get closer - Always-On Guard - Before You Go and the leaving-home check - Safe Zones - 7-day location history, and where you usually leave it Monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Cancel anytime. Already own ExactTrack (lifetime)? You keep distance, voice and wrist taps for life. Privacy: https://fierce-inlet-63133.herokuapp.com/find-airpords-privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdown

Features
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Create a countdown for anything — a trip, a birthday, a deadline — and pin it right to your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Each countdown gets its own emoji and color, and its own widget. Add as many widgets as you like, and pick exactly which countdown each one shows by long-pressing it and choosing Edit Widget. FEATURES • Create countdowns (1 free, unlimited with Pro) • Recurring countdowns — weekly, monthly, or yearly (birthdays, anniversaries, rent) • Pick an emoji and accent color for each countdown • Pin any countdown to its own Home Screen widget • Lock Screen widgets too • Optional reminder notification when a countdown arrives • Countdown Pro unlocks unlimited countdowns and a full set of premium gradient colors Countdown works entirely on your device — there is no account, no login, and nothing is ever sent anywhere.

Screenshots

Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder at 4 against Countdown's 2. Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluetooth Lost BLE FinderCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (222 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings222 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFuturaApp, Inc.Morgan Hunt

Bugs and requests

Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App keeps showing searching for hours
  • App doesn't work without payment
  • Free version doesn't allow ringing the phone
  • Cannot ring the phone
  • App doesn't work
Show 4 more
  • Never could find the phone
  • Finds non-existing TVs but nothing else
  • App doesn't emit a noise anymore
  • Cannot get the app on computer to find phone

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add map to devices
  • Translate app to French
  • Allow ringing the phone
  • Add sound to find device

Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder

Subscriptions2
  • ExactTrack Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • ExactTrack Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • ExactTrack: Precise Finder$59.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder free?
Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder or Countdown have ads?
Neither Bluetooth Lost BLE Finder nor Countdown shows ads.

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