StarDay vs Countdowns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StarDay
Easily track important life events with unlimited countdowns. Customize widgets to visualize your progress and forget about intrusive advertisements. This app helps you stay on top of your milestones.
- Unlimited countdowns
- Customizable widgets
- Streak tracking
- Ad-free experience
- Event tracking
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Do you need to track some important events in your life? Try our new app. Add unlimited countdowns, customize widgets, forget about noisy ads. Terms of use: https://about-me.app/terms_of_use Privacy policy: https://about-me.app/privacy_policy
Countdowns
Track the time until your important events, from dates and parties to product launches. This app helps you visualize the remaining time in hours, minutes, or days, for both past and future occurrences.
- Countdown to any event
- Track time in hours, minutes, or days
- Log past and future events
- Cross-device timer synchronization
- Customizable event tracking
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Countdowns will help you count down the time until the event you are waiting for, whether it's a date or a party or a new Apple presentation! Want to know how much time is left until the event? No problem! Countdowns is not just a timer app. It's designed to let you keep track of how much time is left before your event. Count hours from the last sweet you ate or minutes until you meet your loved one - if something has happened in the past or will happen in the future, Countdowns will keep track of the time for you. Countdowns can keep your timers running no matter where you are. You can cancel your Countdowns subscription at any time, but it will renew automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before your next due date.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StarDay at none against Countdowns's 4. StarDay also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 50%) and ratings volume (576 vs 47). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Countdowns sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. StarDay asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for StarDay against 4.7 for Countdowns. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StarDay has 576 ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of StarDay's written reviews are positive against 50% of Countdowns's.
StarDay ships an update weekly, Countdowns every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StarDay | Countdowns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (576 ratings) — better | 4.7 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 576 — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AboutMe Apps, Inc. | MASTER PRO MONT DOO |
Customer experience
StarDay
Countdowns
Bugs and requests
StarDay
Reported bugs
2 issues- Widget not displaying custom countdowns
- Countdown restarting unexpectedly after deleting an event
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to display multiple countdowns on widget
- Option to customize countdown display (time, background, etc.)
- Automatic sorting of events by date
Countdowns
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StarDay
No in-app purchases
Countdowns
- 1 Month — Special Gift$2.991 Month
- 1 Week$4.997 Days
- 1 Month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
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- 12 Months$19.991 Year
