StarDay vs CNDWN
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
CNDWN
Track upcoming events and past milestones with customizable countdowns and countups. Features include iCloud sync, widgets, Live Activities, and import from your calendar. Share your progress with others.
- Countdowns and Countups
- Progress Bars
- iCloud Synchronization
- Widgets (Home Screen, Lock Screen, Standby)
- Live Activities
- Import from Calendar
- Shareable Countdowns
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Count down to the moments that matter — birthdays, weddings, trips, exams, due dates, and every big day — on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. CNDWN is the first countdown app with every feature free: • Countdowns & count-ups • Progress bars for every event • Home Screen, Lock Screen & StandBy widgets • Apple Watch app & complications • Live Activities on the Lock Screen • iCloud sync across all your devices • Custom colors for each countdown • Notifications & reminders • Import from Calendar & Reminders • Dark Mode & Handoff • Share your countdowns — now to Instagram, too Set your first countdown in seconds and never lose track of what's coming next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StarDay at 4.8 against CNDWN's 4.2. StarDay also leads on ratings volume (576 vs 9) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). CNDWN's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 68%) and device support (5 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
StarDay holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StarDay has 576 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of StarDay's written reviews are positive against 80% of CNDWN's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
StarDay ships an update weekly, CNDWN every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StarDay | CNDWN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (576 ratings) — better | 4.2 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 576 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AboutMe Apps, Inc. | Alexandra Schillhahn |
Customer experience
StarDay
CNDWN
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
CNDWN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StarDay
No in-app purchases
CNDWN
No in-app purchases
