Comparison

The Countdown vs Days

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

Head to head
About

The Countdown

Create visually appealing countdowns for future or past events with customizable units and reminders. Share your countdowns as images or videos, and display them on your home screen with widgets. Track time precisely to the second for any occasion.

Highlights
  • Stylish countdown creation
  • Online image gallery
  • Live and customizable backgrounds
  • Event reminders
  • Multiple unit options (seconds to years)
  • Home screen widgets
  • Shareable as images/videos
Features
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Easily create stylish countdowns for any event in the future or past. Features: - Online gallery with hundreds of free images. - Live backgrounds with motion that bring life to your countdowns. - Countdown editor for customization. - Set reminders that trigger before or when an event happens. - Select one or more of the following units for each countdown: Seconds, minutes, hours, days, working days, weeks, months and years. - Repeating countdowns for recurring events like anniversaries. - Full-sized widget and small widget to display a countdown on your home screen. - Share as images or short videos. - Sort countdowns by date. - Full-screen mode. - Few ads that are not disruptive. Count down to any special date; it can be Christmas, a birthday, New Year 2020 or your next road trip. You can also set a past event and count the time since. See for how many seconds you have been alive! Your timer is precise to the second. Enter immersive mode by double tapping for a full-screen experience. Two widgets are included with this app, one shows countdowns just like they are shown in the app and the other shows a smaller countdown.

About

Days

Features
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A very clean day counter. Count down to what matters, or count up the days since. Every counter is a title, a date and a mode, and the number updates by itself every day. COUNTDOWN Pick a date and watch the days go. A ring fills from the day you create the counter to the day itself. COUNT UP Days without smoking, days together, days since the move. Count today as day 1 or day 0, your call. MILESTONES Set a milestone every 7, 30, 100 or 365 days and get a quiet notification at 9am when you reach it. CELEBRATE When a countdown reaches zero or a milestone arrives, open the app and the moment gets its confetti. NOTES Each counter can keep its own checklist right under the ring. Packing list, gift ideas, what to do before the day. ORGANIZE Filter the list by countdown or count up, sort it by date or by name, swipe a counter to pin it to the top. WIDGETS One counter on your home screen, one on your lock screen. Pick which counter each widget shows. SHARE Invite up to five people to a counter through iCloud. They see it and tick off the checklist with you. Only you can change the counter. SIMPLE ON PURPOSE No account, no ads. Your counters stay on your phone unless you share one. Dark, calm, one number at a time.

Screenshots

The Countdown4 screens
Days4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Days at daily against The Countdown's weekly. The Countdown's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Countdown ships an update weekly, Days daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Countdown versus Days: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe CountdownDays
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVINSOFTS JOINT STOCK COMPANYClement Picard Zivy

In-app purchases

None

The Countdown

No in-app purchases

None

Days

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Countdown free?
The Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Days free?
Days is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Countdown or Days have ads?
Neither The Countdown nor Days shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Countdown or Days?
The Countdown ships an update weekly, and Days daily. Most recently, The Countdown was updated on November 3, 2026 and Days on October 31, 2026.

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