Comparison

Drive Logger vs Countdown Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Drive Logger

Easily log your supervised driving practice to meet licensing requirements. Track daytime and nighttime drives with simple one-tap recording and view your progress at a glance. All your data is securely stored on your device.

Highlights
  • Log practice drives with one tap
  • Track daytime and nighttime driving
  • View driving history and statistics
  • Manual drive recording
  • Export drive data
  • iOS 14 home screen widgets
  • On-device data storage
  • Open source
Features
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Got your drivers permit? Now you need to practice driving in order to get your full license. Drive Logger helps you log how much you have been driving making sure that you get your practice hours in. # Simple, Easy, Fast It takes just one tap to start recording your current drive. When you're finished, one tap records it. This simplicity allows you to focus on learning how to drive while giving you peace of mind that you’re getting your required hours. # Information at a glance Easily see how long you have been driving, broken down into daytime and nighttime drives. Additionally, view statistics about your driving habits. iOS 14 homescreen widgets allow you to easily see your progress. # Completely on device None of your data is sent over the internet. Instead, it is stored completely on device. Drive Logger is an open source app, so anyone can take a look at the source code. Features: - View your driving history at a glance, broken down by day and night drives - One tap to start recording a drive and one tap to save it - Fast and easy to use - Manually record drives - Export your drive data - iOS 14 Widgets allow you to track your progress from your home screen - All data is stored on device - Open source

About

Countdown Buddy

Create personalized countdown and count-up widgets for your home and lock screens. Visually track important dates like birthdays, vacations, or deadlines with custom designs, colors, and photos. Stay motivated and make waiting more exciting.

Highlights
  • Personalized countdown widgets
  • Count-up widgets
  • Home screen and lock screen support
  • Customizable designs
  • Background color options
  • Photo integration
  • Font selection
Features
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EVERYTHING YOU ARE WAITING FOR - IN A WIDGET Design your own personalized countdown or count-up widgets for your home screen & lock screen. Countdown Widget is a super fun way to track the days until a momentous occasion such as: - Your birthday, or another special someone’s birthday - A long-awaited vacation - Back to school - Upcoming elections - A returning season of your favorite TV series - A favorite yearly tech event - A new video game is up for preorder Or any other future event! Countdown Widget makes waiting for something exciting even more thrilling by giving you a cool and colorful visual reminder on your home screen. Use it to count down to a big event, to mark the end of something less fun, or to keep track of work deadlines (weekend exclusion is now possible!) - it's a super fun way to stay on top of things! COUNT UP Create a count-up widget to mark a significant moment in time and track the duration since it occurred. CREATE A PERSONALIZED COUNTDOWN WIDGET Create a Widget with your custom design in a matter of seconds. You can choose from 11 Countdown styles (we are already working on more) and make them your own by adding your personal touch: - Change background colors. - Use photos from your phone Photo Library or from our preset gallery. - Choose from a curated list of fonts that go well with each specific style. - Each Widget you make will automatically be available in small or medium sizes. - Change the design anytime later. WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK As a small team, we are excited to have our first app on the App Store. We value your feedback and would love to hear from you if you have any questions, suggestions, or anything else you think we should know. Don't hesitate to get in touch with us at - hi@taptics.co. Note: The Free version of the app includes one countdown widget with the basic design.

Screenshots

Drive Logger4 screens
Countdown Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drive Logger at none against Countdown Buddy's 1. Drive Logger also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). Countdown Buddy's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (25K vs 15). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Countdown Buddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drive Logger asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Buddy holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Buddy has 25K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Drive Logger's written reviews are positive against 68% of Countdown Buddy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drive Logger ships an update weekly, Countdown Buddy every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Drive Logger versus Countdown Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrive LoggerCountdown Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (15 ratings)4.6 (25K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews67.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1525K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB149 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRonan FurutaTaptics Ltd.

Customer experience

Drive Logger

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Countdown Buddy

All ratings25,173 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews991 reviews
Positive67.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative22.3%

Bugs and requests

Drive Logger

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Countdown Buddy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets disappearing or not working after updates
  • Countdown timers not updating correctly
  • Inability to add new widgets or countdowns

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to display multiple countdowns at once
  • Implement automatic countdown reset/repeat functionality
  • Allow custom countdown units (e.g., weeks, business days)
  • Improve widget handling and update reliability

In-app purchases

None

Drive Logger

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Buddy

One-time1
  • Countdown +$3.59

Questions

Is Drive Logger free?
Drive Logger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Buddy free?
Countdown Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drive Logger or Countdown Buddy?
Countdown Buddy is rated higher. Drive Logger averages 4.1 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Countdown Buddy averages 4.6 from 25K ratings.
Do Drive Logger or Countdown Buddy have ads?
Neither Drive Logger nor Countdown Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drive Logger or Countdown Buddy?
Drive Logger ships an update weekly, and Countdown Buddy every 9 days. Most recently, Drive Logger was updated on September 29, 2026 and Countdown Buddy on October 15, 2026.

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