Comparison

Countdown # vs TimeColorCue

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

Head to head
About

Countdown #

Keep track of important dates with a stylish countdown. Never miss a vacation, anniversary, or birthday again with customizable reminders and alerts. Features a clean design and useful widgets for easy event management.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns
  • Customizable widgets
  • Event sorting
  • Reminders and alerts
  • Clean UI/UX design
  • Icon customization
Features
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Make every moment count. Count down to vacations, anniversaries, birthdays, and everything you’re looking forward to. With Memories, count up from the days that changed your life—your first date, your wedding, or a personal achievement—and celebrate every milestone along the way. Features: - Live countdowns for upcoming events - Memories that count the days, hours, minutes, and seconds since special moments - Upcoming anniversaries and milestones to celebrate - Beautiful widgets to keep your favorite moments in view - A clean, intuitive design - Easy event sorting - Reminders for important dates - Daily alerts for your featured event - Flexible date and time settings - Custom icons and colors to make every moment your own Look forward to what’s next. Treasure how far you’ve come.

About

TimeColorCue

This app provides a flexible visual multi-stage timer with customizable colors and reminders for each stage. It offers various display modes and is designed to help users stay focused and on track during work, fitness, or daily routines.

Highlights
  • Multi-stage visual timer
  • Customizable stage colors and reminders
  • Multiple display modes (Standard, Minimal, Gradient, Ring)
  • Optional custom backgrounds
  • Sound and vibration reminders
  • Local-first design, no account needed
Features
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TimeColorCue is a clear, flexible visual multi-stage timer. Create a scenario, set duration, color and reminder text for each stage, then start a focused, eye‑catching full‑screen countdown. Use cases: • Focus work & Pomodoro sessions • Fitness, stretching & interval training • Meditation and breathing exercises • Cooking and daily routines • Presentations, rehearsals & classroom activities Core features: • Four display modes: Standard, Minimal, Gradient, Ring • Freely combine countdown timer, reminder text and progress indicator • Stage colors with smooth color transitions • Sound, vibration, stage change and advance reminders • Optional custom backgrounds for scenarios • Local-first design, no account sign-up required • Supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, French and Italian TimeColorCue helps you know your current task and next step at a glance, reduce distractions and stay on track. Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Countdown #3 screens
TimeColorCue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown # at none against TimeColorCue's 1. Countdown # also leads on ratings volume (45 vs 1). TimeColorCue's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, 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. TimeColorCue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown # asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimeColorCue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown # has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Countdown #'s written reviews are positive against 100% of TimeColorCue's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown # ships an update every 9 days, TimeColorCue every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Countdown # versus TimeColorCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown #TimeColorCue
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (45 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings45 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKhang Le帅 王

Customer experience

Countdown #

All ratings45 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%

TimeColorCue

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Countdown #

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TimeColorCue

One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Countdown # free?
Countdown # is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeColorCue free?
TimeColorCue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown # or TimeColorCue?
TimeColorCue is rated higher. Countdown # averages 4.6 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while TimeColorCue averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Countdown # or TimeColorCue have ads?
Neither Countdown # nor TimeColorCue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown # or TimeColorCue?
Countdown # ships an update every 9 days, and TimeColorCue every 4 days. Most recently, Countdown # was updated on November 3, 2026 and TimeColorCue on October 31, 2026.

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