Countdown Buddy vs PottyTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Personalized countdown widgets
- Count-up widgets
- Home screen and lock screen support
- Customizable designs
- Background color options
- Photo integration
- Font selection
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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.
PottyTime
Easily log your dog's potty breaks, receive smart reminders, and track progress with insightful charts. Supports multiple dogs and family sharing for seamless housetraining. Features GPS mapping and PDF export for vets.
- Log potty breaks in seconds
- Smart home alerts for departures/arrivals
- Dashboard with daily stats and success rate
- Charts and insights for potty patterns
- GPS map and walk tracking
- Family sharing for household logging
- Apple Watch and widget support
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PottyTime makes housetraining your dog simple. Log potty breaks in seconds, get smart reminders when you leave or come home, and track your pup's progress with charts and insights. Whether you're training a new puppy or managing multiple dogs, PottyTime keeps everyone on schedule. ◆ LOG IN SECONDS Tap to log pee, poop, both, or accidents. Long-press to add a note like "at the park" or "morning walk." Every event is timestamped and stored instantly. ◆ SMART HOME ALERTS Set your home location and PottyTime reminds you to take your dog out when you leave or return. Customize the alert radius and set quiet hours so you're never disturbed at night. ◆ DASHBOARD AT A GLANCE See daily pees, poops, and accidents, your weekly success rate, time since the last break, and when the next one is predicted. ◆ CHARTS & INSIGHTS Discover your dog's patterns — peak potty times, weekly success and accident trends, and a trend line, all in clean, easy-to-read charts. ◆ GPS MAP & WALK TRACKING Every potty event is pinned to a map with color-coded markers. Track walks with GPS, view routes, and filter by dog or date. ◆ POTTY REMINDERS Get nudged when it's time for the next break. PottyTime suggests an optimal interval based on your dog's habits, or set your own. ◆ APPLE WATCH & WIDGETS Log from your wrist with the companion Watch app. Add Home Screen or Lock Screen widgets to check your pup's status without opening the app. ◆ FAMILY SHARING Everyone in your household can log for the same dogs. Create a household, share an invite code, and all events sync in real time. Household creation is a one-time in-app purchase — joining is free. ◆ MULTIPLE DOGS Track as many dogs as you need. Each gets their own stats, history, and map pins. ◆ SIRI SHORTCUTS Say "Log a pee in PottyTime" or "When was the last potty" and Siri handles it. ◆ CALENDAR & HISTORY Browse past days on an interactive calendar with color-coded dots. Tap any day to see every event with time, type, and notes. ◆ AND MORE • PDF export for your vet or trainer • 6 accent color themes • Dark mode, light mode, or match your system • Privacy-first: Sign in with Apple, GPS is optional, delete your data anytime
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PottyTime at 100% against Countdown Buddy's 68%. PottyTime also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Countdown Buddy's advantage is ratings volume (25K vs 3) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). 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. Countdown Buddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PottyTime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PottyTime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Buddy has 25K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Countdown Buddy's written reviews are positive against 100% of PottyTime's.
Countdown Buddy ships an update every 9 days, PottyTime every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Buddy | PottyTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (25K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taptics Ltd. | ALLEN NGUYEN |
Customer experience
Countdown Buddy
PottyTime
Bugs and 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
PottyTime
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown Buddy
- Countdown +$3.59
PottyTime
- Family Sharing$19.99









