Comparison

Bears Countdown vs Diary Duck

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

Head to head
About

Bears Countdown

Beautifully designed countdowns for important events like birthdays, anniversaries, and vacations. Features hand-drawn art, home screen widgets, and the ability to add notes and set intentions for future plans.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn bear artworks
  • Home screen widgets (iOS 14)
  • Event notes for details
  • Past event history
  • Set intentions for future plans
Features
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Bears Countdown is the most beautiful way to countdown to birthdays, anniversaries, vacations and even work deadlines! On iPhone, iPad and Mac. ...HAND-DRAWN ARTWORKS... Lots of beautifully drawn bear artworks with a gorgeous pastel color palette to bring every event to life. ...WIDGETS (iOS 14)... Countdown from your home screen without even having to open the app! All three widget sizes included. ...NOTES... Write notes for each event, like ideas for birthday gifts/anniversaries, things to remember for upcoming trips, and important points for work deadlines. ...HISTORY... Look back on past events and the notes you wrote for them. ...SET INTENTIONS... Set intentions for plans that you don’t have a date for yet, like promising yourself to catch up with a friend you haven't seen in a while, or starting a new workout routine.

About

Diary Duck

Create beautiful digital journals with a vast collection of stickers, templates, and AI-powered tools. Easily design custom layouts and protect your memories with password protection. Regularly updated with new materials and features.

Highlights
  • Extensive sticker and background materials
  • AI sticker generation
  • Hand account templates
  • Pen and tape drawing tools
  • Password protection for journals
  • Regular content updates
Features
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Hi~ Welcome to Diary Duck, let's record the beautiful life together, let us make the best hand account, use the hand account to collect small memories~ "High-Quality Materials" 1. Plenty of beautiful, fresh stickers, quality materials are waiting for you to use. 2. Background templates are designed by our illustrators, convenient, and definitely make your hand account look good and easy to use. 3. AI stickers, users can use AI function to turn pictures into stickers you want and save them in your material library.
 "Super Convenient Hand Account Making" 1. Hand account template, lots of hand account template materials, just modify the content, a good-looking hand account is made. 2. Border stickers, users can use border stickers to quickly layout and make the style you want. 3. The function is simple, the app's function is super powerful, and the operation is simple, it's super fast to get started.
 "Non-Stop Benefits and Activities" 1. We will do some activities irregularly to give back to new and old users, you have the chance to win prizes by participating. 2. Membership prices will also be adjusted on certain special days, taking care of every Duck student.
 "APP Features" 1. Sticker Materials: A lot of sticker materials allow you to create without worries. 2. Background Materials: Designed by illustrators, make your hand account look professional. 3. Hand Account Template: The official will produce some popular hand account template styles, making it super convenient for you to make a hand account in three steps. 4. Pen Function: Support hand-drawn drawing of some small stickers and border styles. 5. AI Stickers: Sticker images can be cut out through AI machine to make the stickers you want, create the stickers you want. 6. Tape Function: Create richer border styles, paint whenever you want. 7. Password book: Add passwords to hand accounts, only the hand account can be opened through the password. 8. Different styles of stickers, backgrounds, and materials will be updated continuously.
 "Feedback to Developers" There are many happy and unhappy things in life, you can use the hand account to collect your small memories, thank you for meeting, we know that there are many shortcomings, if there are any problems, or good ideas, welcome to feedback in the application, contact us, every message from you will be read carefully!
 "Renewal Description" This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account and the renewal fee will be deducted from your package within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel automatic renewal in the account settings, and cancel automatic renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. If your trial is not over, the remaining days will be automatically invalidated after you start your subscription. To start a subscription, you need to agree to the following terms:
 Terms of Service: https://www-handaccount.gitlab.io/terms-of-use/ Privacy Agreement: https://www-handaccount.gitlab.io/privacypolicy/

Screenshots

Bears Countdown4 screens
Diary Duck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bears Countdown at 89% against Diary Duck's 33%. Bears Countdown also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.4). Diary Duck's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On 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

Diary Duck is free to download; Bears Countdown costs $3.99 up front. Bears Countdown sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Diary Duck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bears Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bears Countdown has 2.6K ratings behind it against 101, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Bears Countdown's written reviews are positive against 33% of Diary Duck's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bears Countdown ships an update monthly, Diary Duck weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Bears Countdown versus Diary Duck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBears CountdownDiary Duck
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (2.6K ratings) — better4.4 (101 ratings)
Positive reviews89.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better101
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size278 MB205 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperIsuru Wanasinghe立桓 孙

Customer experience

Bears Countdown

All ratings2,574 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews670 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral5.8%
Negative5.2%

Diary Duck

All ratings77 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Bears Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Dates randomly shifting back by a day
  • Widget not working properly on macOS Ventura
  • Inability to scroll through months and dates on desktop

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to set reminders for specific times
  • Implement recurring event options (e.g., every 2 weeks)
  • Allow syncing between devices
  • Introduce a search function for illustrations
  • Add support for Apple Watch

Diary Duck

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bears Countdown

One-time10
  • Dragons$0.99
  • Christmas Apple$0.99
  • Snowman$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Vegan Milk$0.99
  • Red Envelopes$0.99
  • Exam$0.99
  • Princess$0.99
  • Meditation$0.99
  • Deliveries$0.99
  • Bears Unlimited$2.99
3 purchases

Diary Duck

Subscriptions2
  • 月度会员3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • 年度会员3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • 终身会员$6.99

Questions

Is Bears Countdown free?
Bears Countdown costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Diary Duck free?
Diary Duck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bears Countdown or Diary Duck?
Bears Countdown is rated higher. Bears Countdown averages 4.9 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Diary Duck averages 4.4 from 101 ratings.
Do Bears Countdown or Diary Duck have ads?
Diary Duck shows ads; Bears Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Bears Countdown or Diary Duck?
Bears Countdown ships an update monthly, and Diary Duck weekly. Most recently, Bears Countdown was updated on October 29, 2026 and Diary Duck on October 27, 2026.

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