Bears Countdown vs Diary Duck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Hand-drawn bear artworks
- Home screen widgets (iOS 14)
- Event notes for details
- Past event history
- Set intentions for future plans
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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.
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.
- Extensive sticker and background materials
- AI sticker generation
- Hand account templates
- Pen and tape drawing tools
- Password protection for journals
- Regular content updates
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
Bears Countdown ships an update monthly, Diary Duck weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bears Countdown | Diary Duck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (2.6K ratings) — better | 4.4 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 101 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 278 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Isuru Wanasinghe | 立桓 孙 |
Customer experience
Bears Countdown
Diary Duck
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
Bears Countdown
- Dragons$0.99
- Christmas Apple$0.99
- Snowman$0.99
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- Vegan Milk$0.99
- Red Envelopes$0.99
- Exam$0.99
- Princess$0.99
- Meditation$0.99
- Deliveries$0.99
- Bears Unlimited$2.99
Diary Duck
- 月度会员3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- 年度会员3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- 终身会员$6.99









