Countdown vs Day Count
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown
Track important dates and count down to special events or count the days since a significant moment. Receive timely notifications and visualize your progress with beautiful counters. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with iCloud syncing across devices.
- Ad-free experience
- Home screen widgets
- Light and dark mode support
- Count in days, weeks, months, hours, minutes
- iCloud device syncing
- Customizable event sorting
- Event notifications
- Shareable live counters
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Countdown will help you to count down the days until a special event or, count from the days since an important moment in your life. You'll receive notifications when it's time. Countdown to birthdays, holidays, an upcoming vacation, weddings, the New Year, parties, sporting events, concerts, and more. features: - No advertisements - Add your events as widgets to your iOS home screen - Support for light and dark mode - Count with days, weeks, months, hours, minutes - Sync with all your devices from iCloud - Sort events by name or date, ascending or descending - Sort by repeating and one-time events - Receive notifications when it's time - Beautiful fullscreen live counter - Share the image with live counter with friends and family - No third-party tracking or analytics services are used. No personal data is shared with anyone. - Default library with beautiful pictures to use for your events
Day Count
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Day Count is an application for planning and tracking the exact time before and after your events. All you need to do is enter the date and description of the event, and Day Count will remind you of it, show how many days are left before, how many have passed after. It can be: Vacation, Wedding of a friend, Anniversary, Birthday (repeat every year), quit smoking, Demobilization, Length of service in the company and others. Set up a reminder every day, week, month, year - as you like. Brief instruction: 1. Name your event; 2. Specify its date and time; 3. Customize the notification mode if desired; 4. Customize the appearance of the event card. Download the application, set up events, and Day Count will remind and inform you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Day Count at none against Countdown's 1. Day Count also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Day Count asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown ships an update monthly, Day Count every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | Day Count |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Discoveruapps v.o.f. | OMEGA, OOO |
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown+$1.99
Day Count
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Which is updated more often, Countdown or Day Count?
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