Comparison

Countdown vs Ole Student

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Ole Student

Features
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Olé Student Housing is unique and is positively changing the standards set for student accommodation. The vision is to make the Olé Student Housing brand the undisputed market leader in terms of quality and experience. An ambitious goal, but one which is achievable for a brand already recognised as the KZN market leader.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Ole Student4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ole Student at none against Countdown's 1. Countdown's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ole Student asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update monthly, Ole Student every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Countdown versus Ole Student: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownOle Student
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (26 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiscoveruapps v.o.f.Sumir Singh

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown+$1.99
None

Ole Student

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ole Student free?
Ole Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown or Ole Student have ads?
Neither Countdown nor Ole Student shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Ole Student?
Countdown ships an update monthly, and Ole Student every 5 months. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 2, 2026 and Ole Student on October 5, 2026.

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