Town Alert vs Finally
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Town Alert
Receive important one-way messages from a mass notification system. This app allows users to get critical updates and alerts sent directly to their device.
- Receive one-way messages
- Mass notification system
- Inform employees
- Inform the public
- Critical updates and alerts
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Town Alert is a mass notification system (MNS) that sends one-way messages to inform employees and/or the public of an important message Everybody using the app "My Town Alert" will receive messages sent from "Town Alert"
Finally
Track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. See your progress on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Apple Watch. Never miss a milestone with timely notifications.
- Customizable countdowns
- Home Screen widgets
- Lock Screen widgets
- Apple Watch complications
- Event catalog
- Notifications
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Count the days until the moments that matter. Your wedding. The trip you've been planning all year. The game release you've waited a decade for. Finally turns every big date into a beautiful countdown you can check at a glance on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, and your wrist. Count down. Or count up. Pick any date, past or future. Finally counts the days until what's coming, and the days since what you'll never forget. Anniversaries, milestones, streaks: it works both ways. Birthdays and anniversaries, every year. Set a countdown to repeat monthly or yearly and it renews itself. The day after a birthday passes, Finally is already counting down to the next one. Set it once and it is yours forever, reminder included. Make it yours. Give every countdown its own title, icon, color, and background photo. Add an exact time for the moments where minutes matter, or keep it simple with all-day events. Widgets everywhere. See your countdowns without opening the app: • Home Screen widgets in small and medium sizes • Lock Screen widgets: inline, circular, and rectangular • Apple Watch complications, right on your watch face Each widget shows the countdown you choose, and rolls over automatically at midnight. Discover what's coming. Browse a curated catalog of upcoming events: the World Cup, the Olympics, movie premieres, game launches, holidays, space missions. Start tracking any of them with one tap. Never miss the day. Turn on notifications for any countdown and Finally will tell you the moment it arrives. On your wrist, too. The Apple Watch app keeps your full list in sync, so your next big day is always a glance away. Finally is free to use with unlimited countdowns. A single one-time purchase unlocks widgets everywhere. No subscription, ever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Finally at 4.9 against Town Alert's 4.0. Finally also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). Town Alert's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Finally sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Town Alert asks for nothing beyond the download.
Finally holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively.
Town Alert ships an update every 6 months, Finally every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Town Alert | Finally |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CSI-C | Pairal |
In-app purchases
Town Alert
No in-app purchases
Finally
- Premium$4.99









