Comparison

WhatCounts vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

WhatCounts

Easily track important dates and events with customizable reminders. This app helps you count down to future occasions and count up from past milestones, offering personalized notifications and a variety of display options.

Highlights
  • Customizable event countdowns
  • Past event tracking
  • Personalized reminders
  • Notes and ideas entry
  • Customizable display options
  • Categorization of events
  • Dark Mode
Features
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WhatCounts helps you keep track of all your important events and dates: set a daily, weekly or monthly reminder to receive early notifications and never miss a thing! You can track important events such as: Future Holidays, Holidays, Weddings, Anniversaries, Goals, Concerts and much more. WhatCounts also counts how many days have passed since a date such as your birthday, wedding and more. Features: - Customize the count with colors of your choice. - Customize with camera roll photos. - Enter notes, ideas or things to remember. - Choose whether to display more or less information. - Categorize your countdowns into custom groups - Set up weekly, monthly or yearly reps. - Set alerts one day before, one week before, or one month before. - Customize the details *. - Choose the format in which to view the details (months, weeks, days, etc) *. - Customize the application icon *. - Sort by: ascending date, descending date, color or name *. - Dark Mode *. - Enter infinite countdowns *. - Enter infinite forward counts *. * PRO functionality We aim to improve our application as much as possible, always adding new functions. If you have ideas or suggestions to improve it, do not hesitate to contact us! Email: support@johan.ink

About

Countdown

Never miss an important date again. This app helps you track upcoming events like birthdays, anniversaries, and launches. Become a master of time with this simple yet powerful tool for managing your schedule.

Highlights
  • Event tracking
  • Deadline management
  • Schedule organization
  • Upcoming event reminders
  • Time management tool
Features
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Never again be unprepared for upcoming events. Be it birthdays, marathons, anniversaries, sports events, launches, parties etc. With this simple yet powerful app you will become the master of time. 1. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. – Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace. Leo Tolstoy, the greatest humanist, put these words in General Kutuzov’s mouth. And, actually, it is a combination of two quotes. In book ten, the General says: But believe me, my dear boy, there is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all. Later, he repeats this idea in his thought: They must understand that we can only lose by taking the offensive. Patience and time are my warriors, my champions. By the way, check out more Leo Tolstoy’s quotes in Twitter @TolstoySays and find humanistic wisdom and daily insights. 2. Time is money. – Benjamin Franklin. Probably, the most famous quote about time by Benjamin Franklin, a person known by his productivity and various talents. In his 84 years, he became not only a prominent politician and diplomat, but also an actor, musician, inventor, and satirist. As for his famous saying, it refers to the concept of opportunity cost. This means, each choice you make has its cost, and delays (as a choice to not take action) usually lead to decrease in output. actiTIME Track hours and analyze productivity trends with actiTIME to increase work efficiency and attain excellent results Try Free Time tracking 3. Time waits for no one. – Folklore. The earliest record of this phrase is dated 1225 – before English was shaped in the modern form. The origin is uncertain, so it’s considered to be a proverbial wisdom. It means that no man has enough power to stop time or to change its course. 4. Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. – William Shakespeare. Better spend time waiting for the opportunity to take an action than miss the chance. In Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, the phrase is said by a character who suspects his wife’s infidelity, but in fact, it can be applied to any situation when you need to take a chance to change things. 5. Lost time is never found again. – Benjamin Franklin. You can’t keep today’s hour for tomorrow – we all know that, but still tend to procrastinate. Benjamin Franklin warns that time is a scarce resource, and if it’s wasted, it cannot be recovered later. This is why mindful planning and work on productivity are so important. 6. Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. – Theophrastus. Ancient Greek philosophy is known by its combination of merely theoretical thoughts and practical approach. Theophrastus understood time as an accident of motion that cannot be stopped or reversed, and he said that waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses. 7. Time is the wisest counselor of all. – Pericles. Pericles, the influential ancient Greek statesman and general, was a rationalist and knew the value of time. His famous phrase was said as a warning for Tolmides, the young Athenian general who intended to invade Boeotia. Eventually Tolmides failed to listen to Pericles’ words, his army suffered a heavy defeat and he died in the battle. This quote is a warning against premature decisions and poor judgement caused by the lack of time. 8. The key is in not spending time, but in investing it. – Stephen R. Covey. A quote by Stephen R. Covey, the author of the famous time management matrix. You can spend time on useful and useless things, but if you call it “investing”, you’ll definitely invest it in something that has value and importance for you. So choose your goals wisely so that time you spend on them becomes an investment, not an expense. 9. It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince. 10. Punctuality is the thief of time. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Screenshots

WhatCounts4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown at 5.0 against WhatCounts's 4.5. Countdown also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. WhatCounts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of WhatCounts's written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WhatCounts ships an update every 2 months, Countdown every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WhatCounts versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhatCountsCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarco MontiCreative Greenlight LLC

Customer experience

WhatCounts

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

Countdown

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WhatCounts

One-time1
  • WhatCounts PRO$4.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Unlocked$1.99

Questions

Is WhatCounts free?
WhatCounts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WhatCounts or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. WhatCounts averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Countdown averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do WhatCounts or Countdown have ads?
WhatCounts shows ads; Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, WhatCounts or Countdown?
WhatCounts ships an update every 2 months, and Countdown every 6 days. Most recently, WhatCounts was updated on October 8, 2026 and Countdown on October 11, 2026.

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