Phantom Countdown vs Countdowns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phantom Countdown
This free utility app helps fans of a popular JRPG series track upcoming events. Create and customize multiple countdowns, display them on your home screen with widgets, and choose from built-in or custom themes. Countdowns update daily, offering flexible tracking by date, number of days, or unknown dates.
- Multiple countdown creation
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable themes
- Automatic daily updates
- Flexible date tracking
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Wake up, get up, get out there! For all the Phantom Thieves, Investigation Team members, and SEES fighters, prepare for your next event with Phantom Countdown! Phantom Countdown is a free app themed after everyone's favorite JRPG series, Persona. Features include: - Create and manage multiple Countdowns! - Display the Countdowns on your Home Screen with Widgets! - Style your Countdowns using baked in themes or your own themes! - Countdowns automatically update in the list and on your Widgets every new Calendar day! - Track Countdowns using a specific Date, a number of days until the event occurs, or an unknown date! Download today and begin counting down with style! Persona and all associated trademarks are properties of ATLUS and not of my own creation.
Countdowns
Easily track upcoming events with customizable countdown timers. Set reminders for important dates and personalize the look of each countdown with different colors and fonts. Organize events by proximity or alphabetically, with support for dark mode and notifications.
- Customizable colors and fonts
- Unlimited event creation
- Event sorting options
- Dark Mode support
- Event notifications
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Countdowns is a free, super easy to use countdown timer and reminder for the important events & dates in your life. Features: * Choose the colors and fonts for each event * Create as many events as you'd like * Sort your events from the closest to the most distant or alphabetically * Dark Mode * Notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdowns at none against Phantom Countdown's 5. Countdowns also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). Phantom Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (276 vs 6). On price, 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. Phantom Countdown sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Countdowns asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdowns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phantom Countdown has 276 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Phantom Countdown's written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdowns's.
Phantom Countdown ships an update every 2 months, Countdowns every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phantom Countdown | Countdowns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (276 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 276 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Sinex | Chris Stayte |
Customer experience
Phantom Countdown
Countdowns
Bugs and requests
Phantom Countdown
Reported bugs
4 issues- Countdowns disappearing or not saving
- Widgets not displaying properly
- App freezing when changing notification settings
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add countdown to lock screen
- Integrate with calendar app
- Ability to set custom countdown sounds
- Automatic countdown rotation
- More detailed Persona-themed design
Countdowns
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Phantom Countdown
- Level 1 Tip$0.99
- Level 5 Tip$2.99
- Level 25 Tip$9.99
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- Level 50 Tip$24.99
- Level 99 Tip$49.99
Countdowns
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Phantom Countdown free?
Is Countdowns free?
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Do Phantom Countdown or Countdowns have ads?
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