Comparison

Phantom Countdown vs Tears Companion

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Multiple countdown creation
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable themes
  • Automatic daily updates
  • Flexible date tracking
Features
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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.

About

Tears Companion

An unofficial interactive guide for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Features offline maps with detailed icons and customizable checklists to track discoveries and collectibles. Syncs progress across devices for a seamless adventure.

Highlights
  • Interactive offline maps
  • Detailed location icons
  • Customizable checklists
  • Progress tracking
  • Cross-device sync
  • Support for two games
Features
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Tears Companion is the complete interactive guide for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Explore Hyrule with detailed offline maps, track every collectible with smart checklists, and look up any item, armor, recipe or enemy in seconds. INTERACTIVE OFFLINE MAPS Sky, Surface and Depths, plus every temple and Hyrule Castle floor. All map data works without an internet connection once downloaded. - Towers, shrines and lightroots - Korok seeds with the solution for each puzzle - Chests, treasures and caves - Device dispensers and Zonai relief statues - Dragon tears, wells, bubbulfrogs and Addison signs - Villages, stables, shops, inns and bargainer statues - Filter by type, region, or completion state, and search the whole map instantly CHECKLISTS AND PROGRESS TRACKING Tick off shrines, koroks, quests, memories, treasures and more. Group and sort entries the way you like, and see your completion percentage on a dedicated statistics page. COMPLETE GAME DATABASES - Compendium with all creatures, monsters, materials, equipment and treasure - Armor sets with defense values, set bonuses and full upgrade material lists - Weapons, bows and shields - Fuse combinations: check what every material adds to a weapon, shield or arrow - Recipes and cooking effects with the exact ingredients - Materials, key items, amiibo rewards and enemy strategies AGE OF IMPRISONMENT Character and side quests with unlock conditions and rewards, korok locations, and challenge overviews for the Switch 2 Warriors title. SYNC AND BACKUP Your progress syncs automatically via iCloud. You can also export and import a backup file, or move progress to another device with a sync code. MADE FOR PLAYERS - Works fully offline, so it is ready even without a connection - Light and dark theme with several accent styles - Available in 20 languages - Optional ad-free unlock DISCLAIMER Tears Companion is a third-party, unofficial companion app. The developer is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo Co., Ltd. The Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom, Hyrule Warriors and all related names are trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd. All game content is used under fair use guidelines.

Screenshots

Phantom Countdown4 screens
Tears Companion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Phantom Countdown at none against Tears Companion's shown. Tears Companion's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4.3K vs 276). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Phantom Countdown sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Tears Companion sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tears Companion holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tears Companion has 4.3K ratings behind it against 276, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Phantom Countdown's written reviews are positive against 76% of Tears Companion's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phantom Countdown ships an update every 2 months, Tears Companion every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Phantom Countdown versus Tears Companion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhantom CountdownTears Companion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (276 ratings)4.8 (4.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.8% of reviews — better76.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2764.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB451 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew SinexSebastian Kruse

Customer experience

Phantom Countdown

All ratings276 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative9.8%

Tears Companion

All ratings4,272 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews296 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral8.1%
Negative15.9%

User reviews

Phantom Countdown

From 276 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Persona-themed countdown
  • 👍 Customizable themes and colors
  • 🎨 Stylish and visually appealing
  • 📆 Helpful for tracking deadlines and events
  • 🎮 Captures the Persona aesthetic

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs with widget functionality
  • 🔧 Issues with changing themes and colors
  • 🔒 Lack of transparency in background
  • 📊 Limited customization options

Tears Companion

From 4.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Incredibly detailed and helpful
  • 👍 Great companion for 100% completion
  • 👍 Customizable map overlays
  • 🚀 Frequent updates
  • 👍 Comprehensive checklist features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
  • 💰 Subscription model instead of one-time purchase
  • 🔍 Inconsistent location naming and missing some details
  • 🔍 Lack of visual guides for some collectibles

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

Tears Companion

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when accessing checklists
  • Inconsistent search functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • Separate checklists for side quests, adventures, and main quests
  • Ability to mark progress on shrines and towers (unlocked vs. completed)
  • Inclusion of mini-boss and pristine weapon locations
  • More detailed information on armor sets and upgrades

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Phantom Countdown

One-time5
  • 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
12 purchases

Tears Companion

Subscriptions4
  • Fully unlock all our apps$2.491 Month
  • Fully unlock all our apps$5.993 Months
  • Fully unlock all our apps$9.996 Months
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  • Fully unlock all our apps$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • Weapon$0.99
  • Materials & Items$0.99
  • Compendium$0.99
Show 5 more
  • Armors$0.99
  • Monster & Guides$0.99
  • Recipes$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Unlock all Pages$4.49

Questions

Is Phantom Countdown free?
Phantom Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tears Companion free?
Tears Companion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Phantom Countdown or Tears Companion?
Tears Companion is rated higher. Phantom Countdown averages 4.6 out of 5 from 276 ratings, while Tears Companion averages 4.8 from 4.3K ratings.
Do Phantom Countdown or Tears Companion have ads?
Tears Companion shows ads; Phantom Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Phantom Countdown or Tears Companion?
Phantom Countdown ships an update every 2 months, and Tears Companion every 10 days. Most recently, Phantom Countdown was updated on October 14, 2026 and Tears Companion on October 19, 2026.

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