Phantom Countdown vs How Long Is This Game
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.
How Long Is This Game
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How long is that game, really? Type any game and see three numbers: how long the story takes, how long with the extras, and how long to see everything. They're averages of real players' times. Then say how much you play. A little, some, a lot, or every night. The app tells you the day you'd finish: "At your pace you'd finish the story Nov 8." Your backlog, in order Add the games you mean to play. Each one gets its own finish date, one after the other, so you can see when you'll get to the next one. Choose story, extras or everything for each game. Move one up when you can't wait. Tick it off when it's done. Free: - Look up any game - Finish dates at your pace - Up to 3 games in your backlog Whole Backlog, $2.99 once: - No limit on your backlog No account, no ads, no subscription. Your backlog stays on your phone. Game hours are player-submitted times from IGDB, looked up through Game Tales.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: How Long Is This Game at daily against Phantom Countdown's every 2 months. How Long Is This Game also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Phantom Countdown sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and How Long Is This Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Phantom Countdown ships an update every 2 months, How Long Is This Game daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phantom Countdown | How Long Is This Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (278 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 82.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 278 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Matthew Sinex | Cody Simmonds |
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
How Long Is This Game
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
How Long Is This Game
- Whole Backlog$2.99
Questions
Is Phantom Countdown free?
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