Days Countdown vs Upcoming
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Days Countdown
Track important dates and events with a customizable countdown. Set reminders for specific days before an event and share your countdowns with others. The app allows for recurring events and multiple countdowns.
- Unlimited event creation
- Countdown to or from a date
- Repeat events weekly, monthly, yearly
- Customizable event reminders
- Share countdowns with friends
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Days Countdown, Countdown to your favorite events and important dates! Features: - Create as many events as you'd like - Countdown until or countdown from a date - Repeat an event for week, month, year - Get notified on the day of the event, you can receive reminders 1 day before or 3 days before the event. - Share your countdowns with friends and family
Upcoming
Track important dates with a customizable countdown widget. Visualize your progress towards goals, events, or holidays with daily updates. Stay motivated and focused by seeing how much time remains until your next milestone.
- Daily countdown tracking
- Customizable icons and colors
- Event card styling
- Motivation for goal completion
- Sense of urgency for tasks
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Upcoming is a simple, beautiful countdown app for the days that matter: birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, exams, launches, or anything you're looking forward to. MAKE EVERY COUNTDOWN YOUR OWN • Pick a color and an icon for each event, or draw your own icon • Organize events into groups • See your whole year at a glance in the calendar view • Get reminders before important dates • Keep countdowns on your Home Screen with widgets • Check your next events on Apple Watch • Sync across your devices with iCloud, and back up your events to a file WHY COUNT DOWN? Knowing exactly how much time is left keeps you motivated and focused on what's ahead. Watching the days go by, one at a time, gives you a sense of urgency, so you spend less time scrolling and more time on what matters. FREE AND UPCOMING PLUS Upcoming is free to use with up to 8 events, 3 groups, 8 pre-made icons, 1 custom drawn icon and 2 color themes. Reminders, widgets, the year calendar, Apple Watch, iCloud sync and backups are free for everyone. Upcoming Plus unlocks: • Unlimited events and groups • Unlimited custom drawn icons • All 182 pre-made icons • All color themes Upcoming Plus is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. The yearly plan may include a free trial. Prices are shown in the app before you buy and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JNCHjdEaUqFAD1AAu1UufTuoq4-qbyzt3BvMIHGcQn8/edit?usp=sharing Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Have a suggestion? Email us at kokk97799@gmail.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Days Countdown at free with in-app purchases against Upcoming's subscription. Days Countdown also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 57%). Upcoming's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Days Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Upcoming sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Days Countdown against 4.7 for Upcoming. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 40 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Days Countdown's written reviews are positive against 57% of Upcoming's.
Days Countdown ships an update every 15 months, Upcoming every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Days Countdown | Upcoming |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (69 ratings) | 4.7 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better | 56.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | 云云 唐 | Kok Keong |
Customer experience
Days Countdown
Upcoming
In-app purchases
Days Countdown
- Pro Version$0.99
Upcoming
- Monthly$1.491 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$11.491 Year
- Lifetime - Early Bird Discount$5.99
- Lifetime$20.99
Questions
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