Comparison

Countdown & Calendar vs Whenora

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

Head to head
About

Countdown & Calendar

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Anticipation makes every event more special. Whether it is a long-awaited vacation, a major career milestone, or a loved one's birthday, counting down the days builds excitement and helps you prepare. Countdown & Calendar is an all-in-one utility app designed to help you capture, track, and celebrate these important moments. Moving beyond a standard reminder tool, it combines precise, down-to-the-second countdowns with robust global calendar support—including five popular lunar calendars—so you never miss a date regardless of how you track time. With deep personalization options, beautiful live-ticking home screen widgets, and reliable offline access, the app ensures that your upcoming holidays, anniversaries, and personal goals are always beautifully organized and right at your fingertips. Key Features: Create Custom Events: Add an event with a specific date and time down to the second. You can customize it with an icon, color, photo, title, and description. The app will count down to your event and send you timely notifications and reminders. Events can also be set to repeat monthly or yearly, so you never have to recreate recurring occasions like birthdays or holidays. Home Screen Widgets: Add widgets directly to your phone's screen. They feature a live countdown ticking in real time, allowing you to conveniently keep an eye on upcoming events without opening the app. Multiple Calendars: The app provides various calendar systems, including the international (Gregorian) solar calendar and five popular lunar calendars (Chinese, Vietnamese, Hindu, Islamic, and Jewish). You can view your events in a monthly grid, check upcoming holidays, and quickly create a new countdown simply by tapping a date. Categorization & Filtering: Organize your events using custom categories. The Home screen features a robust search and filter tool, which is incredibly useful if you are tracking dozens or even hundreds of countdowns. Other Features: Custom Themes: Support for both light and dark modes, allowing you to choose between a clean light theme or an eye-soothing dark theme. Global Support: Available in 15+ languages, including English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Filipino, and Portuguese. Data Backup & Restore: Easily export or back up your data by navigating to Settings → Export/Backup. If you get a new phone, restoring your data is just as simple via Settings → Restore data. Offline Mode: The core features of the app work completely offline.

About

Whenora

Track important upcoming events or past milestones with a visually appealing countdown. Personalize your events with photos and choose between card or list views. Access key countdowns directly from your home screen.

Highlights
  • Create countdowns with exact dates/times
  • Track time until or time since events
  • Yearly repeat for recurring events
  • Add personal photos to events
  • Card or list view options
  • Home Screen widgets
Features
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Whenora is a beautifully focused countdown app for the days that matter most. Use it to count down to birthdays, holidays, vacations, anniversaries, and big life moments, or switch to since mode to track how long it has been since something important happened. Whenora keeps the experience simple: - Create countdowns with exact dates and times - Track time until or time since - Repeat yearly for birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries - Add photos to make each countdown feel personal - View countdowns in cards or list mode - Add Home Screen widgets for the countdowns you care about most The app includes one free countdown so you can try the full experience. When you're ready for more, unlock Whenora Pro with a one-time lifetime purchase to create unlimited countdowns. No account required. No subscription required.

Screenshots

Countdown & Calendar4 screens
Whenora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Whenora at every 3 weeks against Countdown & Calendar's every 65 months. Whenora also leads on device support. Countdown & Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). On price and in-app purchases 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. Countdown & Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Whenora sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown & Calendar ships an update every 65 months, Whenora every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Countdown & Calendar versus Whenora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown & CalendarWhenora
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 65 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThieu KhueJustin Wampler

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown & Calendar

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$4.99
1 purchases

Whenora

One-time1
  • Whenora Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Countdown & Calendar free?
Countdown & Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whenora free?
Whenora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which is updated more often, Countdown & Calendar or Whenora?
Countdown & Calendar ships an update every 65 months, and Whenora every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown & Calendar was updated on September 24, 2026 and Whenora on September 26, 2026.

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