Comparison

Dot Countdown vs Pinning

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

Head to head
About

Dot Countdown

Easily track upcoming and past events with personalized countdown timers. Organize important dates like birthdays, holidays, and trips with a visually appealing dot-timeline layout and customizable widgets. Receive smart reminders to never miss a moment.

Highlights
  • Personalized event countdowns
  • Dot-timeline layout
  • Home & Lock Screen widgets
  • Smart reminders
  • Repeating events
  • Cross-device sync
  • Event sharing
Features
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Dot Countdown makes it easy to track the days until (or since) your most important events. Whether it’s a birthday, holiday, wedding, concert, exam, trip or big life moment, create beautiful countdown timers that feel personal, organized and exciting. Dot Countdown combines a unique dot timeline layout with powerful event tools, widgets and smart reminders so you never lose track of what matters. CREATE COUNTDOWNS FOR ANY EVENT Track days until birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, weddings, vacations, exams, sports events, retirement, baby due dates, launch days and more. You can also count up from past events and milestones. DOT TIMELINE DESIGN Your events are displayed in a clean, colorful timeline layout that makes upcoming and past dates easy to scan at a glance. CUSTOMIZE WITH THEMES & PHOTOS Choose from vibrant color palettes and themes, or add your own photos to create countdowns that feel truly personal. HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Add stylish countdown widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Keep your most important dates visible with multiple layout options and enhanced premium styles. SMART REMINDERS Set notifications for your events so you’re reminded before the big day arrives. Never forget an important date again. REPEATING EVENTS Create custom repeating countdowns daily, weekly, monthly or yearly for birthdays, bills, fitness goals and recurring occasions. FILTER & ORGANIZE Add categories like birthdays, travel, work or personal to keep your events tidy and easy to manage. MAP LOCATIONS Attach locations to your events and keep everything organized in one place. SYNC ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Use Dot Countdown on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Your events stay updated everywhere with seamless sync. SHARE WITH FRIENDS Send countdowns to friends and family so you can track important events together. UNLOCK ACHIEVEMENTS Collect fun achievements as you create and track events throughout the year. Whether you’re tracking a vacation countdown, wedding countdown, birthday reminder or exam timer, Dot Countdown keeps your most important dates front and centre. Simple. Colorful. Designed to make waiting more exciting. Terms: https://sleepyboystudios.com/terms

About

Pinning

Track important dates and milestones with a visually appealing countdown and calendar app. Organize events with notebooks, add custom icons, and display them on your home or lock screen with widgets. Share events with others via iCloud collaboration.

Highlights
  • Event countdown and count-up
  • Calendar event syncing
  • Birthday and anniversary tracking
  • Event organization with notebooks
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • iCloud collaboration
  • Recurring event notifications
Features
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Pinning keeps the days that matter in view. Count down to trips, birthdays, deadlines and anniversaries, or count up from the moments you want to remember, all in one beautiful timeline. COUNT DOWN, OR COUNT UP • See how long until any date, or how long it’s been • Show time in days, weeks, months or years, the way you think about it • Multi-day events, like trips and conferences, show while they’re happening • Repeat daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or on a schedule of your own BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES • See the age someone turns and the years you’re celebrating • Import birthdays from Contacts, with their photos • Supports the Chinese lunar calendar ORGANIZED YOUR WAY • Group events into notebooks, add tags, and star the ones that matter most • Give every event a symbol, an emoji or your own image • Find anything in a moment with Quick Find SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE • Share a notebook with family and friends over iCloud and plan together • Share any event as a beautiful image NEVER MISS A DAY • Get reminded on the day, or days, weeks or a month before, at the time you choose • See your calendar events and reminders with due dates next to your countdowns • Rewind brings back what happened a month or a year ago today ALWAYS AT A GLANCE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Add an event right from Control Center • Siri and Shortcuts support • Apple Watch app with complications • A native Mac app EVERYWHERE YOU ARE Your events sync through iCloud across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. There’s no account to create, and your events stay in your iCloud. PINNING PRO Try everything free for 7 days. After that, the free plan keeps 7 events. Pinning Pro unlocks: • Unlimited events • Calendars in your timeline • Scheduled reminders • Importing birthdays from Contacts One purchase works across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or buy it once for life, each with or without Family Sharing. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://pinning.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pinning.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Dot Countdown4 screens
Pinning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pinning at 4.7 against Dot Countdown's 3.0. Pinning also leads on ratings volume (51 vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). Dot Countdown's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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. Dot Countdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Pinning sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pinning holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinning has 51 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Dot Countdown's written reviews are positive against 75% of Pinning's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dot Countdown ships an update every 3 months, Pinning every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dot Countdown versus Pinning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDot CountdownPinning
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings151 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSleepy Boy Studios LtdAnybox LTD

Customer experience

Dot Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pinning

All ratings51 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative15.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dot Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual1 Year trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Support the app$2.99
6 purchases

Pinning

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Monthly (Family Sharing)$2.491 Month
  • Yearly$11.991 Year
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  • Yearly (Family Sharing)$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime (Family Sharing)$31.99

Questions

Is Dot Countdown free?
Dot Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pinning free?
Pinning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dot Countdown or Pinning?
Pinning is rated higher. Dot Countdown averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Pinning averages 4.7 from 51 ratings.
Do Dot Countdown or Pinning have ads?
Neither Dot Countdown nor Pinning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dot Countdown or Pinning?
Dot Countdown ships an update every 3 months, and Pinning every 4 weeks. Most recently, Dot Countdown was updated on October 17, 2026 and Pinning on October 30, 2026.

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