Comparison

Simple To Do List & Checklist vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Simple To Do List & Checklist

Organize, manage, and collaborate on tasks and projects to increase productivity. This app helps you schedule agendas, create memos, share lists, and develop habits. It automatically sorts your to-do lists to help you focus on what's important and provides reminders for upcoming tasks and project updates.

Highlights
  • Task and project management
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Automatic task sorting and filtering
  • Customizable reminders
  • Team collaboration
  • Habit development
Features
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Join thousands of users who use Nudge to organize, manage and collaborate on tasks and projects, and to get more done. Nudge is a powerful to-do list and task manager app that seamlessly synchronizes across all your devices. Whether you need to schedule an agenda, make memos, share shopping lists, collaborate in a team, or even develop a new habit, Nudge is the partner to help you organize your life and get more done. How Nudge make you more productive? 1. Focusing made so easy. Your to-do lists are automatically sorted using powerful filters to help you focus on your most important things and getting them done. 2. Never miss a schedule. Get reminders for the things that matter whether it is a task starting soon or project updates from your colleagues 3. Achieve more everyday Add your tasks, organize them in projects and hit your goals, everyday. It is that simple 4. Collaborate more efficiently Work on big or small projects together with your friends and family. Nudge offers unlimited projects and tasks for free. Join for free today, happy organizing! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdown

Features
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Countdown turns your calendars into a clear, bold countdown of the days left until every date that matters — work deadlines, birthdays, bills, trips and exams. • Big, glanceable numbers: "12 days", "Tomorrow", and hours and minutes on the final day. • A timeline drawn to scale, so busy weeks look busy. • Imports from Apple Calendar, Google, Exchange and Reminders — every event, only the calendars you pick, or just the ones matching keywords like "deadline", "birthday" or "exam". • Birthdays from your contacts, always the next one, with the age. • Categories and tags with their own colors, icons and reminder schedules. • Widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy and Mac desktop, with a done button. • Live Activities count down the final hours on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — automatically on the day, or pin anything. • Siri and Shortcuts: "How many days until my next deadline?" • Syncs through your own iCloud. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Try everything free for 7 days — nothing is charged automatically. Then unlock Countdown for life with one purchase, shared with your family through Family Sharing. In English and Spanish.

Screenshots

Simple To Do List & Checklist4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple To Do List & Checklist at every 8 days against Countdown's monthly. Simple To Do List & Checklist also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Countdown's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads 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. Simple To Do List & Checklist sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple To Do List & Checklist ships an update every 8 days, Countdown monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Simple To Do List & Checklist versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple To Do List & ChecklistCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCollins CheruiyotMiguel Rosa Zazo

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Simple To Do List & Checklist

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Productivity3 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Unlimited Productivity7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited access forever$19.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Simple To Do List & Checklist free?
Simple To Do List & Checklist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple To Do List & Checklist or Countdown have ads?
Neither Simple To Do List & Checklist nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple To Do List & Checklist or Countdown?
Simple To Do List & Checklist ships an update every 8 days, and Countdown monthly. Most recently, Simple To Do List & Checklist was updated on October 24, 2026 and Countdown on October 31, 2026.

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