Comparison

PipPip vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

PipPip

This utility app provides hourly notifications with customizable sounds and active hours. It allows users to select clock faces and themes, bringing back the nostalgic feel of traditional timekeeping devices to their smart devices.

Highlights
  • Hourly notifications
  • Customizable alert sounds
  • Set active hours
  • Select clock faces
  • Beautiful app themes
  • In-app purchases
Features
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Rewind you back to the old days of clock or digital watch, the bell ring or a beep sound play on every new hour to come... Now that thing will come into your smart device, PipPip will trigger a simple notification on every new hour to let you keep track with timing You can also customize which sound will play and active hours to save your relax time in silently. PipPip main interface allow you to pick your favorite clock face as well as some beautiful app theme to fit with your personalize --- App comes with In-App Purchase function for users who would like to share their love with developer team - Item will be consumed at confirmation of purchase. - Privacy policy https://app.vnappmob.com

About

Countdown

Visually track important dates and goals with customizable widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Set up countdowns and count-ups for personal milestones, habits, or deadlines. Sync across devices and receive timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Count up and down timers
  • Recurrent event tracking
  • Calendar and Reminders synchronization
  • Customizable designs and templates
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Notifications for key dates
Features
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Track time with beautiful countdown widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Get the results you want by adding beautiful ALWAYS ON motivational countdowns to the device you use every day. On your wrist? On your Mac? Pretty Progress works there, too. Our objective is to support you achieve your goals. We beautifully track your goals so you don’t have to. What better place to remind yourself of the things that matter than the devices you use every day? Your life goals, your health routines, your personal habits, when your newborn arrives, the deadline of your PhD or your mother’s birthday… No matter what your goal is. Pretty Progress gives you beautiful countdowns with widgets to customize and track them all: - Count up & down towards a specific date or with a timer - Create recurrent events and count the days periodically - Synchronize and import Apple Calendar events and Reminders - Show the percentage of completion, how much time is left or how much time has past (time since). In years, months, weeks, days... or a combination of them - Beautiful and unique designs. 6 different templates to customize and add to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Stand By (iOS 17), and Watch complications - Customize colors, icons, layout, fonts, size... and every little aspect of the countdown at any time. Create your own personal Home Screen and Watch Face - A dashboard to visualize all the timers and day counters created and understand your deadlines, goals, achievements, or recurrent tasks - Notifications: 1 week and 1 day before, and at the end of your countdown, and every day, week, month or year after your habit streak - A library to get inspired and create widgets easily - 3 different sizes for the Home Screen widgets: small, medium, and large - All Lock Screen widgets localizations available - All complication sizes for Watch Faces supported - Dark mode support - iCloud synchronization. Sync your countdowns on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac (Silicon) automatically - Family sharing enabled for the PRO purchase WHAT CAN YOU TRACK? - Health routines - Personal habits progress - Countdown to Christmas - Days until your mother's birthday - Countdown to your next holidays - Days until your project release deadline - Days left until your next trip - Percentage of your gym routine complete - Days left until your wedding anniversary - Days until retirement - Days until your financial independence - Percentage of the year, month, week... - Days left until your kombucha is fermented - How many days you have left on your vacations - Countdown to tax submission - Days until your new child arrives - Countdown to that important exam - Days until your graduation - Percentage of the academic year left - Days until Superbowl - My love countdown - Streak of days of habits - Daily, weekly and monthly tasks - Time until your new job WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK: We love to improve, so any feedback is always welcome! For any question, issue, suggestion or anything you want to say, contact at: hi@prettyprogress.app ======================= The free version of Pretty Progress includes four custom countdown widgets with two designs, the default daily, weekly, monthly and yearly progress and some customization options. If you purchase Pretty Progress PRO, the payment will be charged to your iTunes account. If you purchase a monthly or yearly subscription, your account will automatically be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period unless you disable auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. ======================= Terms of Service: https://prettyprogress.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://prettyprogress.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

PipPip4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

PipPip and Countdown both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 25% of PipPip's. Countdown also leads on ratings volume (3.1K vs 14). PipPip's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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. PipPip sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Countdown sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for PipPip against 4.7 for Countdown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 3.1K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of PipPip's written reviews are positive against 82% of Countdown's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PipPip versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipPipCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14 ratings)4.7 (3.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews82.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings143.1K — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVNAPPMOB COMPANY LIMITEDkeinois OU

Customer experience

PipPip

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative25.0%

Countdown

All ratings3,117 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews635 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative12.3%

Bugs and requests

PipPip

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch for some users
  • Widgets not updating in real-time as expected
  • Countdown data resetting unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for widgets
  • Ability to track non-time-based progress
  • Improved recurring event management
  • Notification/alarm feature when countdown ends
  • Wider range of color and font options

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PipPip

One-time3
  • com.vnappmob.pippip.love2$1.99
  • com.vnappmob.pippip.love10$9.99
  • com.vnappmob.pippip.love50$49.99
14 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions10
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)$4.997 Days
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  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Monthly)7 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$8.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)7 Days trial3 variants$14.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)1 Year trial$24.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
One-time4
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$29.99
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$34.99
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)2 variants$49.99
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  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$59.99

Questions

Is PipPip free?
PipPip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PipPip or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. PipPip averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Countdown averages 4.7 from 3.1K ratings.
Do PipPip or Countdown have ads?
Neither PipPip nor Countdown shows ads.

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