Comparison

Todo vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Todo

Organize your life with a charming cat companion. This to-do list app helps you capture tasks, set reminders, and stay focused with a built-in timer. Enjoy cute widgets and Lock Screen integration to make productivity more enjoyable.

Highlights
  • Task capture and organization
  • Customizable reminders
  • 25-minute focus timer
  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • Adorable widgets
  • Multi-language support
Features
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TodoCat — a little cuteness for your day, a little focus for your life. TodoCat is a simple, practical to-do list app with a playful cartoon style that helps you organize work, everyday life, and study. With lifelike breathing and natural blinks, your cat companion makes every task a little more fun. 【Capture Tasks, Stay Organized】 Quickly add tasks, then edit, complete, or delete them as needed. Keep daily chores, work commitments, and study plans in one place. Check things off and enjoy a small sense of achievement with every step. 【Reminders That Fit Your Routine】 Set one-time reminders or repeat them daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or at a custom interval. From daily study sessions and monthly plans to something that comes around every 7 weeks, choose the schedule that works for you. Reminders update when you edit a task, and future notifications stop automatically when you complete it. 【A Cat Companion for Focus Time】 Tap the paw to start a 25-minute focus countdown, or adjust the duration to suit your needs. On supported devices and system versions, check the remaining time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Let your cat keep you company as you focus on one thing at a time. 【A Touch of Cuteness, Always in View】 Bring your to-dos into your daily routine with adorable widgets and StandBy support. Available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean, so you can use TodoCat in the language that feels right for you. From jotting down a small task to completing a plan, TodoCat helps you make the most of each day, at your own pace.

About

Countdown

Easily track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Personalize your countdowns with backgrounds and colors, and receive reminders. Sync calendar events and share your countdowns with others.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns
  • Event reminders
  • Calendar event sync
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Share countdowns
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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Welcome to DayPlus. We make counting down days and events easy. Customize the countdown to perfectly suit your needs with backgrounds, colors, and reminders. Keep track of your countdowns on the app, lock screen, and home screen. You can even import and sync calendar events. Highlights: • Quickly create and track countdowns for goals, trips, births, weddings and other important events. • Customizable event balls and cards • Reminders for each countdowns • Sync Calendar items into DayPlus • Share event countdowns with friends and family • Track all countdowns on the timeline • Light and dark mode • Repeat countdowns every day or week • Pin important events • Easy sorting Download DayPlus now! Counting down days and events just got easy. Customize, sync, track, and share countdowns on your app, lock screen, and home screen. Don’t miss any important event - Set reminders and stay organized. Let the countdown begin! Do you have suggestions? Contact us at hlai.manjun@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://manjun.tech/doc/en/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://manjun.tech/doc/en/user-agreement.html

Screenshots

Todo4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Todo at $0.99 against Countdown's $4.99. Countdown's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Todo costs $0.99 and Countdown $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Todo against 5.0 for Countdown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Todo's written reviews are positive against 92% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Todo ships an update every 6 weeks, Countdown fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Todo versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodoCountdown
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews92.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer镔钥 陆Manjun Tech

Customer experience

Todo

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Countdown

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.8%

In-app purchases

None

Todo

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Todo free?
Todo costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Todo or Countdown?
Todo and Countdown are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Todo or Countdown have ads?
Neither Todo nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Todo or Countdown?
Todo ships an update every 6 weeks, and Countdown fortnightly. Most recently, Todo was updated on November 5, 2026 and Countdown on November 4, 2026.

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