Comparison

Future Past vs Countdowns

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

Head to head
About

Future Past

Easily track important past and future dates with a unified timeline. Star favorite events, search instantly, and view upcoming dates on your home screen. Unlock extended timelines through ads or a subscription.

Highlights
  • Unified timeline of past and future events
  • Favorite important dates
  • Fast event search
  • Home screen widgets
  • Native calendar editing
  • Extended timeline access
Features
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Your important dates. Made simple. Add any event to see the days remaining or the days past. Future Past pulls the events you choose from your calendars into one clean, focused timeline — no more digging through calendar hell to find what matters. Features: Unified timeline — past and future events from your chosen calendars in one continuously scrolling view Favorites - star your most important dates to pin them to the top Fast search - find any event instantly, typos and all Home Screen widgets - see your next event or pin a specific one, right on your Home Screen Native calendar editing - add and edit events with the calendar picker you already know Future Past is free to use, with your timeline showing 1 week ahead and behind. Unlock Pro - a timeline that stretches up to 100 years - in either of two ways: watch a short ad for 24 hours of Pro access, no purchase required, or subscribe to Future Past Pro. Future Past Pro subscription: monthly, auto-renewing. The price is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://talkingchickenfriend.com/#privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdowns

Easily track important upcoming events like birthdays, trips, and deadlines. This app offers a clean interface with no ads or subscriptions, allowing you to focus on what matters. Set reminders and view events directly from your home screen.

Highlights
  • Track any event or date
  • Support for recurring events
  • Customizable reminders
  • Event archiving
  • Home screen widgets
  • Clutter-free interface
Features
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Track the moments that matter — birthdays, trips, concerts, deadlines, anniversaries, and everything in between. No clutter. No noise. Just your events, beautifully laid out with the time remaining until each one arrives. Features Any event, any date — track whatever's meaningful to you Recurring events — birthdays and anniversaries automatically reset Reminders — get notified as your events approach Archive — completed events move out of the way, not out of memory Widgets — glance at your upcoming events right from your home screen Most countdown apps are free until they aren't — locked behind subscriptions, interrupted by ads, or limited to a handful of events. Countdowns is different. Everything is included, for everyone, for free. No ads. No subscriptions. No limits. Just countdowns.

Screenshots

Future Past4 screens
Countdowns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdowns at none against Future Past's 2. Countdowns also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Future Past sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Countdowns asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Future Past against 5.0 for Countdowns. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Future Past versus Countdowns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFuture PastCountdowns
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTalking Chicken FriendJOSEPH ALLEN VELEZ

Customer experience

Future Past

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdowns

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Future Past

Subscriptions1
  • Future Past Pro$1.001 Month
One-time1
  • Future Past Pro$14.99
None

Countdowns

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Future Past free?
Future Past is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdowns free?
Countdowns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Future Past or Countdowns?
Future Past and Countdowns are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Future Past or Countdowns have ads?
Neither Future Past nor Countdowns shows ads.

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