Comparison

Countdown vs Countdown Day Tracker

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

Head to head
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

About

Countdown Day Tracker

Never miss an important date again. This app helps you track upcoming events like birthdays and anniversaries, showing the remaining days, hours, and minutes. You can also reflect on past milestones by tracking time elapsed since they occurred.

Highlights
  • Custom countdowns for future events
  • Track time elapsed since past events
  • Real-time countdowns
  • Intuitive interface
  • Monthly and annual subscription options
Features
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Welcome to Countdown Day Tracker, where every moment counts! Never miss a special occasion again with our Countdown Day Tracker. Whether it's a birthday, anniversary, wedding, or any other important event, Countdown Day Tracker helps you keep track of the days, hours, and minutes leading up to your special moments. Whether you're looking forward to upcoming events or reflecting on past milestones, Countdown Day Tracker has you covered. Key Features: Custom Countdowns: Create personalized countdowns for future events or track the time elapsed since past events. Real-Time Tracking: See exactly how much time is left until your future events or how much time has passed since past events. Easy to Use: Intuitive interface makes setting up and managing countdowns a breeze. "Countdown Day Tracker" plans for ads free usage: * Monthly: $0.99 * Annual: $8.99" You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. • Auto-renewable subscription • Monthly: $0.99 • Annual: $8.99" • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase • Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/countdowndaytracker/privacy-policy • Terms of use: https://sites.google.com/view/countdowndaytracker/terms-of-service Download Countdown Day Tracker now and start counting down to your next memorable moment or celebrate past milestones!

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Countdown Day Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdown at none against Countdown Day Tracker's shown. Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). Countdown Day Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Countdown sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Countdown Day Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 10 days, Countdown Day Tracker every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown versus Countdown Day Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownCountdown Day Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkeinois OUHasan Basri Ozturk

Customer experience

Countdown

All ratings3,031 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews602 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative12.8%

Countdown Day Tracker

Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

Bugs and 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

Countdown Day Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
2 purchases

Countdown Day Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$8.991 Year

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Day Tracker free?
Countdown Day Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown or Countdown Day Tracker have ads?
Countdown Day Tracker shows ads; Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Countdown Day Tracker?
Countdown ships an update every 10 days, and Countdown Day Tracker every 4 months. Most recently, Countdown was updated on September 25, 2026 and Countdown Day Tracker on June 5, 2026.

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