Comparison

Countdown vs Tickr

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 personal goals, habits, and important dates with customizable widgets. Supports counting up and down, recurring events, and synchronization across Apple devices. Offers detailed progress visualization and notifications to keep you motivated.

Highlights
  • Customizable home and lock screen widgets
  • Count up and down timers
  • Recurring event tracking
  • Apple Calendar and Reminders synchronization
  • Detailed progress visualization dashboard
  • Customizable colors, icons, and fonts
  • Notifications for key dates and streaks
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

Tickr

This app helps you track important events with customizable countdowns. Personalize your countdowns with emojis and colors, and receive smart reminders to stay organized. Widgets provide at-a-glance updates for all your tracked milestones.

Highlights
  • Unlimited custom countdowns
  • Personalize with emojis and colors
  • Track multiple events
  • Sleek widgets
  • Smart reminders
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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The ultimate countdown app for tracking anything. Never miss life's milestones with Tickr, your personal countdown companion! Turn anticipation into excitement with customizable countdowns for every important event in your life. Whether it's a dream vacation, your wedding day, or an important deadline, Tickr keeps you motivated and organized. Why choose Tickr? * Create unlimited custom countdowns * Personalize with emojis and colors * Track multiple events simultaneously * Sleek widgets for at-a-glance updates * Set smart reminders * Simple, intuitive interface * 100% ad-free experience Available for iOS, Tickr offers core features for free and a Pro upgrade for power users who want even more! Never lose sight of what matters. From life-changing events to weekend getaways, Tickr transforms every countdown into an exciting journey. Download Tickr now and start counting down to your dreams!

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Tickr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Countdown at 3.1K against Tickr's 4. Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). Tickr's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price, ads, 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Tickr sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tickr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 3.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tickr's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 4 days, Tickr every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Countdown versus Tickr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownTickr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.1K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.1K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkeinois OUSercan Demircan

Customer experience

Countdown

All ratings3,140 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews635 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative12.3%

Tickr

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Tickr

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions6
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)$4.997 Days
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)7 Days trial3 variants$14.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$49.99
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$59.99
1 purchases

Tickr

One-time1
  • Tickr Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tickr free?
Tickr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Tickr?
Tickr is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while Tickr averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Countdown or Tickr have ads?
Neither Countdown nor Tickr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Tickr?
Countdown ships an update every 4 days, and Tickr every 9 days. Most recently, Countdown was updated on November 3, 2026 and Tickr on October 30, 2026.

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