Comparison

Countdowns vs Countdown 2025

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

Head to head
About

Countdowns

Easily track upcoming events with customizable countdown timers. Set reminders for important dates and personalize the look of each countdown with different colors and fonts. Organize events by proximity or alphabetically, with support for dark mode and notifications.

Highlights
  • Customizable colors and fonts
  • Unlimited event creation
  • Event sorting options
  • Dark Mode support
  • Event notifications
Features
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Countdowns is a free, super easy to use countdown timer and reminder for the important events & dates in your life. Features: * Choose the colors and fonts for each event * Create as many events as you'd like * Sort your events from the closest to the most distant or alphabetically * Dark Mode * Notifications

About

Countdown 2025

Easily track important life events like birthdays, holidays, and weddings with stylish, customizable countdowns. Get timely reminders and sync across devices. View events on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Unlimited countdowns
  • Count down and count up events
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets
  • Customizable widget colors
  • Repeating event options
  • Reminders and notifications
  • iCloud sync
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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An elegant and easy-to-use Countdown app. Keep track of life’s most important moments with style. Whether it’s a birthday, holiday, party, Christmas, New Year, wedding, or any special event, this app helps you count down the days—or even count up the memories—effortlessly. Features: • Add unlimited countdowns – never miss a single event • Countdown and count up events with precision • Widgets everywhere – Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy • Custom colors – personalize widget backgrounds to your style • Repeating events – set yearly, monthly, weekly, or daily repeats • Reminders & notifications – get alerts for each countdown • iCloud sync – keep your events updated across all devices • Smart sorting – arrange countdowns manually or automatically by date • Categories – organize events for easier management • Dark Mode – seamless experience day or night • Apple Watch support – view countdowns right on your wrist With this Countdown app, every special moment is beautifully displayed and never forgotten. Simple, powerful, and always with you.

Screenshots

Countdowns4 screens
Countdown 20254 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdowns at 5.0 against Countdown 2025's 4.5. Countdowns also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). Countdown 2025's advantage is ratings volume (104 vs 6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdowns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown 2025 has 104 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Countdowns's written reviews are positive against 80% of Countdown 2025's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdowns ships an update every 11 days, Countdown 2025 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Countdowns versus Countdown 2025: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownsCountdown 2025
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.5 (104 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6104 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris StayteTue Nguyen Minh

Customer experience

Countdowns

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown 2025

All ratings104 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Countdowns

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown 2025

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdowns free?
Countdowns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown 2025 free?
Countdown 2025 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdowns or Countdown 2025?
Countdowns is rated higher. Countdowns averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Countdown 2025 averages 4.5 from 104 ratings.
Do Countdowns or Countdown 2025 have ads?
Neither Countdowns nor Countdown 2025 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdowns or Countdown 2025?
Countdowns ships an update every 11 days, and Countdown 2025 every 5 weeks. Most recently, Countdowns was updated on September 23, 2026 and Countdown 2025 on October 14, 2026.

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