Outside vs Relationship Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Outside
Plan, share, and remember important moments with loved ones. Ideal for long-distance relationships, trip planning, and creating a visual diary of your year. Features live widgets and offline access.
- Shared countdowns for long-distance couples
- Trip planning with group coordination
- Yearly memory archive and profile
- Live widgets for home and lock screens
- Calendar sync (Apple & Google)
- Offline functionality
- Photo sharing for Lock Screen
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Waiting is better together. Turn every date you can't wait for—weddings, trips, birthdays, reunions—into a countdown you share, with widgets you'll both smile at every day. Use Outside for trips, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, reunions, concerts and every date worth looking forward to. CREATE AND SHARE Create a countdown, send an invite and let friends, family or your partner join the same moment. WIDGETS AT A GLANCE Keep your next countdown on your Home Screen, Lock Screen or in StandBy. PLAN TOGETHER Add the date, place and details so everyone knows what is happening. FREE TO START The free plan includes creating, sharing and joining countdowns, plus Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets. OUTSIDE PRO Outside Pro is optional and adds custom reminders, calendar sync, recurring events, attachments, camera-roll wallpapers, group chat, custom app icons, photo uploads and search, premium countdown styles, links and checklists. Available plans, prices and introductory trial eligibility are shown before purchase. Terms: https://outside.so/terms Privacy: https://outside.so/privacy Support: https://outside.so/support
Relationship Counter
Track your relationship duration and important milestones like anniversaries. Enter your start date and receive notifications for special occasions, ensuring you never forget them.
- Track relationship duration
- Log important milestones
- Anniversary reminders
- Display years, months, days
- Customizable notifications
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Keep track of your relationship with Relationship Counter! This handy app helps you keep track of your relationship duration and important milestones, such as anniversaries and other special occasions. Simply enter the date of your relationship start and let Relationship Counter do the rest. The app will display your relationship length in years, months, and days, and send you notifications for important milestones. With Relationship Counter, you'll never forget an anniversary or special occasion again!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Outside at every 6 days against Relationship Counter's every 4 months. Outside also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 180). Relationship Counter's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 54%) and iOS requirement (16 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Outside sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Relationship Counter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Outside against 4.7 for Relationship Counter. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outside has 2.8K ratings behind it against 180, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Outside's written reviews are positive against 62% of Relationship Counter's.
Outside ships an update every 6 days, Relationship Counter every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Outside | Relationship Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.8K ratings) | 4.7 (180 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 180 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Outside HQ LTD | Applorium Ltd |
Customer experience
Outside
Relationship Counter
Bugs and requests
Outside
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widget not working after iOS updates
- Countdown events suddenly blocked by paywall
- Paid subscription not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- More customization options for widgets
- Ability to delete or edit events
- Improved Android support
- Memories/map feature to track past events
Relationship Counter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Outside
- Monthly subscription$2.991 Month
- Outside Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Monthly Plan$4.491 Month
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- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Yearly Pro Deal3 Days trial$12.491 Year
- Annual Pro3 Days trial$12.491 Year
- Outside Pro Annual$19.991 Year
- Annual Plan3 Days trial$29.491 Year
- Outside Pro Annual3 Days trial$31.491 Year
- Annual plan3 Days trial$44.491 Year
- Unlock Countdown styles$0.99
- Ad supported tier$4.99
- All Time Deal$5.49
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- All Time Deal$7.49
- All Time Pro$9.99
- Lifetime Access$29.99
- Lifetime access$44.49
Relationship Counter
- Premium$5.99
Questions
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