Outside vs Countdowns
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
Countdowns
Track the time until your important events, from dates and parties to product launches. This app helps you visualize the remaining time in hours, minutes, or days, for both past and future occurrences.
- Countdown to any event
- Track time in hours, minutes, or days
- Log past and future events
- Cross-device timer synchronization
- Customizable event tracking
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Countdowns will help you count down the time until the event you are waiting for, whether it's a date or a party or a new Apple presentation! Want to know how much time is left until the event? No problem! Countdowns is not just a timer app. It's designed to let you keep track of how much time is left before your event. Count hours from the last sweet you ate or minutes until you meet your loved one - if something has happened in the past or will happen in the future, Countdowns will keep track of the time for you. Countdowns can keep your timers running no matter where you are. You can cancel your Countdowns subscription at any time, but it will renew automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before your next due date.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Outside at 2.8K against Countdowns's 47. Countdowns's advantage is iOS requirement (14.7 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 Countdowns sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 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 Countdowns. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outside has 2.8K ratings behind it against 47, 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 50% of Countdowns's.
Outside ships an update every 6 days, Countdowns every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Outside | Countdowns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.8K ratings) | 4.7 (47 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.7 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Outside HQ LTD | MASTER PRO MONT DOO |
Customer experience
Outside
Countdowns
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
Countdowns
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
Countdowns
- 1 Month — Special Gift$2.991 Month
- 1 Week$4.997 Days
- 1 Month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
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- 12 Months$19.991 Year
