Outside vs Countdown
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
Countdown
Easily track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Set reminders, sync with your calendar, and share progress with friends and family. Organize your life and never miss a moment.
- Customizable countdowns
- Event reminders
- Calendar event sync
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Share countdowns
- Light and dark mode
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Welcome to DayPlus. We make counting down days and events easy. Customize the countdown to perfectly suit your needs with backgrounds, colors, and reminders. Keep track of your countdowns on the app, lock screen, and home screen. You can even import and sync calendar events. Highlights: • Quickly create and track countdowns for goals, trips, births, weddings and other important events. • Customizable event balls and cards • Reminders for each countdowns • Sync Calendar items into DayPlus • Share event countdowns with friends and family • Track all countdowns on the timeline • Light and dark mode • Repeat countdowns every day or week • Pin important events • Easy sorting Download DayPlus now! Counting down days and events just got easy. Customize, sync, track, and share countdowns on your app, lock screen, and home screen. Don’t miss any important event - Set reminders and stay organized. Let the countdown begin! Do you have suggestions? Contact us at hlai.manjun@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://manjun.tech/doc/en/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://manjun.tech/doc/en/user-agreement.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Outside at Free against Countdown's $4.99. Outside also leads on ratings volume (2.8K vs 7) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). Countdown's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 54%) and in-app purchases (none vs 17). On ads and device support 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
Outside is free to download; Countdown costs $4.99 up front. Outside sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outside has 2.8K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Outside's written reviews are positive against 92% of Countdown's.
Outside ships an update every 6 days, Countdown fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Outside | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.8K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Outside HQ LTD | Manjun Tech |
Customer experience
Outside
Countdown
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
Countdown
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
Countdown
No in-app purchases
