Happen vs Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Happen
Track the time elapsed since past events and the time remaining until future ones. Personalize your events with visually appealing gradients and emojis to make tracking more engaging.
- Track time since events
- Track time until events
- Customizable gradients
- Emoji event descriptions
- Visual event tracking
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With Happen, you can track the time passed since and left before your life events. To keep things fun, you can choose beautiful gradients and emojis to describe your events visually.
Countdown
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Countdown - is a free simple countdown timer and relationship counter app for the important events in your life. Count days, hours and minutes until your special event. Relationship counter shows you how long you and your partner have already been together. View time elapsed after an event or the remaining days. Features: • Create different types of events • Relationship counter • Count up from past events • Sync events on all your devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Happen at none against Countdown's 1. Happen also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Happen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Happen ships an update every 7 months, Countdown every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Happen | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arshak Aghakaryan | Bohdan Kachur |
In-app purchases
Happen
No in-app purchases
Countdown
- Pro$2.99
