Vacation Countdown vs GlobeTrail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vacation Countdown
Visually track your upcoming trips with a beautiful countdown timer. Get daily reminders and share your excitement with friends and family. This app also offers a home screen widget for at-a-glance updates.
- Vacation countdown timer
- Home screen widget
- Daily trip reminders
- Easy sharing with friends
- Offline functionality
- Beautiful background images
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Simple, elegant design shows you how long until your upcoming big vacation with beautiful background images. There is also a widget to track your countdown on your home screen. Daily notifications remind you how long until your trip. • Easy share your vacation countdown with friends and family • Post your vacation countdown to Facebook with one click • Works offline • Countless beautiful background images • Great to use as wallpapers • Great for tracking any trip big or small! Please email us or leave review feedback for feature requests or any other improvement suggestions you have for Vacation Countdown. We love to hear from you and are always looking to improve our Vacation Countdown app! Please share Countdown Timer app with your friends and family! End User License Agreement: https://zaffles.bitbucket.io/vacationCountdown/terms_of_use.html Thanks! Team Zaffles
GlobeTrail
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GlobeTrail automatically tracks your immigration days across every country — no manual entry, no guesswork. Built for digital nomads, expats, and frequent travelers who need visa compliance without the math. HOW IT WORKS Your iPhone detects which country you're in using offline GPS geocoding. GlobeTrail counts calendar days with timezone-aware logic, automatically subtracting transit periods so you always know your exact immigration status. KEY FEATURES - Auto GPS tracking — detects countries offline, no internet needed - Immigration day math — timezone-aware, transit-subtracted, Schengen-ready - Home Screen widgets — country leaderboards and province maps at a glance - Province-level maps — interactive maps of every region you've visited - iCloud backup — manual backups for device migration - PDF export — formatted reports for visa applications - 100% private — all data stays on your device, nothing is collected GLOBETRAIL PASSPORT (Premium) Unlock unlimited countries, province maps, PDF export, all widget sizes, full travel history, and iCloud backup. LEGAL Terms of Use: https://globetrail.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://globetrail.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GlobeTrail at none against Vacation Countdown 's shown. Vacation Countdown 's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Vacation Countdown sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and GlobeTrail sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vacation Countdown ships an update weekly, GlobeTrail every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vacation Countdown | GlobeTrail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 220 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zaffles | Jan Frederick Fabel |
In-app purchases
Vacation Countdown
- Vacation Supporter/Monthly$0.991 Month
- Vacation Supporter/Annual$6.991 Year
- Vacation Countdown Lifetime$2.99
- Vacation Countdown Lifetime$7.99
GlobeTrail
- Globetrail Premium - 1 Week$1.997 Days
- Globetrail Premium - 1 Month$4.991 Month
- Globetrail Premium - 1 Year$29.991 Year
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