Vacation Countdown vs Universal Studios Countdown
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
Universal Studios Countdown
Track the exciting anticipation for your Universal Studios trip with a live, second-by-second countdown. Features include home screen widgets, smart notifications for trip milestones, and customizable backgrounds. Plan and share your upcoming adventure with friends and family.
- Live second-by-second countdown
- Home screen widget
- Smart milestone notifications
- Customizable wallpapers
- Trip naming and date setting
- Shareable countdown cards
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The countdown to your Universal Studios adventure starts now. Universal Studios Countdown puts a beautiful, live countdown front and center so you can watch the days, hours, minutes, and seconds tick down to your theme park trip. Whether you're headed to Universal Orlando, Hollywood, or Epic Universe — this is the app that keeps the excitement building from the moment you book. FEATURES • Live Countdown — A gorgeous full-screen countdown that updates every second. Watch the days melt away. • Home Screen Widget — See your countdown without even opening the app. Glance at your home screen and smile. • Smart Notifications — Get milestone reminders at 6 months, 3 months, 1 month, and 1 week out. Never lose track of how close your trip is. • Stunning Wallpapers — Choose from beautiful Universal-inspired photography as your countdown background, or set your own photo. • Trip Planning — Name your trip, set the date, and make it yours. Perfect for tracking your next Universal Studios visit. • Share the Excitement — Generate a beautiful countdown card to share with friends and family. Spread the hype. Built by a theme park fan who knows the wait is half the fun. Your support means the world — thank you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vacation Countdown at 4.8 against Universal Studios Countdown's 4.3. Vacation Countdown also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 6). Universal Studios Countdown's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Vacation Countdown sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Universal Studios Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vacation Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vacation Countdown has 1.1K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Vacation Countdown ships an update weekly, Universal Studios Countdown fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vacation Countdown | Universal Studios Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 220 MB | 192 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zaffles | Austin Garlick |
Customer experience
Vacation Countdown
Universal Studios Countdown
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
Universal Studios Countdown
- Premium Upgrade$2.99
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