Comparison

Deadline Tracker vs Counterella

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Deadline Tracker

Stay on top of your tasks with a visual countdown timer and customizable widgets. Organize deadlines with tags, set repeating tasks, and receive timely reminders. Syncs across devices for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Deadline auto-repeat
  • iCloud Sync
  • Notification reminders
  • Tagging system
  • Sort and pin deadlines
Features
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- Customizable Themes: personalize the deadlines and choose your favorite style of design to make deadline tracking more intuitive and interesting. - Home and lock screen widgets: quickly view upcoming deadlines on your home and lock screens. Stay up to date on your progress without opening the app. - Deadline auto-repeat: Easily set up repeating deadlines for tasks that need to be completed on a regular basis. - iCloud Sync: Keep your deadlines synchronized across all your devices with iCloud. Easily access your deadlines wherever you are, switching seamlessly from iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro and Mac. - Notification reminders: Never forget an important deadline again. - Tagging System: Easily organize your deadlines with our powerful tagging system. Use tags to categorize and label tasks, and easily find and manage specific deadlines. - Sort and Pin System: Easily sort and prioritize tasks based on a variety of criteria such as date created, date edited, percent complete and time remaining. Pin important deadlines for quick access and viewing. Terms of Use (End User License Agreement): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Counterella

Features
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Counterella counts down to the things you're looking forward to. Or counts up from something that already happened. The trip in three weeks, Mom's birthday, your first anniversary, 100 days smoke-free. Add an event, give it a date, and the app shows you how much time is left or how much has passed. On your Home Screen and Lock Screen too, if you like. The app is free, has no ads and doesn't need an account. Everything stays on your iPhone. ADD EVENTS AND KEEP TRACK All an event needs is a title and a date. If the date is in the future, Counterella counts down. If it's in the past, it counts up. The display updates live, down to the second, and a progress bar shows how much of the wait is already behind you. What else you can set: • Repeat: weekly, monthly or yearly. Birthdays or payday only need to be added once. • Category: Personal, Family, Work, Travel, Sports or Celebrations. You can filter the list by category. • An emoji and a color for each event, so they're easier to tell apart. • Reminders (more on that below). Sort the list by next date, title or recently created. Past events go to the archive with a swipe, or automatically if you prefer. You can bring in events straight from your calendar, and share any event as an image. With Siri and Shortcuts you can ask how long until an event, create a new one or open one directly. WIDGETS • One Counter (small): a single event with a progress ring • Counter List (medium): every event you've marked for the widget • Several Counters (medium): up to three events side by side • Lock Screen: circular, rectangular or inline REMINDERS Get a reminder a week, a day or an hour before, or when the event starts. For past events there are milestones: after 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 days, and on every anniversary. You choose the time of day for day-based reminders. LOOK AND FEEL Pick one of 13 accent colors, which also apply to the widgets, and choose light mode, dark mode or follow the system. You can change where the progress border starts and which way it runs. On the day of an event and at milestones there are small animations, which you can turn off. PRIVACY No tracking, no analytics, no account. Your events are stored only on your device and never sent anywhere.

Screenshots

Deadline Tracker4 screens
Counterella4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Deadline Tracker at every 9 days against Counterella's every 3 months. Deadline Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Deadline Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Counterella sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deadline Tracker ships an update every 9 days, Counterella every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Deadline Tracker versus Counterella: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeadline TrackerCounterella
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZIJIAN CHENSinja Flach

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Deadline Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • 1 Year7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99
5 purchases

Counterella

One-time5
  • Coffee$2.99
  • Coffee$3.99
  • Cocktail2 variants$8.99
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  • Meal$11.99
  • Meal$12.99

Questions

Is Deadline Tracker free?
Deadline Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Counterella free?
Counterella is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deadline Tracker or Counterella have ads?
Neither Deadline Tracker nor Counterella shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deadline Tracker or Counterella?
Deadline Tracker ships an update every 9 days, and Counterella every 3 months. Most recently, Deadline Tracker was updated on November 3, 2026 and Counterella on October 30, 2026.

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