Valentine's Countdown vs Birthday Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Valentine's Countdown
Track the days until Valentine's Day with animated characters and customizable backgrounds. Enjoy built-in or personal music playlists, and share your countdown status on social media.
- Days until Valentine's Day countdown
- Animated characters that grow and shrink
- Customizable backgrounds from photo album
- Built-in and personal music integration
- Facebook status updates
- View Valentine's Day for future years
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While listening to music (built-in or your own), see the number of days countdown until Valentine's Day. Watch the animated characters get bigger as Valentine's Day gets closer displayed on the included background images or use your own picture. Get ready for Valentine's Day 2017! • See the animated characters grow to full size and then shrink back down based on the number of days left until Valentine's Day. The closer the date gets to Valentine's Day, the bigger the character will grow. The character will then move off the screen in multiple patterns. • Select one of 4 background musical soundtracks. Select one or automatically play all the songs in a repeating sequence. Select Airplay to play the music to your Apple TV. • Pick music from your own music library. The title and album art of the playing song are displayed. • Animated characters include a heart and a rose. • Shake or tap an animated character to see an effect. • See the number of days until Valentine's Day. Tap the countdown text to cycle between 9 different colors. • Select any background image from your device's photo album or use one of the 3 included pictures. • Enable/Disable/Hide the character animation. • Update your Facebook status with the days to Valentine's Day. • Enable/Disable device sleep. • See the day of the week for Valentine's Day each year and for the next 4 years. • Supports all iPhone screen sizes and iOS 9. Additional features will be added. This is a free holiday program and is ad supported. Visit our Web site at www.EnergizeSoftware.com to see the other programs that we offer or to leave comments and suggestions.
Birthday Countdown
Never miss an important birthday again with this easy-to-use countdown and reminder app. Set custom notifications, import contacts, and even view upcoming events on your Apple Watch. Premium features include lock screen widgets and data export.
- Birthday countdowns
- Customizable notifications
- Import from contacts/calendar
- Apple Watch support
- Lock screen widgets (Premium)
- Share countdowns
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Birthday Countdown is a free, super easy to use countdown and reminder app for the all the important birthdays in your life. Never forget a birthday again! Features: • Check your birthdays on the Lock Screen or Home Screen with our widget (Premium feature) • Check upcoming birthdays on your Apple Watch • Create as many events as you'd like • Share your countdowns with friends and family • Get notifications at the time of your choosing on each birthday day. You can also get notified 1 day or 1 week before each birthday • Import birthdays from your calendar • Import birthdays from your contacts • Import birthdays from your facebook • Dark Mode • Widget to view your most important events (Premium feature) • Export your birthdays through an ICS file (Premium feature) • Pick an emoji to identify each birthday ——— TERMS & PRIVACY ——— Terms of use (https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/93268760) Privacy & Policy (https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/93268760) EULA (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) ——— QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? ——— We love hearing from you and we read every single email you send us! Have suggestions? Feel free to contact us at birthdaycountdownapp@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Birthday Countdown at 4.8 against Valentine's Countdown's 4.0. Birthday Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (8K vs 10). Valentine's Countdown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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. Birthday Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Valentine's Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Birthday Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birthday Countdown has 8K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Valentine's Countdown's written reviews are positive against 74% of Birthday Countdown's.
Valentine's Countdown ships an update every 10 months, Birthday Countdown every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Valentine's Countdown | Birthday Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 74.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greg Morris | Find Appiness LLC |
Customer experience
Valentine's Countdown
Birthday Countdown
Bugs and requests
Valentine's Countdown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Birthday Countdown
Reported bugs
4 issues- Dates randomly changing or being off by a day
- App crashing or becoming unusable after updates
- Notifications not working as expected
- Inability to open or access the app after a reset
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to use personal photos
- Provide more reminder time options
- Allow adding notes/details for birthdays
- Improve widget functionality and customization
- Implement import/export backup functionality
In-app purchases
Valentine's Countdown
No in-app purchases
Birthday Countdown
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Birthday Special Offer$1.99
- Birthday Widget Offer$4.99
- Birthday Widget$9.99
Questions
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