Comparison

Valentine's Countdown vs Wedding Countdown

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Wedding Countdown

This app helps you count down to your wedding day with highly customizable features. Personalize your countdown with various units, photos, music, and display options. Track anniversaries and share your excitement with loved ones.

Highlights
  • Flexible countdown units (days, hours, seconds, custom)
  • Customizable background photos and filters
  • Personalize with your favorite song
  • Draggable and customizable countdown display
  • Track anniversaries
  • Share countdowns via social media or email
  • Multiple countdowns for events
Features
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Count down to your wedding with all these customizable features! • FLEXIBLE countdown units - works in any combo of years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds, and even special units like “heartbeats” and “kisses”! (eg. “3 months 15 days” or "82 kisses") • FILTERS for background photos! • Any PHOTOS - your own or from our wealthy library of free photos, sort them and flip through them while counting down! • Your SONG - personalize the countdown with your favorite love song. • DRAGGABLE countdown display - position it wherever you want. • FONT types, font colors, background colors - select from a list of fonts and change the font color and background color of the countdown display. • TRACK ANNIVERSARIES - re-live the magical moment of your wedding! • SMART TOOLBAR - hidden until you tab on the screen, lets you fully enjoy the countdown view. • Works in PORTRAIT and LANDSCAPE modes. • SHARE a live Countdown or a screenshot of your Countdown with FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER or EMAIL. +++ Premium Features +++ + FRAMES and all FILTERS for background photos! + Your OWN PHRASE - "we become Mr. & Mrs.", "the start of our beautiful journey", "our forever starts". + SLIDESHOW mode with customizable animation styles and speeds. + MULTIPLE countdowns - bridal shower, pre-wedding party, the wedding day - count down to all of them and order them in the way you like. Congratulations on your wedding! Fill each moment with the excitement of anticipation. Make each second count!

Screenshots

Valentine's Countdown4 screens
Wedding Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Valentine's Countdown at none against Wedding Countdown's 2. Valentine's Countdown also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Wedding Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (336 vs 10) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Wedding Countdown sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Valentine's Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wedding Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wedding Countdown has 336 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 73% of Wedding Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Valentine's Countdown ships an update every 10 months, Wedding Countdown every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Valentine's Countdown versus Wedding Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterValentine's CountdownWedding Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (10 ratings)4.2 (336 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews73.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10336 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreg MorrisSevenlogics, Inc.

Customer experience

Valentine's Countdown

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative19.2%

Wedding Countdown

All ratings336 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews319 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral9.1%
Negative17.9%

Bugs and requests

Valentine's Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Wedding Countdown

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Countdown displaying incorrect number of days
  • Music not playing when sharing countdown
  • Slideshow not working as expected
  • App crashing or freezing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to display countdown on lock screen or home screen
  • Ability to share full slideshow with music on social media
  • More background image options or ability to use own photos
  • Improved accuracy of countdown timer

In-app purchases

None

Valentine's Countdown

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Wedding Countdown

One-time2
  • Premium Backgrounds I$0.99
  • Premium$3.99

Questions

Is Valentine's Countdown free?
Valentine's Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wedding Countdown free?
Wedding Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Valentine's Countdown or Wedding Countdown?
Wedding Countdown is rated higher. Valentine's Countdown averages 4.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Wedding Countdown averages 4.2 from 336 ratings.
Do Valentine's Countdown or Wedding Countdown have ads?
Wedding Countdown shows ads; Valentine's Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Valentine's Countdown or Wedding Countdown?
Valentine's Countdown ships an update every 10 months, and Wedding Countdown every 4 months. Most recently, Valentine's Countdown was updated on August 19, 2026 and Wedding Countdown on September 22, 2026.

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