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
Easily track upcoming birthdays with customizable countdowns. Add photos, set reminders, and even attach personal songs to celebrate special occasions. Share your countdowns with friends and family.
- Flexible countdown units (years, months, days, hours, etc.)
- Add personal or free photos
- Customizable names and display
- Birthday reminders
- Attach personal songs
- Multiple countdowns
- Share countdowns
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Birthday Countdown lets you count down to birthdays in style! Never miss a birthday again — and have a blast celebrating. Have fun counting down with these customizable features: FLEXIBLE countdown units — count down in any combo of years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds, and even heartbeats! (e.g. "2 months 20 mins" or "48,000 heartbeats") LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS — add a birthday countdown widget right to your lock screen! PHOTOS — choose from your own library, Instagram photos, or your friends' Facebook albums, or browse a collection of free photos. Sort them your way and flip through them while counting down! CUSTOMIZED NAME — got a nickname for the birthday person? Type it in! REMINDERS — set a time to be reminded of your loved ones' birthdays! Your own SONG — attach a meaningful song to each Birthday Countdown! DRAGGABLE Countdown display — position it wherever you want. Customizable FONT TYPES, FONT COLORS, and BACKGROUND COLORS for the Countdown display. Track BIRTHDAY or AGE. SMART TOOLBAR — hidden until you tap the screen, so it's never in your way. Works in PORTRAIT and LANDSCAPE modes. MULTIPLE COUNTDOWNS — sort them in the order you like! SHARE a live Countdown or a screenshot via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or email. === Birthday Countdown Premium === HOME SCREEN WIDGETS: Count the days to your birthday without leaving the home screen! SLIDESHOW MODE: Cycle through background photos with a choice of animation styles and speeds. NO ADS: No distractions or clutter — just you and your countdown. Make each second count! In addition to the free features above, Birthday Countdown Premium is available as a subscription. Premium subscribers get an ad-free experience, home screen widgets, and slideshow mode. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions are charged to your payment method through your Apple ID account and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscription anytime in Account Settings. Terms: https://www.sunflowr.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sunflowr.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Valentine's Countdown at none against Birthday Countdown 's 4. Valentine's Countdown also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). Birthday Countdown 's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 10). On price 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 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months. Valentine's Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Birthday Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birthday Countdown has 2.1K 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 82% of Birthday Countdown 's.
Valentine's Countdown ships an update every 10 months, Birthday Countdown every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Valentine's Countdown | Birthday Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (10 ratings) | 4.4 (2.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 81.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 2.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greg Morris | Sevenlogics, Inc. |
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
3 issues- Countdown sometimes displays incorrect dates
- App crashes or freezes occasionally
- Widget functionality not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Allow users to change countdown name
- Add more background and font options
- Integrate with social media to share countdowns
- Provide widget support for home screen
In-app purchases
Valentine's Countdown
No in-app purchases
Birthday Countdown
- Countdown Premium 3 Months$4.993 Months
- Countdown Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Premium Background I$0.99
- Premium$3.99
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