Comparison

WordOne vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

WordOne

This app helps writers track their daily word count progress towards project goals. It provides detailed statistics, visual progress indicators, and social sharing options to foster dedication and discipline. Ideal for personal writing projects and goal-based challenges.

Highlights
  • Daily word count tracking
  • Project goal setting
  • Detailed statistics and progress analysis
  • Visual progress indicators and color-coding
  • Social media sharing of progress
  • History of word counts
Features
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Created by a writer for other writers, WordOne lets writers track their daily writing progress. As most successful writers have noted, becoming a successful author requires dedication and discipline. WordOne aims to provide this dedication and discipline by allowing you to set a goal for your writing project(s) and then letting you track your progress in reaching your goal by entering daily (or multiple times a day) word counts. The app calculates detailed statistics based on your entered data and provides you with useful information such as your current average words per day and the number of words a day you'd need to write in order to reach your set goal. This will allow you to plan your writing and to gain the necessary dedication and mindset necessary for writing daily by setting a word count goal that you'd need to achieve. WordOne also provides you with visual indications of progress on each of your projects. The main project listing not only provides a progress meter which is updated as you add new session word counts, but it also colour codes the items in the project listing based on how close (or far) you are from achieving your set targets. But that's not all! WordOne also lets you share your writing progress with other writers via social media so that you can encourage them by showing how much you'd achieved :) WordOne has full support for iOS 8's share extensions and will allow you to share via any supported extensions/applications. On older iOS versions, WordOne supports the standard sharing options provided by iOS itself. WordOne is also great for NaNoWriMo and other such goal-based writing challenges and contests. Note: The pro version of the app allows you to track as many projects as you want. The Lite version only allows tracking one project - if you want to track more than that, then you need to purchase the Pro version. Features: - Support for as many writing projects as you want (in the Pro version). - Color-coded projects listing to easily indicate current overall progress for each project. - Progress bar indicating percentage completed for each project. - View history for word counts on individual days and be able to see the total word count at that point as well as the session word count. - Ability to share session word counts with others via social media such as Facebook or Twitter. - Built-in feedback for bugs and feature requests.

About

Countdown

Easily track important dates and special moments with a redesigned, intuitive interface. Features include home screen widgets, customizable date formats, and per-event color selection for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget
  • Customizable date formats
  • Dark mode support
  • Per-event color selection
  • Intuitive interface
  • Event management
Features
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Countdown helps you keep track of the dates that matter: birthdays, vacations, weddings, deadlines, anniversaries. Add an event and see at a glance how many days are left (or how many have passed). FOR EVERYONE • Add an event in a few taps: tap "+", enter a title and a date, done • 8 theme colors to tell your events apart • List, small grid or large grid view • Two Home Screen widgets: your upcoming events, or a single event of your choice • Your preferred date format, Dark Mode and a setting for long titles • Search by name • Your events are also saved to a file you can find in the Files app COUNTDOWN PRO An optional one-time purchase. No subscription. • Background images: pick one of 20 built-in backgrounds or use your own photos • 4 more fonts besides the system one: Rounded, Serif, Monospace and Condensed • Any color you like for each event, beyond the 8 presets • Unlimited events (without Pro you can create up to 3; sample events don't count) Already bought Countdown? Pro is yours, forever, and there's nothing you need to do: everything stays just as it was. If it doesn't show as active, open Settings → Countdown Pro in the app and tap "Restore purchases". NATIVE, OFFLINE, CLEAN Countdown is built in SwiftUI, native to iPhone and iPad: fast, light and right at home on iOS. It works entirely offline. No ads, no accounts, no tracking, no third-party SDKs: your events stay on your device. Available on iPhone and iPad, in more than 30 languages.

Screenshots

WordOne4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WordOne at 5.0 against Countdown's 4.4. Countdown's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (212 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WordOne sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WordOne holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 212 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of WordOne's written reviews are positive against 63% of Countdown's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WordOne ships an update every 11 months, Countdown every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WordOne versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWordOneCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.4 (212 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews63.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1212 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPink Zombie Studios Inc.Marco Tini

Customer experience

WordOne

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Countdown

All ratings212 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral8.0%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative26.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WordOne

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$3.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$5.99

Questions

Is WordOne free?
WordOne is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WordOne or Countdown?
WordOne is rated higher. WordOne averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Countdown averages 4.4 from 212 ratings.
Do WordOne or Countdown have ads?
Neither WordOne nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WordOne or Countdown?
WordOne ships an update every 11 months, and Countdown every 7 months. Most recently, WordOne was updated on October 27, 2026 and Countdown on October 20, 2026.

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