Comparison

MyExams vs Exam Countdown

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

Head to head
About

MyExams

Build your personal exam schedule for National 5, Higher, or Advanced Higher exams. View your timetable at a glance, share it via email, or integrate it with other calendars. Receive automatic updates on exam dates and notifications for changes.

Highlights
  • Personalized exam timetable builder
  • National 5, Higher, Advanced Higher support
  • View exam schedule at a glance
  • Email timetable to others
  • Integrate with iCal
  • Automatic exam date updates
  • Notifications for exam changes
Features
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If you are a pupil at a Scottish secondary school you can create your own personal National 5, Higher or Advanced Higher timetable using our timetable builder. Once you have created your timetable you’ll be able to view your personal exam schedule at a glance, e-mail the timetable to yourself or a friend, and even integrate it into other calendars using iCal. Key features are: - Adding National Qualification exams from Qualifications Scotland’s exam timetable. - Adding custom exams to your timetable - Receive notifications about upcoming exams - Share your exams by email - Add your exams to your calendar, or export to iCal - Export your exams to QS MyStudyPlan to build a study plan around them. Please note: exam dates update automatically and notify you if any of your exams have changed. Qualifications Scotland is the national accreditation and awarding body in Scotland. Disclaimer ---------- This application and its content belongs exclusively to Qualifications Scotland, an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) sponsored by the Scottish Government’s Learning Directorate. Qualifications Scotland makes no warranty or representation that the use of this application will improve examination performance. It is intended as a study aid and should be treated as such. Qualifications Scotland makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that all information provided through this application is accurate at the time of inclusion. Information may also be updated or changed at any time without notice.

About

Exam Countdown

This app helps students, teachers, and schools keep track of important dates. It provides countdown timers for exams, tests, and coursework deadlines, with options for reminders and sharing progress with others. Users can organize their academic schedule and stay on top of their responsibilities.

Highlights
  • Countdown timers for exams and tests
  • Unlimited exam countdowns
  • Color-coded exams
  • Icon customization
  • Share countdowns with others
  • Add notes to exams
  • Basic and detailed notifications
Features
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Exam Countdown is the beautifully simple countdown, planner and widget app for every exam that matters. Counting down since 2015, rated 4.7 stars from over 30,000 ratings. The original exam countdown app, used by students, teachers and schools in over 100 countries. Count down to the ones that count: matric prelims, trials and NSC finals, GCSE and A Level papers, IB, SQA Highers, university finals, coursework and homework deadlines, driving theory, music grades and every test in between. CALENDAR VIEW See your whole semester on a month grid, color coded, with every exam a tap away. LIVE COUNTDOWN WIDGETS A Home Screen widget that ticks every second, plus Next Exam, Next 4 Exams and Lock Screen widgets. LIVE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Live Activities put your next exam on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island as it approaches. MAKE IT YOURS Hundreds of icons, every color, categories to group your subjects, and notes on any exam. Free version: • Unlimited exam countdowns, all in one place • Count down in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds • Color code your exams • Choose from 400 icons • Add notes to any exam • Invite friends and family to count down with you • Notifications before every exam Premium version: • Ad free • The full widget collection, including the second by second Live Countdown • Live Activities on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Calendar View • Categories to group your subjects • Detailed alerts, with your choice of alert sound • Record and review your exam results • Sync across all your Apple devices • All 400 color icons and 70 colors Exam Countdown is free to download and use. Premium is available as a yearly subscription or as a one off lifetime purchase. Terms of Use - https://www.root38.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy - https://www.root38.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

MyExams4 screens
Exam Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Exam Countdown at 82% against MyExams's 47%. Exam Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). MyExams's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Exam Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months. MyExams asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyExams ships an update every 6 months, Exam Countdown every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MyExams versus Exam Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyExamsExam Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews82.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScottish Qualifications AuthorityROOT38 LIMITED

Customer experience

MyExams

Written reviews68 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative48.5%

Exam Countdown

All ratings1,636 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive82.2%
Neutral8.1%
Negative9.6%

Bugs and requests

MyExams

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Exam Countdown

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues after device change
  • Subscription not working as expected
  • Loading screen freezes
  • Incompatibility with newer devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Calendar view
  • Sync with device calendar
  • Customizable exam reminders
  • Widget support
  • More icons and color options

In-app purchases

None

MyExams

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Exam Countdown

Subscriptions4
  • Premium 3 Months$2.993 Months
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
  • Premium Access1 Year trial$4.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly Subscription$5.491 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99

Questions

Is MyExams free?
MyExams is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Exam Countdown free?
Exam Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MyExams or Exam Countdown have ads?
Exam Countdown shows ads; MyExams does not.
Which is updated more often, MyExams or Exam Countdown?
MyExams ships an update every 6 months, and Exam Countdown every 5 weeks. Most recently, MyExams was updated on November 1, 2026 and Exam Countdown on November 6, 2026.

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