Comparison

Countdown Me vs Days

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Me

Track upcoming events with customizable widgets and app icon badges. See remaining days, hours, minutes, and seconds without opening the application. Create alerts and share countdowns with others.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets (iOS 16+)
  • App icon badge countdowns
  • Detailed countdowns (seconds)
  • Event alerts
  • Calendar event integration
  • Shareable countdowns
Features
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Create an event or select one from your calendar and track the remaining days on your home screen (or on your lockscreen on latest iOS) using widgets, or on the app icon’s badge. See the remaining days (minutes, seconds) without even opening the app. Countdown Me lets you - see a list of your countdowns without opening the app on your lockscreen (new on iOS 16), on your homescreen using widgets. - see the remaining days to your most important event without opening the app on the app icon’s badge. - create a new countdown quickly by selecting an existing event from your calendar or create a new event in the app - create an alert for an upcoming event. - see detailed countdowns: not only days, but also hours, minutes and seconds. You can enable this inside the app in Settings. - share countdowns with your friends & family Notes: We use Apple PUSH Notification technology for updating the app icon’s badge number. In other words, for the feature to work, you should connect to the internet regularly. This is a limitation imposed by Apple — there is no other usable way of changing the badge number. The rest of the app’s functionality works also without internet connection. Follow us on Twitter @tapmints - see a list of your countdowns without opening the app on your lockscreen (new on latest iOS), on your homescreen (iOS 14 and later) or in the Today widget in case you use iOS 13 or older. - see the remaining days to your most important event without opening the app on the app icon’s badge. - create a new countdown quickly by selecting an existing event from your calendar or create a new event in the app - create an alert for an upcoming event. - see detailed countdowns: not only days, but also hours, minutes and seconds. You can enable this inside the app in Settings. - share CountdownMeUITests with your friends & family Notes: We use Apple PUSH Notification technology for updating the app icon’s badge number. In other words, for the feature to work, you should connect to the internet regularly. This is a limitation imposed by Apple — there is no other usable way of changing the badge number. The rest of the app’s functionality works also without internet connection. Follow us on Twitter @tapmints Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Days

Features
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This simple app calculate the number of days to an event from Today to a specific date. Can't remember how many days you still have to plan for your Wedding or prepare a present? Using this app and the Today extension included, the number of days you need to remember are just a swipe away! Just record it into the app and let the extension worry about the rest!

Screenshots

Countdown Me4 screens
Days3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Days at none against Countdown Me's 1. Days also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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. Countdown Me sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per year. Days asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, Days fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown Me versus Days: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown MeDays
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTapMintsMervyn Ong

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Me

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited number of countdowns$0.991 Year
None

Days

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Me free?
Countdown Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Days free?
Days is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown Me or Days have ads?
Neither Countdown Me nor Days shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Me or Days?
Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, and Days fortnightly. Most recently, Countdown Me was updated on October 9, 2026 and Days on October 13, 2026.

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