Comparison

Countdown Me vs Expiry Tracker

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

Expiry Tracker

This app helps you manage expirations, track ongoing activities, and monitor inventories. Receive timely reminders, organize items with customizable settings, and sync data across devices. Stay organized and never miss an important date or item status again.

Highlights
  • Expiration tracking with color indicators
  • Smart reminders for timely notifications
  • Counter tracking for ongoing activities
  • Inventory management with custom thresholds
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Home Screen widgets for quick overview
  • Data export to CSV or calendar
Features
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Never miss an important date again. Expires helps you track expirations, counters, and inventories — all in one simple, powerful app. Stay organized, get reminded at the right moment, and always know what matters most. KEY FEATURES EXPIRATIONS • Color indicators — see what's expiring at a glance • Smart reminders — get notified on time or ahead of time • Recurring items — ideal for subscriptions, medicines, and documents • Fully customizable — set your own rules and color levels • Notes & attachments — add details, files, or photos COUNTERS • Track the time elapsed since any start date • Recurring reminders — weekly, monthly, or yearly • Add notes, files, and images for full context INVENTORIES • Track by pieces, weight, volume, or value • Custom color levels that warn you as stock runs low • History view — see how amounts change over time • Attach notes, files, and images MORE • iCloud sync across all your devices • Home Screen widgets for a quick overview • Export to CSV or your calendar • Tags for flexible organization Stay ahead of every expiration, track what matters, and keep everything under control — all in one app.

Screenshots

Countdown Me4 screens
Expiry Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Expiry Tracker at weekly against Countdown Me's every 7 months. Expiry Tracker also leads on ratings volume (147 vs 27) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 and Expiry Tracker 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Countdown Me against 4.7 for Expiry Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Expiry Tracker has 147 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Countdown Me's written reviews are positive against 79% of Expiry Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, Expiry Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown Me versus Expiry Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown MeExpiry Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings)4.7 (147 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews — better78.6% of reviews
Number of ratings27147 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTapMintsTomas Pollak

Customer experience

Countdown Me

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral10.0%
Negative9.2%

Expiry Tracker

All ratings147 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Me

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited number of countdowns$0.991 Year
1 purchases

Expiry Tracker

One-time1
  • Upgrade to PRO version$9.99

Questions

Is Countdown Me free?
Countdown Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expiry Tracker free?
Expiry Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Me or Expiry Tracker?
Expiry Tracker is rated higher. Countdown Me averages 4.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Expiry Tracker averages 4.7 from 147 ratings.
Do Countdown Me or Expiry Tracker have ads?
Neither Countdown Me nor Expiry Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Me or Expiry Tracker?
Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, and Expiry Tracker weekly. Most recently, Countdown Me was updated on November 1, 2026 and Expiry Tracker on November 2, 2026.

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