Comparison

Countdown Me vs Almost Time

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

Almost Time

Track time remaining until important events with a visually appealing countdown app. Personalize your countdowns with colors and emojis, and share them easily. Access live updates on your Lock Screen and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns
  • Personalized backgrounds and emojis
  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island live activities
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Event sharing as images
  • Pro version for folders and notes
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Looking for a sleek and practical countdown app? Look no further than Almost Time! Count down to any event with ease, whether it's a birthday, anniversary, or the release of your favourite movie. See exactly how many years, days, hours, minutes, and seconds are left until your event. With Almost Time, you can personalize your countdowns by adding background colours and emojis. Plus, share them with friends and family as images. Access live countdowns right from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, and track all your events with a variety of Home and Lock Screen widgets. Upgrade to Almost Time Pro and unlock even more features, like the ability to organize your countdowns into folders, add notes, and customize the app's accent colours and icon. Download Almost Time now and start counting down to your next big event! (Please note that Live Activities and Lock Screen Widgets are not available on iPad.)

Screenshots

Countdown Me4 screens
Almost Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Me at 4.5 against Almost Time's 3.8. Countdown Me also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 4). Almost Time's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Almost Time 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

Countdown Me holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Countdown Me's written reviews are positive against 100% of Almost Time's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, Almost Time monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Countdown Me versus Almost Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown MeAlmost Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTapMints s.r.o.Rx Software Limited

Customer experience

Countdown Me

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

Almost Time

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Me

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited number of countdowns$0.991 Year
1 purchases

Almost Time

One-time1
  • Almost Time Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Countdown Me free?
Countdown Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Almost Time free?
Almost Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Me or Almost Time?
Countdown Me is rated higher. Countdown Me averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Almost Time averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Countdown Me or Almost Time have ads?
Neither Countdown Me nor Almost Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Me or Almost Time?
Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, and Almost Time monthly. Most recently, Countdown Me was updated on September 21, 2026 and Almost Time on June 7, 2026.

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