Countdown Me vs Dot Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Home screen widgets
- Lock screen widgets (iOS 16+)
- App icon badge countdowns
- Detailed countdowns (seconds)
- Event alerts
- Calendar event integration
- Shareable countdowns
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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/
Dot Countdown
Easily track upcoming and past events with personalized countdown timers. Organize important dates like birthdays, holidays, and trips with a visually appealing dot-timeline layout and customizable widgets. Receive smart reminders to never miss a moment.
- Personalized event countdowns
- Dot-timeline layout
- Home & Lock Screen widgets
- Smart reminders
- Repeating events
- Cross-device sync
- Event sharing
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Dot Countdown makes it easy to track the days until (or since) your most important events. Whether it’s a birthday, holiday, wedding, concert, exam, trip or big life moment, create beautiful countdown timers that feel personal, organized and exciting. Dot Countdown combines a unique dot timeline layout with powerful event tools, widgets and smart reminders so you never lose track of what matters. CREATE COUNTDOWNS FOR ANY EVENT Track days until birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, weddings, vacations, exams, sports events, retirement, baby due dates, launch days and more. You can also count up from past events and milestones. DOT TIMELINE DESIGN Your events are displayed in a clean, colorful timeline layout that makes upcoming and past dates easy to scan at a glance. CUSTOMIZE WITH THEMES & PHOTOS Choose from vibrant color palettes and themes, or add your own photos to create countdowns that feel truly personal. HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Add stylish countdown widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Keep your most important dates visible with multiple layout options and enhanced premium styles. SMART REMINDERS Set notifications for your events so you’re reminded before the big day arrives. Never forget an important date again. REPEATING EVENTS Create custom repeating countdowns daily, weekly, monthly or yearly for birthdays, bills, fitness goals and recurring occasions. FILTER & ORGANIZE Add categories like birthdays, travel, work or personal to keep your events tidy and easy to manage. MAP LOCATIONS Attach locations to your events and keep everything organized in one place. SYNC ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Use Dot Countdown on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Your events stay updated everywhere with seamless sync. SHARE WITH FRIENDS Send countdowns to friends and family so you can track important events together. UNLOCK ACHIEVEMENTS Collect fun achievements as you create and track events throughout the year. Whether you’re tracking a vacation countdown, wedding countdown, birthday reminder or exam timer, Dot Countdown keeps your most important dates front and centre. Simple. Colorful. Designed to make waiting more exciting. Terms: https://sleepyboystudios.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Me at 4.6 against Dot Countdown's 3.0. Countdown Me also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 1). Dot Countdown's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). 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
Both are free to download. Countdown Me sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per year and Dot Countdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown Me holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Me has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Countdown Me's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dot Countdown's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, Dot Countdown every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Me | Dot Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (27 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TapMints | Sleepy Boy Studios Ltd |
Customer experience
Countdown Me
Dot Countdown
In-app purchases
Countdown Me
- Unlimited number of countdowns$0.991 Year
Dot Countdown
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual1 Year trial$19.991 Year
- Support the app$2.99









