Comparison

Countdown Me vs Remainders

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

Remainders

Track upcoming events with real-time countdowns, from years to seconds. Share these countdowns with others, add event-specific links and tasks, and personalize them with custom images. Stay informed with home screen widgets and receive timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Real-time countdowns
  • Collaborative sharing
  • Event links and URLs
  • Tasks and notes
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable event images
  • Repeating event support
Features
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Remainders – Countdown Events Count down to every event—from years to seconds. Watch your upcoming moments approach in real time with beautiful, redesigned views. Remainders is the collaborative countdown app for vacations, birthdays, holidays, projects, and more. Countdown Sharing Share countdowns with friends, family, and teammates. Everyone sees updates instantly—stay organized and celebrate life’s biggest moments together. Event Links & URLs Attach website links with rich previews to events for quick access later. Tasks & Notes Add checklists to each event for packing, projects, or shopping. Mark tasks complete and take quick notes to remember key details. Widgets for Home & Lock Screen Stay up to date without opening the app with Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy mode widgets. Pin specific countdowns or automatically show your next event at a glance. Our colorful widget designs make your events stand out. Event Cover Images Personalize every countdown with your own photos or create unique AI-generated covers using Apple’s Image Playground. Repeating Events Never miss recurring events like birthdays or anniversaries. Notifications Set multiple time-sensitive notifications to remind you about upcoming events. Import from Calendar Quickly add events by importing them from your calendar. Spotlight Search Find any event on your device instantly using Spotlight Search. Archive Events Keep your history without clutter. Archive past events instead of deleting them so you can revisit them later. Optimized for Every Device Remainders runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro with full iCloud sync, keyboard shortcuts, and multitasking support. Do more than count down — plan, share, and celebrate every event with Remainders.

Screenshots

Countdown Me4 screens
Remainders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Remainders at monthly against Countdown Me's every 7 months. Remainders also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (169 vs 17). Countdown Me's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 Remainders sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Remainders holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remainders has 169 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Countdown Me's written reviews are positive against 75% of Remainders'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, Remainders monthly. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Countdown Me versus Remainders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown MeRemainders
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17 ratings)4.7 (169 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17169 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTapMints s.r.o.Fabricate LLC

Customer experience

Countdown Me

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

Remainders

All ratings168 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Me

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited number of countdowns$0.991 Year
3 purchases

Remainders

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Countdown Me free?
Countdown Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remainders free?
Remainders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Me or Remainders?
Remainders is rated higher. Countdown Me averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Remainders averages 4.7 from 169 ratings.
Do Countdown Me or Remainders have ads?
Neither Countdown Me nor Remainders shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Me or Remainders?
Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, and Remainders monthly. Most recently, Countdown Me was updated on September 25, 2026 and Remainders on September 25, 2026.

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