Comparison

Countdown Me vs Dueday

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

Dueday

Features
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Dueday is a simple, focused deadline countdown app. Add the dates that matter and see exactly how many days are left — at a glance, on your home screen, and right when you need a reminder. WHY DUEDAY Deadlines pile up: project due dates, exams, submissions, bills, trips, anniversaries. Dueday keeps them all in one place and counts down the days so nothing sneaks up on you. BIG, CLEAR COUNTDOWN Every deadline shows the days remaining as a bold D-day count (D-7, D-DAY, D+3). Your list is automatically sorted by the nearest due date, so the most urgent item is always on top. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Add the Dueday widget to your home screen and always see the days left for your next deadline — no need to open the app. The countdown updates every day on its own. REMINDERS Get a local notification before each deadline. Choose on the day, 1 day, 3 days, or 1 week before — per deadline. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY - Color-code each deadline - Add an optional note - Edit or delete any time PRIVATE BY DESIGN Dueday works fully offline. There is no login and no account. All your data stays on your device (local database) and is never uploaded. MADE TO BE EASY - Clean Material 3 design - Light and dark mode - English and Japanese - Free to use (contains ads) Add your first deadline and let Dueday count the days for you.

Screenshots

Countdown Me4 screens
Dueday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dueday at none against Countdown Me's 1. Dueday also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dueday asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, Dueday every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Countdown Me versus Dueday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown MeDueday
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTapMints s.r.o.Yuki Okawa

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Me

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited number of countdowns$0.991 Year
None

Dueday

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Me free?
Countdown Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dueday free?
Dueday is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown Me or Dueday have ads?
Neither Countdown Me nor Dueday shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Me or Dueday?
Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, and Dueday every 2 weeks. Most recently, Countdown Me was updated on September 21, 2026 and Dueday on September 10, 2026.

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