Comparison

Countdown Me vs GlobeTempus Plus

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

GlobeTempus Plus

Features
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The world clock and meeting planner for people who work across time zones — and for the people you work with. Add the cities of your colleagues, clients, friends and family. Slide one timeline and instantly see what time it is for everyone — with their working hours, date and weather — so you can pick a meeting time that works for all. WHY GLOBETEMPUS+ • No more time zone math: one timeline for every location • See who is at work, who is off and who is asleep • Invite people and see when they're actually busy • Set an alarm at their time — for a city or a person • Create the meeting right from the timeline, at the right time for everyone • Built for iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad and Mac with a clean dark design ALARMS AT THEIR TIME — NEW • Pick a time and days in their city: the alarm rings at that time there, wherever you are • Follows daylight saving changes on both sides and skips their public holidays • For people too: the alarm follows them when they travel to another time zone • Snooze with a countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island INVITE PERSON • Invite someone by email or message; once they accept, you both see each other's busy time • Only busy blocks are shared — never event titles, notes or attendees • Their card shows their local time, their city if they share it, and today's busy strip; all-day events show as Away • Either of you can stop sharing at any time, from the card or from Connections YOUR CALENDAR, EVERY ZONE • See your meetings on the timeline next to every city • Open any event for its details, notes, location and links • Pick a free slot and create the event in seconds — with a warning if it falls on someone's public holiday HOLIDAYS BUILT IN • A HOLIDAY badge on a card and in the widget shows who is out of office • Upcoming public holidays for every location, in more than 240 countries — including India, with regional holidays in Germany, the US, Canada and Australia DESIGNED FOR IPHONE DUO • Unfolded, your locations and people spread into two columns, packed without gaps • Folded, everything fits the outer display — fold and unfold at any time ON YOUR MAC • GlobeTempus+ for Mac lives in your menu bar — one click shows every time zone • Your locations, names and working hours sync via iCloud across iPhone, iPad and Mac FEATURES • World clock — city cards with local time, date, time difference and weather • Timeline — slide through hours and days to compare times across all your locations • Working hours — set working hours and days for each location • Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen • Compact or extended cards, 12- or 24-hour time • Accurate daylight saving time (DST) and non-standard offsets • iCloud sync, no account needed UNLOCK EVERYTHING GlobeTempus+ is free with your location, two more cities, three people and one alarm — working hours, holidays and widgets included. Unlock Everything for: • Unlimited locations for every client, teammate and trip • Unlimited people to share busy time with • Unlimited alarms at their time • Your full calendar: open events and create meetings from the timeline Try it free for a week, then subscribe yearly or monthly — or buy it once. One purchase works on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Privacy Policy: https://carryapps.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://carryapps.com/terms/ Questions or ideas? Write to support@carryapps.com — we read every message.

Screenshots

Countdown Me4 screens
GlobeTempus Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GlobeTempus Plus at every 4 days against Countdown Me's every 7 months. GlobeTempus Plus also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Countdown Me's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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 GlobeTempus Plus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, GlobeTempus Plus every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown Me versus GlobeTempus Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown MeGlobeTempus Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTapMintsIevgenii Lebid

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Me

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited number of countdowns$0.991 Year
3 purchases

GlobeTempus Plus

Subscriptions2
  • GlobeTempus Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • GlobeTempus Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • GlobeTempus Plus Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Countdown Me free?
Countdown Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GlobeTempus Plus free?
GlobeTempus Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown Me or GlobeTempus Plus have ads?
Neither Countdown Me nor GlobeTempus Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Me or GlobeTempus Plus?
Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, and GlobeTempus Plus every 4 days. Most recently, Countdown Me was updated on November 1, 2026 and GlobeTempus Plus on November 1, 2026.

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