Comparison

Countdown Me vs Countdown & Count Up Timer

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

Countdown & Count Up Timer

Easily track important dates with customizable countdowns and count-ups. Never miss an anniversary, event, or milestone with home screen widgets and timely notifications. Personalize your tracking with custom backgrounds and text.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event tracking
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Customizable notifications
  • iCloud backup and restore
  • Precise moment tracking
  • Custom backgrounds and text
  • Social sharing
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How long until the day you’re waiting for? How long has it been since a moment worth remembering? Countdown & Count Up Timer makes important dates easy to follow. Count down to something you’re looking forward to, or see how much time has passed since a meaningful day. Add a birthday, anniversary, vacation, wedding, concert, exam, deadline, due date, seasonal event or personal milestone and let the app keep track of the time for you. You can also add a date from the past to see how long it has been since an important moment. Track the time since an anniversary, the day you got married, the start of a personal goal or any date you want to remember. Whether you are counting down to the future or counting up from the past, your most important dates stay together in one simple place. Create as many events as you like and choose how you want to see the time: years, months, weeks, days or hours. PERFECT FOR • Birthdays and anniversaries • Weddings and vacations • Trips and holidays • Concerts and special events • Exams and important deadlines • Pregnancy due dates • Personal goals and milestones • Seasonal events and special occasions • Remembering how long it has been since an important day KEY FEATURES • Countdown to future dates See exactly how much time is left until something you are waiting for. • Count up from past dates Track the time that has passed since a memorable moment. • Unlimited events Create as many countdowns and count-ups as you need. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets Keep your most important events visible without opening the app. • Daily notifications Get a daily notification at the time you choose showing the remaining or elapsed time. • Exact date and time Choose a specific time when a simple day count is not enough. • Flexible time display View the result in years, months, weeks, days or hours. • Custom photo backgrounds Use your own photos to make birthdays, weddings, trips and anniversaries feel more personal. • Adjustable text Customize the color and position of the text to suit your background. • Recurring events Set birthdays, anniversaries and other repeating dates to come back automatically. • Easy organization Use tags and date sorting to keep your events easy to find. • iCloud backup and restore Keep a backup of your important events and restore them when needed. • Sharing and Dark Mode Share your events easily and use the app comfortably in dark environments. Some dates are exciting because they are getting closer. Others matter because of how much time has already passed. Keep both kinds of moments close, and check them whenever you want.

Screenshots

Countdown Me4 screens
Countdown & Count Up Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown & Count Up Timer at none against Countdown Me's 1. Countdown & Count Up Timer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 17). Countdown Me's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (81% vs 63%). On price, monetization model and device support 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. Countdown & Count Up Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown & Count Up Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown & Count Up Timer has 2.3K 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 63% of Countdown & Count Up Timer'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, Countdown & Count Up Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Countdown Me versus Countdown & Count Up Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown MeCountdown & Count Up Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17 ratings)4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews — better63.1% of reviews
Number of ratings172.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTapMintsYoji Shimobayashi

Customer experience

Countdown Me

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

Countdown & Count Up Timer

All ratings2,314 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews328 reviews
Positive63.1%
Neutral12.2%
Negative24.7%

Bugs and requests

Countdown Me

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Countdown & Count Up Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Countdown display issues after updates
  • App crashes when trying to access settings
  • Widget functionality not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to exclude weekends from countdowns
  • Option to pause/resume countdowns
  • Customizable notification settings for each event
  • Sync across devices

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Me

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited number of countdowns$0.991 Year
None

Countdown & Count Up Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Me free?
Countdown Me is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown & Count Up Timer free?
Countdown & Count Up Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Me or Countdown & Count Up Timer?
Countdown & Count Up Timer is rated higher. Countdown Me averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Countdown & Count Up Timer averages 4.7 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Countdown Me or Countdown & Count Up Timer have ads?
Countdown & Count Up Timer shows ads; Countdown Me does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Me or Countdown & Count Up Timer?
Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, and Countdown & Count Up Timer weekly. Most recently, Countdown Me was updated on October 9, 2026 and Countdown & Count Up Timer on October 12, 2026.

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