Comparison

Days to Easter vs Countdown Star (Ad

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Days to Easter

This app provides a simple and beautiful way to count down the days until Easter. It features fun sound effects and allows for app icon badging and lock screen widgets for quick viewing.

Highlights
  • Easter countdown timer
  • App icon badging
  • Lock screen widget
  • Sound effects
  • Beautiful graphics
Features
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We're excited that Easter is just around the corner and we're sure that you are too. To make sure you can count down those days with ease, why not try this beautiful application that quickly and easily shows you how few days you have to wait. This app is simple and effective with beautiful graphics and fun sound effects when you shake your phone. Go on, you know you want to download! If you want to enable app icon badging, use the Settings app on your device to enable icon badging. This will allow you to see the number of days to Easter without even having to open the app. If you want a more beautiful quick view of the number of days to Easter, the app now includes a widget that you can add to your lock screen. Swipe left on the lock screen, add it and check it out.

About

Countdown Star (Ad

Track time until or since important events with customizable timers. Set up countdowns for birthdays, holidays, and vacations, or count up from anniversaries and special dates. Share your event timers with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Add custom events
  • Customize event visuals
  • Apple Watch display
  • Today Widget integration
  • Set exact event times
  • Adjust time units
  • Share event timers
Features
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Countdown Star is the best way to countdown to — and count up from — all of your favorite events. Countdown to birthdays, holidays, an upcoming vacation, a wedding, the New Year, parties, sporting events, concerts and more. Count up from anniversaries, the day you were born, and other special events in the past. * How many seconds until your next birthday? * How many months since you were born? * How many days until you graduate from college? * How many hours until your anniversary? * How much time is left until your vacation starts? * How many days until Christmas? * How many minutes until your party begins? * How much time is left until your baby's due date? Countdown Star is the countdown app that lets you choose which events to add, then keeps them in sync across all of your devices. Features: * iCloud Sync — events and wallpapers sync automatically across all your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch devices * Celebration Animations — choose Confetti, Fireworks, Balloons, Stars, or Lasers when your countdown reaches zero * Repeating Events — annual events automatically advance to the next year so you never have to update them * Home Screen Widgets — Small, Medium, and Large widgets let you glance at your countdowns without opening the app * Apple Watch — view your events right on your wrist * Add Your Own Events — add as many events as you like * Custom Wallpapers — choose from 15+ built-in wallpapers or use your own photos * Time Zone Support — set each event in any time zone with localized city names * Sort and Search — sort by date, title, or your own custom order; events are sectioned into Countdown and Count Up groups * Favorites and Notifications — mark events as favorites to receive a notification when their countdown reaches zero * Interactive Slider — instantly switch between seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years to see your countdown exactly how you want it * Customizable Timer — choose timer position (Top, Middle, or Bottom), show or hide weeks, and toggle the leading zero * Multiple App Icons — personalize the app icon on your Home Screen Note: Countdown Star is available as a free version (with ads and an optional Remove Ads purchase) and as a paid ad-free version.

Screenshots

Days to Easter4 screens
Countdown Star (Ad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Star (Ad at 4.7 against Days to Easter's 4.0. Countdown Star (Ad also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 2). Days to Easter's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 56%) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Days to Easter costs $0.99 and Countdown Star (Ad $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Star (Ad holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Star (Ad has 3.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Days to Easter's written reviews are positive against 56% of Countdown Star (Ad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Days to Easter ships an update every 3 months, Countdown Star (Ad fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Days to Easter versus Countdown Star (Ad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDays to EasterCountdown Star (Ad
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better56.3% of reviews
Number of ratings23.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#26 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPJ COOKJoseph Merrill

Customer experience

Days to Easter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown Star (Ad

All ratings3,673 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews400 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral15.3%
Negative28.5%

Bugs and requests

Days to Easter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Countdown Star (Ad

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Custom wallpapers not saving
  • Countdown not updating correctly
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Notification system not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Recurring event support
  • Ability to exclude weekends/holidays from countdown
  • Multiple event display on main screen
  • Improved widget functionality
  • Sync across devices

In-app purchases

None

Days to Easter

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown Star (Ad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Days to Easter free?
Days to Easter costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Star (Ad free?
Countdown Star (Ad costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Days to Easter or Countdown Star (Ad?
Countdown Star (Ad is rated higher. Days to Easter averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Countdown Star (Ad averages 4.7 from 3.7K ratings.
Do Days to Easter or Countdown Star (Ad have ads?
Neither Days to Easter nor Countdown Star (Ad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Days to Easter or Countdown Star (Ad?
Days to Easter ships an update every 3 months, and Countdown Star (Ad fortnightly. Most recently, Days to Easter was updated on June 1, 2026 and Countdown Star (Ad on September 26, 2026.

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