Comparison

Countdown ‎ vs Days Counter. Event Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Countdown ‎

Visually track upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Set timers for vacations, concerts, or anniversaries using your own photos, music, and phrases. Share your progress with friends and family.

Highlights
  • iOS 16 Lock Screen Widgets
  • Home Screen Widgets
  • Customizable Background Photos
  • Personalized Music & Fonts
  • Calendar Event Integration
  • Count Up from Past Events
  • Event Reminders
Features
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Count down to your next event — a vacation, your favorite band's concert, a movie premiere, a graduation, an anniversary, and more — in style! Features: LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS: Add countdown widgets to your lock screen! First, set up your countdown in the Countdown app. Then, pull down your lock screen, long-hold an empty area and tap "Customize." FLEXIBLE UNITS: Years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds, and even heartbeats! (e.g. "3 months 14 mins" or "56,713 heartbeats") DRAG the Countdown and DISPLAY it wherever you want. Use YOUR OWN PHOTOS as the background, including INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK PHOTOS! Or browse a large selection of FREE BACKGROUND PHOTOS. Flip through your background photos while counting down. Set your own MUSIC for each Countdown. Customizable FONTS, font colors, and background colors. Add YOUR OWN PHRASE — "the concert of the year," "little pumpkin's dance performance," "we board the plane." Create Countdowns straight from your CALENDAR EVENTS. MULTIPLE Countdowns — rearrange them however you like. REMINDERS for your events. SHARE a live Countdown or a screenshot via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or email. Count down to ANNIVERSARIES that repeat every year. (e.g. "25 days until my 10th anniversary!") COUNT UP from past events. (e.g. "21 days since…") SMART TOOLBAR stays hidden until you tap the screen — more room for your Countdowns. Works in PORTRAIT and LANDSCAPE mode. === Countdown Premium === HOME SCREEN WIDGETS: Count the days to your event without ever opening the app. SLIDESHOW MODE: Automatically cycle your background photos with a choice of animation styles and speeds. NO ADS: No distractions or clutter — just you and your countdown. Make each second count! In addition to the free features above, Countdown Premium is available as a subscription. Premium subscribers get an ad-free experience, home screen widgets, and slideshow mode. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions are charged to your payment method through your Apple ID account and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscription anytime in Account Settings. Terms: https://www.sunflowr.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sunflowr.com/privacy/

About

Days Counter. Event Tracker

Never miss an important date again with this free event tracker. Set up countdowns to future milestones or count up days since past events. Receive timely reminders and organize your life's key moments with customizable notes and a stylish interface.

Highlights
  • Countdown to future events
  • Count up days since past events
  • Customizable reminder alerts
  • Add notes for each event
  • Stylish and customizable interface
  • Backup and sync events
Features
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Days Counter is a simple free tool that allows you to keep track of all upcoming key events and countdown to life’s milestones. Did you ever miss a deadline? Have you ever been late for a meeting or missed a loved one’s birthday or anniversary? Did you miss significant events, meetings, assignment deadlines, birthdays, or anniversaries? We all are so preoccupied with our daily lives that we fail to keep track of key dates. With Days Counter, you no longer need to worry about it. With this efficient countdown app, you can create counters for all of your important occasions. It will give you reminder alerts prior to the date, ensuring that you never miss important occasions in your life routine. With Days Counter, you can track all the important and exciting events of life such as birthdays, holidays, thanksgivings, Christmas, halloween, valentines, engagement, wedding, anniversary, graduation, pregnancy, trip, new home, retirement, concert, meetings, assignments deadlines, farewell party, monthsaries, dates, family reunions, community gatherings, easter, father’s day, mother’s day, teacher’s day, independence day, rose day, valentine’s day, and others. With this easy smart tracker app that you can use to keep track of significant events in your life, such as special days, doctor appointments, future events, scheduled meetings, assignment deadlines, impending chores, and your progress towards goals. It acts as a smart tracker for you, reminding you of significant dates on a daily and advanced basis, allowing you to be informed about future events in your life. It provides you notifications years, months, days, hours, seconds, or minutes before or after your events. Days Counter works in two modes: count-up and countdown. You can use a countdown mode to stay up to date on the number of days until upcoming special events, which will help you be prepared without hassle. It facilitates you in tracking years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds until your events. Similarly, you can use count-up mode to track the number of days that have passed since you started a project or an event that facilitates your tracking progress. It has the option to count down the years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds since your events. In addition, this app also assists users in keeping a record of all the past events and allows you to back up and sync your important dates and events. Furthermore, it has a stylish design, and you can even customise your interface colour according to your needs. Moreover, you can arrange the events by simply moving them with the touch of your finger. Moreover, it has a dedicated space for each event where you can write important notes about the event. This feature helps in writing down good memories of the events and things you need to do on occasion. Lastly, it is a user-friendly app with a stylish and elegant design. It is accurate, trendy, lightweight, customizable, fast, and available for free. Never miss important events in life with Days Counter: Count Up & Count Down. Key Features: • Easy and intuitive to use • Simple and straightforward • Count up and count down feature • Customise you interface • Add widgets to your home screen • Customised notification • Periodic reminders • Re-order events by simple drag and drop • Dedicated space for notes • Share your countdowns with friends and family • Track the number of years, months, weeks, days, minutes, and seconds left to your important events • Track number of years, months, weeks, days, minutes, and seconds since important events Download the app for free and never miss special events in your life. Term of use: https://www.websitepolicies.com/policies/view/8gVdSIKd Privacy policy: https://www.websitepolicies.com/policies/view/UkbXMLJZ

Screenshots

Countdown ‎4 screens
Days Counter. Event Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Days Counter. Event Tracker at 88% against Countdown ‎'s 34%. Days Counter. Event Tracker also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Countdown ‎'s advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 21). On price, update cadence, 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 ‎ sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months and Days Counter. Event Tracker sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Days Counter. Event Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown ‎ has 11K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Countdown ‎'s written reviews are positive against 88% of Days Counter. Event Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ‎ ships an update every 2 months, Days Counter. Event Tracker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown ‎ versus Days Counter. Event Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown ‎Days Counter. Event Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (11K ratings)4.6 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.0% of reviews88.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better21
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSevenlogics, Inc.Bitsens

Customer experience

Countdown ‎

All ratings11,417 ratings
Positive69.0%
Neutral8.4%
Negative22.6%
Written reviews500 reviews
Positive34.0%
Neutral11.0%
Negative55.0%

Days Counter. Event Tracker

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral11.8%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Countdown ‎

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on opening
  • Countdown not displaying correctly
  • Widget not loading properly
  • Purchased premium features not working

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to have multiple countdowns
  • Option to repeat countdown events
  • Countdown widget on home screen
  • Improved sharing capabilities

Days Counter. Event Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Countdown ‎

Subscriptions2
  • Countdown Premium - 3 Months$4.993 Months
  • Countdown Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium Backgrounds I$0.99
  • Holiday Backgrounds I$0.99
  • Premium$19.99
9 purchases

Days Counter. Event Tracker

One-time9
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlimited Colors$0.99
  • Unlimited Reminders$1.99
Show 6 more
  • Dark Mode$2.99
  • All In One. 60% OFF$2.99
  • Widget$2.99
  • All In One. 50% OFF$3.99
  • All In One. 30% OFF$5.99
  • All In One$7.99

Questions

Is Countdown ‎ free?
Countdown ‎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Days Counter. Event Tracker free?
Days Counter. Event Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown ‎ or Days Counter. Event Tracker?
Days Counter. Event Tracker is rated higher. Countdown ‎ averages 3.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Days Counter. Event Tracker averages 4.6 from 21 ratings.
Do Countdown ‎ or Days Counter. Event Tracker have ads?
Both Countdown ‎ and Days Counter. Event Tracker show ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown ‎ or Days Counter. Event Tracker?
Countdown ‎ ships an update every 2 months, and Days Counter. Event Tracker every 6 weeks. Most recently, Countdown ‎ was updated on September 29, 2026 and Days Counter. Event Tracker on September 30, 2026.

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