Countdown vs Hooray
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- iOS 16 Lock Screen Widgets
- Home Screen Widgets
- Customizable Background Photos
- Personalized Music & Fonts
- Calendar Event Integration
- Count Up from Past Events
- Event Reminders
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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/
Hooray
Track important upcoming events and significant past milestones. Set custom reminders and celebrate anniversaries with animated confetti. Enjoy privacy with no account or cloud storage required.
- Live-ticking countdowns and count-ups
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable reminders
- Automatic milestone celebrations
- Photo backgrounds (Premium)
- Backup and restore functionality
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Some days you can't wait for. Others you never want to forget. Hooray tracks both — the countdowns to what's coming, and the count-ups from what already happened. Your kiddo's birthday. The trip you booked six months out. The day the puppy came home. The morning you quit smoking. The wedding anniversary you'll celebrate every year. Add a Hooray, make it uniquely yours, and watch the numbers tick by. When the big day arrives, Hooray joins in the celebration with a burst of confetti. Then celebrate again next year, or tuck it away as a memory. The good stuff, without the fine print: - Live-ticking countdowns and count-ups — years to seconds - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Your photos as backgrounds for Hoorays and Home Screen widgets (Premium) - Reminders you choose per Hooray — 1 year out, 1 week out, day-of, or none at all - Automatic milestone celebrations for count-ups — 1 week, 1 month, 1 year, and beyond - Tags, search, and sort so your Hoorays stay easy to find - Backup and restore via a simple file — your data, your rules Actually private: - No account. No cloud. No analytics. No tracking. - Your Hoorays live on your iPhone and only your iPhone. Delete the app and they're gone. Free and Premium: - Two Hoorays free to get started. Watch a quick ad to unlock more Hooray slots, anytime. - Pay $1.99 once for unlimited Hoorays, personal photo backgrounds, and no ads — forever. Every day is worth counting. Some are worth celebrating. Hooray's for both.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hooray at every 2 days against Countdown 's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months and Hooray sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown ships an update every 2 months, Hooray every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | Hooray |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (11K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sevenlogics, Inc. | No Chains Studio, LLC |
Customer experience
Countdown
Hooray
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
Hooray
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Premium - 3 Months$4.993 Months
- Countdown Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Premium Backgrounds I$0.99
- Holiday Backgrounds I$0.99
- Premium$19.99
Hooray
- Hooray Premium$1.99
Questions
Is Countdown free?
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