Comparison

Just to Say vs Event Countdown One

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

Head to head
About

Just to Say

Find the perfect words for any occasion with a curated collection of short, kind messages. Easily copy, share, or hear them read aloud. Optional daily reminders help you send thoughtful notes.

Highlights
  • Library of short messages
  • Categorized by occasion
  • Copy and share functionality
  • Text-to-speech audio
  • Optional daily reminders
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Just to Say writes the short, kind line you cannot quite find — for anniversaries, new babies, birthdays, sympathy notes, and the ones that should make someone laugh. Pick the occasion. Read what it wrote. Keep it, or ask for another. Copy it into a card, or share it straight into a message. NEW: ASK SIRI "Hey Siri, write a birthday message." The words arrive spoken and on a card you can copy — which matters when you are standing in a shop with the pen still capped, or you have just heard someone's news and want to say the right thing before the moment passes. It works from the Action Button and in Shortcuts too. WHAT IT COVERS Anniversary — for the years counted and the love kept. Baby — for welcoming a new little one. Birthdays — small notes for the big day, from the heartfelt to the cheeky. Sympathy — quiet words, when words are hard. Funny — a line to lift the day. WRITTEN ON YOUR DEVICE On iPhones with Apple Intelligence the lines are written fresh, on the device, each time you ask. Where that isn't available the app falls back to hundreds of hand-written lines that ship inside it, so it works the same on a plane, in a shop with no signal, or on an older phone. A daily reminder is optional. Turn it on and you get a short nudge, at most once a day, when there might be a card to write. Those are composed on your device too. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. No subscriptions. No advertising. The privacy nutrition label says "Data Not Collected", and the app has nothing to send anywhere even if it wanted to. Made by Indy.inc in the United Kingdom.

About

Event Countdown One

Features
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Event Countdown One is a clean, beautiful countdown timer for your iPhone. Add any event, set a target date, and watch the days, hours, minutes, and seconds tick down in real time. WHETHER IT IS A VACATION, A DEADLINE, OR A BIRTHDAY Add as many countdowns as you need. Each one gets its own emoji, accent color, and background color. Choose from curated presets like Sunset, Ocean, Forest, Galaxy, and Rose, or pick any color combination you like. FLEXIBLE DATE ENTRY Not sure of the exact date yet? Use duration mode to say "in 3 months and 5 days" and let the app work out the date for you. Switch to a specific date and time whenever you are ready. REPEATING EVENTS Mark an event as repeating and it automatically restarts with the same duration once the countdown ends. Perfect for recurring deadlines, monthly reviews, or any cycle you want to track. Every completed occurrence is saved to history so you always have a record. REMINDERS Set a reminder days before and another one minutes before the event. You choose exactly how much notice you want, and the app schedules everything locally on your device. No account, no server, no internet connection needed. HISTORY Every completed or manually reset event is saved to the history log with the scheduled date, completion time, and occurrence number. Browse your history by event at any time. LIGHT AND DARK THEMES Follows your system appearance automatically, or lock it to light or dark mode in the settings. FREE TO USE Event Countdown One is free on the App Store. It is supported by a small non-intrusive banner ad at the bottom of the screen. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no sign-in required. PRIVACY FIRST All your data stays on your device. No account is required and no personal information is ever sent to a server.

Screenshots

Just to Say4 screens
Event Countdown One2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Just to Say at none against Event Countdown One's shown. Event Countdown One's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Just to Say versus Event Countdown One: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJust to SayEvent Countdown One
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIndy.incSnow Line Software S.P.R.L.

In-app purchases

None

Just to Say

No in-app purchases

None

Event Countdown One

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Just to Say free?
Just to Say is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Event Countdown One free?
Event Countdown One is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Just to Say or Event Countdown One have ads?
Event Countdown One shows ads; Just to Say does not.

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