Comparison

Reminder & Countdown vs Pinning

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

Head to head
About

Reminder & Countdown

Never miss an important event with this app. Set up custom reminders for everything from birthdays to holidays, with real-time countdowns and configurable alerts. Personalize your events with unique icons, backgrounds, and fonts, and easily share your countdowns with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Real-time countdowns
  • Customizable alerts
  • Event personalization (icons, backgrounds, fonts)
  • Import birthdays and calendar events
  • Event sharing via multiple platforms
  • Multiple reminder options
Features
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The app is designed to remind you about all your important events, meetings, friends’ birthdays, a long-awaited TV Shows premieres, dentist appointments, coming-soon holidays, a wedding date and any upcoming events you don’t want to miss. Event information comes in a nicely-wrapped pack. All details (such as date and time, font, icon, alert sound, background and other options) can be configured according to your taste. The app is complemented with excellent sharing options giving you an opportunity to send your reminders to anyone throughout the world via SMS, MMS, Email, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, WhatsApp, Viber and other social networks and services. KEY FEATURES: - Multiple reminders - Counting down in real-time - Selection of timing units you wish to count down - Sorting entries by date, name or applying a customizable sorting - Individual names, time&date options, categories - Various icons - Custom intervals to repeat events - Configurable alerts before or after a due date - Individual backgrounds - A wide variety of fonts to choose from - Formatting Dates and Times: Full, Short, and Abbreviated time units can be applied - Importing birthdays from your Address book - Importing events from the iOS Calendar app and Reminders app - Changing the default event icon to a personal photo - Set photos as background - Sharing countdowns through all available ways sending the whole countdown screenshot or only a part of it And you can also: - Enjoy awesome, easy to use UI - Make colourful notes - Brighten up reminders - Use the app as an alarm Thank you for your thoughts, they are very valuable! We are continued to make Reminder & Countdown even better, so never lose the drive to share your impressions and feedback with us at support@persapps.com

About

Pinning

Track important dates and milestones with a visually appealing countdown and calendar app. Organize events with notebooks, add custom icons, and display them on your home or lock screen with widgets. Share events with others via iCloud collaboration.

Highlights
  • Event countdown and count-up
  • Calendar event syncing
  • Birthday and anniversary tracking
  • Event organization with notebooks
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • iCloud collaboration
  • Recurring event notifications
Features
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Pinning is a more powerful countdown app and a simple calendar viewer. It’s a tool to help you record life stories or track project milestones. It’s easy to create events and organize them with notebooks. Pinning also comes with built-in lists for birthdays and anniversaries. Events will be shown in timeline with self-selected icons or emojis. You can put the most important events on Home Screen or Lock Screen with beautiful widgets. Pinning supports iCloud collaboration so that you can easily share important events with family and friends. ## Features - Event countdown and count-up. - Sync upcoming calendar events and scheduled reminders. - Keep track of birthdays and anniversaries. - Organize with notebooks and tags. - Create recurring events and receive notifications. - Home Screen widgets for single event and event timeline. Lock Screen widgets for the most important events. - iCloud collaboration. - Siri Shortcuts support. - Save single event or list of events as images. - Import birthdays from birthday calendar. - Create events from calendars. Privacy Policy: https://pinning.app/privacy-policy Terms of Services: https://pinning.app/terms

Screenshots

Reminder & Countdown4 screens
Pinning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reminder & Countdown at none against Pinning's 6. Reminder & Countdown also leads on ratings volume (16K vs 51) and review sentiment (86% vs 75%). Pinning's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. Pinning sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Reminder & Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Reminder & Countdown against 4.7 for Pinning. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reminder & Countdown has 16K ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Reminder & Countdown's written reviews are positive against 75% of Pinning's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reminder & Countdown ships an update every 3 months, Pinning every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Reminder & Countdown versus Pinning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReminder & CountdownPinning
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (16K ratings) — better4.7 (51 ratings)
Positive reviews86.1% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16K — better51
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey AstakhovAnybox LTD

Customer experience

Reminder & Countdown

All ratings16,368 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews389 reviews
Positive86.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative9.3%

Pinning

All ratings51 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative15.0%

Bugs and requests

Reminder & Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Reminders not clearing after being deleted
  • Countdown timers not always accurate
  • Notification issues after iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow snooze and nag functions for reminders
  • Integrate with calendar apps for better sync
  • Add ability to filter reminders by work/school days
  • Provide more customization options for backgrounds and icons
  • Enable sharing of countdowns with friends and family

Pinning

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Reminder & Countdown

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Pinning

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Monthly (Family Sharing)$2.491 Month
  • Yearly$11.991 Year
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  • Yearly (Family Sharing)$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime (Family Sharing)$31.99

Questions

Is Reminder & Countdown free?
Reminder & Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pinning free?
Pinning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reminder & Countdown or Pinning?
Reminder & Countdown is rated higher. Reminder & Countdown averages 4.8 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while Pinning averages 4.7 from 51 ratings.
Do Reminder & Countdown or Pinning have ads?
Reminder & Countdown shows ads; Pinning does not.
Which is updated more often, Reminder & Countdown or Pinning?
Reminder & Countdown ships an update every 3 months, and Pinning every 3 weeks. Most recently, Reminder & Countdown was updated on September 24, 2026 and Pinning on September 22, 2026.

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