Comparison

Reminder & Countdown Pro vs DayCount

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

Head to head
About

Reminder & Countdown Pro

Organize tasks, projects, and events with a distraction-free interface. Customize alerts, icons, and backgrounds to suit your needs. Sync across devices and secure your data with biometric authentication.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free task management
  • Customizable event alerts
  • Icon, background, and sound customization
  • Date, time, and repetition settings
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Biometric app locking
  • iOS 14 home screen widgets
Features
Currently charting
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Reminder Pro is designed to manage your tasks, projects, and anything else you want to keep track of in really easy way taking away distraction and various shiny things that often lead us off course of whatever it is we’re trying to do. Reminder Pro highlights: ▸ Specify the event title. ▸ Assign default or custom category. ▸ Adjust icon, background, sound, time of alerts, font and text color. ▸ Set up date and time, duration, repetition, and units of countdown time. ▸ Add an optional description. ▸ Sort events by date, title, category or custom. ▸ Show or hide icons of the events. ▸ Set up events default values. ▸ Manage categories of the events. ▸ Import data from Address book, iCal, Reminders. ▸ Sync events between devices via iCloud. ▸ Show a badge number on the app’s icon. ▸ Switch between the old UI and the new UI. ▸ Locking / Unlocking the app using Touch & Face ID. ▸ IOS 14 home screen widgets. ▸ Run in the background. Information on events comes in a nicely-wrapped card which you can create by yourself, just open an event and swipe left or right to pick a screen and arrange custom boxes to fit your needs. Additionally, the app is complemented with excellent sharing options which give you an opportunity to share your reminders with the world via Email, Facebook, Twitter and even more.

About

DayCount

Track time towards future events or since past milestones. Set custom reminders, build positive habits with streak tracking, and visualize your progress with customizable widgets. Stay organized and focused on what matters most.

Highlights
  • Event counters for countdowns and count-ups
  • Streak and habit tracking
  • Customizable widgets for Home and Lock Screen
  • Flexible reminder settings
  • Event grouping and categorization
  • Image integration for events
  • Calendar import
Features
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DayCount helps you stay aware of time and the moments that matter. You can count towards what's coming up, keep track of time since important moments, and set reminders that work around your events. Everything stays clear and easy to manage, whatever you're using it for. --- Key Features Event Counters - Countdown using event counters that track time before and after your date - Group events using custom categories - Apply images from your device or search Unsplash - Arrange events alphabetically or by date - Repeat events daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, yearly, or at custom intervals - Write notes in dedicated spaces for each event - Decimal counting for precise measurements Streaks and Habits - Build positive habits by tracking daily streaks - Work towards your longest run of productive days - View streaks alongside your events Widgets - Create widgets using different filters, fonts, textures, and borders - Add widgets to your Home Screen or Lock Screen Reminders - Set alerts minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years before or after events - Daily summary notifications showing your top 5 events or streaks Appearance and Accessibility - Event size options from regular to huge - Higher contrast options for improved text readability - Support for Dynamic Type - Light and Dark modes - Alternate app icons Sharing and Integrations - Share full-resolution screenshots of your events - Import events directly from your calendar - Save a location to an event and open directions in Apple Maps or Google Maps Privacy and Security - Backup and sync events and streaks across iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac - Lock the app using Face ID or Touch ID - Manual time zone control --- Subscription Information DayCount offers an auto-renewing yearly subscription with a free 7-day trial. After the free trial ends, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period at the same price. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time through your Account Settings. DayCount Premium is available as an annual subscription or a lifetime purchase. --- Terms of Service https://goo.gl/qKXvYk Privacy Policy https://www.daycountapp.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Reminder & Countdown Pro4 screens
DayCount4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DayCount at Free against Reminder & Countdown Pro's $1.99. DayCount also leads on ratings volume (26K vs 3.2K). Reminder & Countdown Pro's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 47%) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On rating, ads, device support 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

DayCount is free to download; Reminder & Countdown Pro costs $1.99 up front. DayCount sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Reminder & Countdown Pro 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 Pro against 4.7 for DayCount. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DayCount has 26K ratings behind it against 3.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Reminder & Countdown Pro's written reviews are positive against 47% of DayCount's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reminder & Countdown Pro ships an update every 9 days, DayCount every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Reminder & Countdown Pro versus DayCount: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReminder & Countdown ProDayCount
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (3.2K ratings) — better4.7 (26K ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better47.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K26K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#91 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB203 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey AstakhovZaminiti Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Reminder & Countdown Pro

All ratings3,217 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews352 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative6.8%

DayCount

All ratings26,261 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews800 reviews
Positive47.0%
Neutral12.1%
Negative40.9%

Bugs and requests

Reminder & Countdown Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

DayCount

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes after recent updates
  • Inconsistent countdown display
  • Issues with syncing across devices
  • Paid subscription not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Calendar integration
  • Recurring event/reminder support
  • Ability to edit events without paid subscription
  • Automatic backup and restore of data
  • Widget customization options

In-app purchases

None

Reminder & Countdown Pro

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

DayCount

Subscriptions1
  • DayCount Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • DayCount Forever$29.99
  • StreakCount$59.99
  • DayCount Pro$59.99

Questions

Is Reminder & Countdown Pro free?
Reminder & Countdown Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayCount free?
DayCount is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reminder & Countdown Pro or DayCount?
Reminder & Countdown Pro is rated higher. Reminder & Countdown Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while DayCount averages 4.7 from 26K ratings.
Do Reminder & Countdown Pro or DayCount have ads?
Neither Reminder & Countdown Pro nor DayCount shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reminder & Countdown Pro or DayCount?
Reminder & Countdown Pro ships an update every 9 days, and DayCount every 5 weeks. Most recently, Reminder & Countdown Pro was updated on October 18, 2026 and DayCount on October 20, 2026.

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