MyCountdown vs Countdowns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyCountdown
Track upcoming events with a visually customizable countdown. Receive daily notifications and enjoy a modern interface with various display styles and widgets. Celebrate milestones as they arrive.
- Daily countdown notifications
- Customizable image backgrounds
- Number and flip view styles
- Today widget view
- Event celebration
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Countdown the date that you most waiting for, and decorate the view with your image you love. - Notification that count for every day. - Update look for iOS 7. - Styles: number / flip view - today widget view Celebrate when the time has come!
Countdowns
Easily track upcoming events with customizable countdown timers. Set reminders for important dates and personalize the look of each countdown with different colors and fonts. Organize events by proximity or alphabetically, with support for dark mode and notifications.
- Customizable colors and fonts
- Unlimited event creation
- Event sorting options
- Dark Mode support
- Event notifications
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Countdowns is a free, super easy to use countdown timer and reminder for the important events & dates in your life. Features: * Choose the colors and fonts for each event * Create as many events as you'd like * Sort your events from the closest to the most distant or alphabetically * Dark Mode * Notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countdowns at 5.0 against MyCountdown's 3.3. Countdowns also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). MyCountdown's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. MyCountdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdowns asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdowns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of MyCountdown's written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdowns's.
MyCountdown ships an update every 6 weeks, Countdowns every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyCountdown | Countdowns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iReka Soft | Chris Stayte |
Customer experience
MyCountdown
Countdowns
In-app purchases
MyCountdown
- Remove Ads!$0.99
Countdowns
No in-app purchases
Questions
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