Countdown Star (Ad vs eXaRt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Star (Ad
Track time until or since important events with customizable timers. Set up countdowns for birthdays, holidays, and vacations, or count up from anniversaries and special dates. Share your event timers with friends and family.
- Add custom events
- Customize event visuals
- Apple Watch display
- Today Widget integration
- Set exact event times
- Adjust time units
- Share event timers
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Countdown Star is the best way to countdown to — and count up from — all of your favorite events. Countdown to birthdays, holidays, an upcoming vacation, a wedding, the New Year, parties, sporting events, concerts and more. Count up from anniversaries, the day you were born, and other special events in the past. * How many seconds until your next birthday? * How many months since you were born? * How many days until you graduate from college? * How many hours until your anniversary? * How much time is left until your vacation starts? * How many days until Christmas? * How many minutes until your party begins? * How much time is left until your baby's due date? Countdown Star is the countdown app that lets you choose which events to add, then keeps them in sync across all of your devices. Features: * iCloud Sync — events and wallpapers sync automatically across all your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch devices * Celebration Animations — choose Confetti, Fireworks, Balloons, Stars, or Lasers when your countdown reaches zero * Repeating Events — annual events automatically advance to the next year so you never have to update them * Home Screen Widgets — Small, Medium, and Large widgets let you glance at your countdowns without opening the app * Apple Watch — view your events right on your wrist * Add Your Own Events — add as many events as you like * Custom Wallpapers — choose from 15+ built-in wallpapers or use your own photos * Time Zone Support — set each event in any time zone with localized city names * Sort and Search — sort by date, title, or your own custom order; events are sectioned into Countdown and Count Up groups * Favorites and Notifications — mark events as favorites to receive a notification when their countdown reaches zero * Interactive Slider — instantly switch between seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years to see your countdown exactly how you want it * Customizable Timer — choose timer position (Top, Middle, or Bottom), show or hide weeks, and toggle the leading zero * Multiple App Icons — personalize the app icon on your Home Screen Note: Countdown Star is available as a free version (with ads and an optional Remove Ads purchase) and as a paid ad-free version.
eXaRt
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Democratising and visualising digital artworks in public space - The eXaRt app provides a platform for visualising and democratising digital artworks through the use of augmented reality (AR). While virtual reality (VR) has opened up new possibilities for art mediation, the challenge of making these highly immersive digital artworks visible in the physical world remains. This limitation restricts not only the artists and recipients who have access to these works, but also the reach and influence of the artworks themselves. The eXaRt app is the result of intensive artistic work and research. It makes it possible to transfer digital artworks from the virtual world into the public space and thus make them accessible and tangible for everyone. The app breaks through the boundaries of virtual reality and visibly constructs digital artworks in the real world so that users can interact with them. This represents a significant step in the digitalisation and democratisation of art, not only at the Schiffbauergasse cultural venue, but anywhere and at any time. With the eXaRt app, digital artworks can appear in any desired environment - be it indoors, in parks or urban spaces. This integration of art into everyday life not only promotes the visibility and accessibility of artworks, but also enriches the cultural life of the community. Users can experience and interact with the artworks in a completely new way, blurring the boundaries between real and virtual reality. The eXaRt project sees itself as a research laboratory for augmented art. The project's first exhibition traces the visible and hidden ‘vibes’ at the Waschhaus cultural centre and transforms them into immersive spaces of possibility in an augmented reality. On display are various artworks by artists who can be located in the field of augmented street art. The three-dimensional works function as an immersive gallery without walls, in which digital art can be experienced up close. The eXaRt app enables profound immersion by tearing down the walls between artworks and the viewer. The distant, unapproachable artworks are replaced by phygital spaces that can be experienced by immersing oneself in these three-dimensional worlds. As a result, the artworks can be experienced physically and the users can establish a direct connection to the digital art. This sets new standards in art education and opens up new possibilities for artists and art lovers worldwide. Download the eXaRt app and experience digital artworks like never before.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: eXaRt at Free against Countdown Star (Ad's $1.99. eXaRt also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Countdown Star (Ad's advantage is chart position (#75 vs unranked). On ads, 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
eXaRt is free to download; Countdown Star (Ad costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Countdown Star (Ad ships an update fortnightly, eXaRt every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Star (Ad | eXaRt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 55.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #75 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 166 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Joseph Merrill | Waschhaus Potsdam gGmbH |
Bugs and requests
Countdown Star (Ad
Reported bugs
4 issues- Custom wallpapers not saving
- Countdown not updating correctly
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Notification system not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Recurring event support
- Ability to exclude weekends/holidays from countdown
- Multiple event display on main screen
- Improved widget functionality
- Sync across devices
eXaRt
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown Star (Ad
No in-app purchases
eXaRt
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Countdown Star (Ad free?
Is eXaRt free?
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