Comparison

Countdown+++ vs bClk

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

Head to head
About

Countdown+++

Track important dates and events with a visually appealing and intuitive countdown app. Set unlimited custom countdowns, receive timely alarms, and share your progress with others. Personalize your experience with themes, notes, and various time formats.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event countdowns
  • Customizable alarms
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Today widget for quick view
  • Full-screen countdown display
  • Personalization with themes and notes
  • Event sharing and social media integration
Features
Read full description

With Countdown+++ you can count down to any event and date that matters to you: -How many days until my wedding anniversary? -How long ago did I quit smoking? -How much longer before Nick’s Birthday party? -How many days do I have to find a Valentine’s present? A NEW WAY TO INTERACT WITH EVENTS AND DATES ------------ Count down to UNLIMITED events and dates with a unique and accurate way. USE IT FOR EVERYTHING ------------ Birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine ’s Day, vacation, parties, exams, Halloween, new year’s eve, thanksgiving, wedding day, Christmas, days of quitting smoking and any other date that matters to you. ALARMS ------------ Need to set a reminder for your countdown event? Countdown+++ notifies you, so you’ll never miss an important event again!!! Set up to 33 alarms per event. iCLOUD SYNC ------------ Sync all your events on all your iOS devices automatically. You don’t have to do any setup!!! RED BADGE ICON ------------ Use the red badge icon of the app to show how many days are left for the event you want. The red badge icon updates automatically every day! WIDGET ON TODAY OF NOTIFICATION CENTER ------------ • See the days left at a glance right on the notifications center • Navigate through your events • Open the app from the widget FULL SCREEN COUNTDOWN ------------ Watch the countdown of an event full screen. Put your device on the dock and use it as a digital countdown clock!!! PERSONILAZATION ------------ Countdown+++ was designed with simplicity and functionality. Stunning graphics make tracking time easy and awesome. Personalize each event, using multiple theme colors, alarms, notes, repetitions and other customizations. SHARE ------------ • Share your events from right inside the app • Create event pics, set backgrounds, add filters and share them on social networks: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Countdown+++ MEANS PRODUCTIVITY ------------ Countdown+++ is the only countdown app that combines UNLIMITED dates and events with a completely clean and intuitive interface. MULTIPLE TIME FORMATS ------------ Select the time format to be used: • Live countdown, with precision down to one second • Days only • Weeks and days • Years, months and days COUNTDOWN STICKERS FOR iMESSAGES ------------ Want to send a "Hurry up" to your friends? You can definitely do that! Did someone send you an event? Put a "Mark the date" on it! With over 20 different stickers to choose from, there are lots of ways to share date & time topics and make your messages more fun!! MORE FEATURES ------------ • Create repetitive events (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually) • Import events from device’s calendar • Count down and up from dates • Instant event search • Sort events alphabetically, inverse alphabetically, by timeline, by inverse timeline, by date created or by date updated • Take screenshot of your current events list and set it as a lock-screen background

About

bClk

This customizable night clock offers a vibrant color palette and adjustable brightness, perfect for use in low-light conditions. It includes features like displaying a second time zone and a unique swipe gesture for flashlight functionality. The app is designed to stay on while plugged in, with intelligent power management when unplugged.

Highlights
  • Customizable colors and brightness
  • 12/24 hour format with PM indicator
  • Display of a second time zone
  • Swipe gesture for flashlight mode
  • Orientation-dependent controls
  • Auto-lock management for continuous display
Read full description

Night clock. Choice of 12 or 24 hr format. 12hr format has an extra "." to denote pm hours. Whole rainbow of color choices and variable brightnesses. Guide button leads you to separate page (and disappears after 3 seconds if not tapped). Set color/brightness by tapping on digits so you are less likely to change something while just handling the clock in the dark. Be sure to plug in because it does draw power. Single tap: change brightness. Double tap: change digit color. Swipe the digits to change background color to bright red to use as a night flashlight. Swipe digits again to get back to black blackground (and old brightness). Both brightness change and color change are orientation-dependent. Single tap in Portrait mode increases brightness, in Landscape decreases brightness. Similarly, double-tap in Portrait cycles one way and reverses if in Landscape. Display another time zone: If you are living in Maui but your officemates are all in Chicago and you want to keep track of what time it is there. Digits are italic if the time zone is enabled. AutoLock is turned off in the app so the clock continues to display during the night but with v1.80 and up if the phone is unplugged or power is lost then the display will turn off after the number of minutes set in the AutoLock feature. If AutoLock is set to never then the display will stay on but at the lowest power consumption setting. A 1/2 full battery icon is displayed if battery is being drained (see screenshot for largest iPhone).

Screenshots

Countdown+++4 screens
bClk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: bClk at Free against Countdown+++'s $0.99. bClk also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Countdown+++'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (5.8K vs 4). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

bClk is free to download; Countdown+++ costs $0.99 up front. Countdown+++ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. bClk asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown+++ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown+++ has 5.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Countdown+++'s written reviews are positive against 100% of bClk's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown+++ ships an update every 3 weeks, bClk monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Countdown+++ versus bClk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown+++bClk
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (5.8K ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews77.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.8K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas TsopanakisSean Brennan

Customer experience

Countdown+++

All ratings5,818 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews375 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral6.1%
Negative16.8%

bClk

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Countdown+++

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Events disappearing after closing app
  • Red badge icon not working
  • Countdown not updating correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Repeat events option
  • Countdown in weeks/months/years
  • Ability to add photos to events
  • Widget/lock screen countdown display
  • Sync across devices

bClk

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown+++

One-time1
  • Colors Pack$0.99
None

bClk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown+++ free?
Countdown+++ costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is bClk free?
bClk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown+++ or bClk?
Countdown+++ is rated higher. Countdown+++ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.8K ratings, while bClk averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Countdown+++ or bClk have ads?
Neither Countdown+++ nor bClk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown+++ or bClk?
Countdown+++ ships an update every 3 weeks, and bClk monthly. Most recently, Countdown+++ was updated on October 1, 2026 and bClk on October 5, 2026.

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