Comparison

Countdown Star vs Coin Flip with Stats

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Star

Track time until or since important life events. Set custom timers for birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, and more. Personalize with your own photos and share progress with friends.

Highlights
  • Add custom events
  • Customize event visuals
  • Apple Watch display
  • Today Widget integration
  • Set exact event times
  • Adjust time units
  • Share event progress
Features
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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.

About

Coin Flip with Stats

Simulate coin flips with an easy-to-use interface. Track your flip history and view detailed statistics for each outcome. Perfect for making decisions when a physical coin isn't available.

Highlights
  • Simulate coin flips
  • Call coin flips (Heads/Tails)
  • Automatic statistics recording
  • View flip statistics
  • Decision-making tool
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A coin flipping app that tracks statistics. Useful for when you don't have a coin handy. Features: - Flip a coin to view the result - Call a coin flip by choosing "Heads" or "Tails" and view the result - Automatically records statistics of each flip - View all statistics in "Stats"

Screenshots

Countdown Star4 screens
Coin Flip with Stats3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Coin Flip with Stats at 100% against Countdown Star's 59%. Coin Flip with Stats also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Countdown Star's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (216K vs 2). On price 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

Both are free to download. Countdown Star sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Coin Flip with Stats asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coin Flip with Stats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Star has 216K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Countdown Star's written reviews are positive against 100% of Coin Flip with Stats's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, Coin Flip with Stats every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Countdown Star versus Coin Flip with Stats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown StarCoin Flip with Stats
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (216K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings216K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 38 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph MerrillEarl Gaspard

Customer experience

Countdown Star

All ratings216,378 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews1,324 reviews
Positive59.2%
Neutral11.7%
Negative29.1%

Coin Flip with Stats

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Countdown Star

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Widget not displaying events
  • Wallpaper not saving
  • Countdown off by one day
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Crashes and glitches after updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add weeks option
  • Allow multiple countdowns on one screen
  • Provide Apple Watch complications
  • Add ability to export/backup data
  • Improve wallpaper customization
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  • Add option for annual/recurring events

Coin Flip with Stats

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Star

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Coin Flip with Stats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Star free?
Countdown Star is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coin Flip with Stats free?
Coin Flip with Stats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Star or Coin Flip with Stats?
Coin Flip with Stats is rated higher. Countdown Star averages 4.8 out of 5 from 216K ratings, while Coin Flip with Stats averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Countdown Star or Coin Flip with Stats have ads?
Countdown Star shows ads; Coin Flip with Stats does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Star or Coin Flip with Stats?
Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, and Coin Flip with Stats every 38 months. Most recently, Countdown Star was updated on October 26, 2026 and Coin Flip with Stats on October 7, 2026.

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