Countdown Star vs My Love
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Add custom events
- Customize event visuals
- Apple Watch display
- Today Widget integration
- Set exact event times
- Adjust time units
- Share event progress
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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.
My Love
Never forget important relationship milestones. This app helps couples track anniversaries and special days with precise countdowns. It also offers a collection of love quotes and texts to share, enhancing communication and celebrating your bond.
- Anniversary tracking
- Precise countdowns (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
- Love quotes and texts
- Customizable interface
- Notifications for special days
- Password protection
- Notification widget
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HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TOGETHER? My Love counts every year, month, day, hour, minute and second of your relationship — and makes sure you never forget an anniversary again. Trusted by more than 11,000 couples with a 4.7-star rating. DAYS TOGETHER COUNTER • Live counter from your first date, first kiss, engagement or wedding day • See it as total days, or years / months / days • Milestones tracked automatically: 100 days, 1 year, 1,000 days and more HOME SCREEN & LOCK SCREEN WIDGET • Your days together on your home screen, with your photo behind it • Updates automatically — no need to open the app ANNIVERSARY REMINDERS • Monthly and yearly anniversary notifications • Add unlimited special dates: birthdays, first trip, moving in together • Countdown to upcoming events LOVE QUOTES & MESSAGES • 10,000+ love quotes and texts to send your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife • A daily quote notification to share MEMORIES, PRIVATE • Photo gallery for your relationship memories • Passcode and Face ID lock • iCloud backup so nothing is lost when you change phones MADE FOR EVERY COUPLE • Multiple profiles — track more than one relationship or family date • Beautiful backgrounds, themes and effects, fully customizable • Works for dating, long distance, engaged and married couples MY LOVE PREMIUM Unlock unlimited photos, all backgrounds and themes, all quote packs and remove ads. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period and can be managed in your Apple ID settings. Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/mylove-relationship/home Terms of use: https://sites.google.com/view/jahanara/home
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Countdown Star at ad-supported against My Love's subscription. Countdown Star also leads on ratings volume (217K vs 11K) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). My Love's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (82% vs 59%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Countdown Star sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and My Love sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Countdown Star against 4.7 for My Love. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Star has 217K ratings behind it against 11K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Countdown Star's written reviews are positive against 82% of My Love's.
Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, My Love every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Countdown Star | My Love |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (217K ratings) — better | 4.7 (11K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.2% of reviews | 82.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 217K — better | 11K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Joseph Merrill | Mst. Jahanara Sultana |
Customer experience
Countdown Star
My Love
User reviews
Countdown Star
From 217K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 💡 Customizable backgrounds
- 👍 Helpful for tracking events
- 👍 Useful for long-distance relationships
Room to improve
- 🐛 Widget not working
- 🐛 Wallpaper feature not working
- 🐛 Countdown inaccuracies
- 🐛 Notifications not working
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
My Love
From 11K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💕 Keeps track of relationship milestones
- 🔒 Passcode and biometric security
- 📆 Displays days, hours, minutes, seconds
- 🎨 Customizable backgrounds and themes
- 💬 Provides love quotes and messages
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywall for advanced features
- 🌐 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 📆 Inaccurate date tracking
- 🔄 Doesn't automatically update
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
My Love
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when opening settings
- Widget doesn't update dates correctly
- Can't change photos for events
- Syncing issues across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more customization options
- Improve date tracking accuracy
- Provide more free features
- Allow adding multiple relationships
- Add widget support for home screen
In-app purchases
Countdown Star
- Remove Ads$1.99
My Love
- My Love Premium$3.991 Month
- My Love Yearly Premium$8.991 Year
- Remove ads forever$0.99
- Unlock countdown backgrounds$1.99
- Unlock Backgrounds$1.99
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- Unlock quotes$1.99
- Unlock love events$2.99
- Unlock All$5.99
- One Time Purchase$19.99
Questions
Is Countdown Star free?
Is My Love free?
Which has better reviews, Countdown Star or My Love?
Do Countdown Star or My Love have ads?
Which is updated more often, Countdown Star or My Love?
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