Countdown Star vs Healing Voice
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.
Healing Voice
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FIRST 24/7 HEALING webradio in Russian for Russian speaking people all over the world: - The word of God, which is the only perfect medicine that penetrates to the root of the disease - into the spiritual realm; - healthy Biblical teaching; - the promises of Almighty God; - good audio books, “tested” in the practice of healing and deliverance; - miraculous testimonies of healings and deliverances; - live prayers for healing; - anointed healing sermons and schools; - prophetic and healing worship of famous world and Ukrainian worshippers; - the proclamation of the Word for those: - who needs healing and deliverance; - who serves to others needed healing and deliverance …
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Healing Voice at none against Countdown Star's 1. Healing Voice also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). 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
Both are free to download. Countdown Star sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Healing Voice asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, Healing Voice every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Star | Healing Voice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (217K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 217K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Merrill | Yahav Shasha |
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
Healing Voice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown Star
- Remove Ads$1.99
Healing Voice
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Countdown Star free?
Is Healing Voice free?
Do Countdown Star or Healing Voice have ads?
Which is updated more often, Countdown Star or Healing Voice?
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