Comparison

Countdown Star vs Healing Voice

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

Healing Voice

Features
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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 …

Screenshots

Countdown Star4 screens
Healing Voice1 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Countdown Star sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Healing Voice asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Star versus Healing Voice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown StarHealing Voice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (217K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings217K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph MerrillYahav 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

1 purchases

Countdown Star

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Healing Voice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Star free?
Countdown Star is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Healing Voice free?
Healing Voice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown Star or Healing Voice have ads?
Countdown Star shows ads; Healing Voice does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Star or Healing Voice?
Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, and Healing Voice every 6 days. Most recently, Countdown Star was updated on November 4, 2026 and Healing Voice on November 3, 2026.

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