Comparison

Countdown Star vs Wedding Countdown Planner

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Star

Easily track upcoming events with customizable countdowns and count-ups. Personalize your experience with custom wallpapers, animations, and widgets. Syncs across devices and offers notifications for important dates.

Highlights
  • iCloud Sync across devices
  • Celebration animations
  • Repeating event support
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable wallpapers
  • Notifications for event completion
  • Interactive time unit slider
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 * Compatible with iPhone Duo — Countdown Star fits the outer and inner displays, open or closed, and when partially open like a book * 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

Wedding Countdown Planner

This app helps you organize your wedding with a countdown to your big day. It includes tools for budgeting, guest lists, and planning, with customizable themes and the ability to share your countdown.

Highlights
  • Wedding Countdown
  • Budget Planner
  • Wedding Planning Guide
  • Guest List Management
  • Customizable Themes
  • Shareable Countdown
Features
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Wedding Countdown is a clean and well designed app that will count down to your special day and help you with all the wedding preparations. FEATURES - Wedding Countdown - Budget Planner - Wedding Planning Guide - Guest List - Wedding Organizer - Love Quote of the Day - Share your LIVE countdown Add your names and choose from more than 20 different themes or add your own picture to make the app look just like you want it. You can also share the countdown or daily love quotes with your future husband or wife. THEMES - Hearts - Wave - Sunset - Wedding Cake - Couple - Flowers - Female Couple - Male Couple - Wedding Pavilion - Bouquet - Rose Petals - Shoes & Champagne - Wedding Rings - Cutting the cake - Love story - Champagne - Rings on hands - Hearts at the beach - Swan Heart - Pregnant Couple - Roses & Pearls - or create your own theme with your own picture

Screenshots

Countdown Star4 screens
Wedding Countdown Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown Star at fortnightly against Wedding Countdown Planner's every 4 months. Countdown Star also leads on ratings volume (217K vs 179). Wedding Countdown Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 and Wedding Countdown Planner sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Countdown Star against 4.7 for Wedding Countdown Planner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Star has 217K ratings behind it against 179, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 59% and 59% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, Wedding Countdown Planner every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown Star versus Wedding Countdown Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown StarWedding Countdown Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (217K ratings) — better4.7 (179 ratings)
Positive reviews59.1% of reviews59.1% of reviews
Number of ratings217K — better179
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph MerrillGreen Gecko LLC

Customer experience

Countdown Star

All ratings216,685 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews1,340 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral11.7%
Negative29.2%

Wedding Countdown Planner

All ratings179 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral13.6%
Negative27.3%

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
Show 1 more
  • Add option for annual/recurring events

Wedding Countdown Planner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Star

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
10 purchases

Wedding Countdown Planner

One-time10
  • Theme Couple$0.99
  • Theme Bouquet$0.99
  • Theme Wedding Rings$0.99
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  • Theme Love story$0.99
  • Theme Rings on hands$0.99
  • Theme Hearts at the beach$0.99
  • Theme Roses & Pearls$0.99
  • function to add your own picture$1.99
  • Removal of advertisements$2.99
  • Premium Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Countdown Star free?
Countdown Star is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wedding Countdown Planner free?
Wedding Countdown Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Star or Wedding Countdown Planner?
Countdown Star is rated higher. Countdown Star averages 4.8 out of 5 from 217K ratings, while Wedding Countdown Planner averages 4.7 from 179 ratings.
Do Countdown Star or Wedding Countdown Planner have ads?
Both Countdown Star and Wedding Countdown Planner show ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Star or Wedding Countdown Planner?
Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, and Wedding Countdown Planner every 4 months. Most recently, Countdown Star was updated on November 9, 2026 and Wedding Countdown Planner on November 1, 2026.

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