Countdown Star vs KMTS
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.
KMTS
Access local programming and live college sports broadcasts within a 75-mile radius. Discover song details, view album art, and track recently played tracks. Users can provide feedback on songs and connect with social media feeds.
- Live local programming
- College sports broadcasts
- Song artist and title display
- Album art viewing
- Recent song history
- Song feedback (thumb up/down)
- Social media integration
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Download our app to have access to all our local programming. * NEW! - Listen to college sports broadcasts within 75 miles of Glenwood. * Listen to all local programming. * See the Artist and Title of songs * View Album Art * View the last 20 songs * Give each song a thumb up or thumb down * Follow our social media feeds
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KMTS at none against Countdown Star's 1. KMTS also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Countdown Star's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (216K vs 3). On price, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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. KMTS asks for nothing beyond the download.
KMTS 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, KMTS every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Star | KMTS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (216K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 216K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Merrill | Colorado West Broadcasting, Inc. |
Customer experience
Countdown Star
KMTS
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
KMTS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown Star
- Remove Ads$1.99
KMTS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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