Comparison

Countdown Star vs Fun Timer appy

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

Fun Timer appy

This child-friendly timer reveals fun images as it counts down, ending with a unique sound. Personalize timers with your own photos and recorded sounds for various activities, from homework to bedtime. It even includes a special 2-minute timer for brushing teeth.

Highlights
  • Reveals fun images as timer counts down
  • Unique ending sounds
  • Personalized timers with own photos
  • Record custom sounds
  • Specialized timers for activities
  • 2-minute teeth brushing timer
  • Seasonal bonus timers
Features
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Have fun with this child friendly timer. Watch as lots of fun, cute and interesting images are revealed as the timer counts down. Select from a range of 16 images and keep the little ones entertained, as they are uncovered. To make each countdown even more fun they end with their own unique sound to let you know the time is up. Create your own personalised fun timers. Simply select add timer and choose a picture from your photos or capture a new image using the camera. Then record your own unique sound to play when the timer is up. Not just for fun. Use these timers in many situations with your children, for example when cooking, reading, doing homework, bedtime routines, transitioning between activities or at bath time. It’s also a fantastic tool for parents and child alike when using discipline techniques such as the ‘Naughty Step’ or ‘Naught Spot’. An additional feature of our fun app is a specific setting to help children clean their teeth, with a 2 minute timer with 4 cycles of 30 seconds corresponding to which quadrant of the mouth to brush. Personalise and save each timer by choosing the duration. There are three bonus timers, Santa, Snowman and Rudolph the Reindeer that become visible only in November and December to get you in the Christmas spirit. Images include: sheep, duck, tractor, dog, frog, rocket, toothbrush, teddies, clock, egg, airplane, car, boat, flower, and cow. You can even use your own photos for a more personalised touch. For further information and more great apps, visit www.appy-now.co.uk.

Screenshots

Countdown Star4 screens
Fun Timer appy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Star at 4.8 against Fun Timer appy's 3.7. Countdown Star also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (216K vs 3). Fun Timer appy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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. Fun Timer appy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Star holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. 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. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Countdown Star's written reviews are positive against 67% of Fun Timer appy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, Fun Timer appy every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Countdown Star versus Fun Timer appy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown StarFun Timer appy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (216K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews59.4% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings216K — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph MerrillNick Fielder

Customer experience

Countdown Star

All ratings215,578 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews1,318 reviews
Positive59.4%
Neutral11.6%
Negative29.0%

Fun Timer appy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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
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  • Add option for annual/recurring events

Fun Timer appy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Star

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Fun Timer appy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Star free?
Countdown Star is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fun Timer appy free?
Fun Timer appy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Star or Fun Timer appy?
Countdown Star is rated higher. Countdown Star averages 4.8 out of 5 from 216K ratings, while Fun Timer appy averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Countdown Star or Fun Timer appy have ads?
Countdown Star shows ads; Fun Timer appy does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Star or Fun Timer appy?
Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, and Fun Timer appy every 3 months. Most recently, Countdown Star was updated on October 16, 2026 and Fun Timer appy on October 5, 2026.

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