Comparison

Smart Events Countdown vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Smart Events Countdown

Easily track important dates and milestones with a user-friendly countdown timer. Customize your display to see remaining time in various units and access your countdowns directly from your home screen.

Highlights
  • User-friendly interface
  • Countdown widget
  • Multiple countdown display modes
  • Automatic device syncing
  • Customizable countdowns
Features
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Looking for a simple and user-friendly way to keep track of important events and milestones in your life? Look no further than Smart Events Countdown! With this easy-to-use app, you can easily set up countdowns for all your important events, including birthdays, holidays, vacations, and more. Simply enter the date and time of the event, and Smart Events Countdown will do the rest, providing you with detailed information on how long you have to wait until the big day. Smart Events Countdown also lets you customize your countdown experience by choosing between different display options. You can choose to view the countdown in total time remaining, or see it broken down into seconds, minutes, hours, and days. Download Smart Events Countdown today and start counting down to all the exciting events in your life! Key Features: • Convenient and very easy to use • The app widget which will help you to know the time until your next event without opening the app • Two modes of the countdown • Automatic syncing between your devices Tips: • Touch the screen after choosing an event in order to change countdown mode

About

Countdown

Easily track important dates and events with a customizable countdown timer. Set reminders, organize events with tags, and view upcoming dates on your home screen or Apple Watch. Syncs across devices and offers various counting options.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown timer
  • Event reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
  • Event sharing
  • iCloud sync
  • Repeatable countdowns
Features
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Countdown is a free, super easy to use countdown timer and reminder for the important events & dates in your life. Features: • Check your events on the Lock Screen with our widget (Premium feature) • Glance at your events on your Apple Watch • Glance at your events using our widget in StandBy (Premium feature) • Place our Widget anywhere on your Home Screen to view your most important events (Premium feature) • Share your countdowns with friends and family • Auto Import (Premium): Connect your calendars to Countdown and automatically add new events. • Pick any color you'd like for your countdown background • In addition to receiving a notification when it is time for your event, you can receive reminders 1 day before or 1 week before the event. • Choose the format in which you want to see your countdown (Premium feature) • Create as many events as you'd like • Count up from past events (available on each countdown page) • Sync your events across your devices with iCloud • Set your countdowns to repeat yearly, monthly, weekly or daily • Sort your events from the closest to the most distant • Dark Mode • Add notes to your events • Count only working days • Have many events? Organize them with tags Add as many events as you want: Vacation, Birthday, Holiday, Party, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, Cruise, Valentines, Wedding, Anniversary, Birth, Baby, Graduation, Pregnancy, Trip, New Home, Retirement, Game, Goals, Concert and many more. ——— QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? ——— We love hearing from you and we read every single email you send us! Have suggestions? Feel free to contact us at countdown@findappiness.co

Screenshots

Smart Events Countdown4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown at every 4 days against Smart Events Countdown's every 13 months. Countdown also leads on ratings volume (186K vs 110) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Smart Events Countdown's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Smart Events Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 186K ratings behind it against 110, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Smart Events Countdown's written reviews are positive against 72% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Events Countdown ships an update every 13 months, Countdown every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Smart Events Countdown versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Events CountdownCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (110 ratings)4.8 (186K ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.2% of reviews71.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings110186K — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#29 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmytro VynokurovFind Appiness LLC

Customer experience

Smart Events Countdown

All ratings110 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive70.2%
Neutral10.6%
Negative19.1%

Countdown

All ratings186,316 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews2,474 reviews
Positive71.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative22.3%

Bugs and requests

Smart Events Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widget not updating automatically
  • Countdown display issues after iOS 14 update
  • Inability to delete archived events

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to count up from past events
  • Provide more date/time format options
  • Implement calendar view for all events
  • Allow custom backgrounds for widgets
  • Add support for weekly/monthly repeating events

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smart Events Countdown

One-time1
  • Unlimited Events$2.99
3 purchases

Countdown

One-time3
  • Start 7-Day Free TrialFree
  • Countdown Widget Offer$3.99
  • Countdown Widget$6.99

Questions

Is Smart Events Countdown free?
Smart Events Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smart Events Countdown or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. Smart Events Countdown averages 4.6 out of 5 from 110 ratings, while Countdown averages 4.8 from 186K ratings.
Do Smart Events Countdown or Countdown have ads?
Both Smart Events Countdown and Countdown show ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Events Countdown or Countdown?
Smart Events Countdown ships an update every 13 months, and Countdown every 4 days. Most recently, Smart Events Countdown was updated on September 4, 2026 and Countdown on September 25, 2026.

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