Days vs CNDWN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Days
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Days keeps track of the dates you are waiting for and the ones you want to remember. Add a birthday, a trip, an exam or your wedding day, and Days shows how long is left, or how long it has been, on a photo card you design yourself. PHOTO CARDS Use a photo from your library or from Unsplash, crop it, then pick a card style, a font and how dark the photo should be behind the text. TEMPLATES Ready-made events for love, family and holidays come with their own photo and style, so adding one takes a single tap. WIDGETS Put an event on your home screen or lock screen. Each widget can show one event you choose, the next upcoming event, or a different event every day. REPEATING EVENTS Birthdays and anniversaries roll over every year. Lunar New Year follows the lunar calendar. 13 LANGUAGES English, Vietnamese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Indonesian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil) and Russian. PRO Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. It adds: • Reminders on the day, or 1, 3 or 7 days before • 10 more card styles, including polaroid, ticket, tear-off calendar, neon and LED clock • 8 more fonts, all with full Vietnamese support • More templates for study, travel, Vietnamese holidays and habits Everything you can do today stays free.
CNDWN
Track upcoming events and past milestones with customizable countdowns and countups. Features include iCloud sync, widgets, Live Activities, and import from your calendar. Share your progress with others.
- Countdowns and Countups
- Progress Bars
- iCloud Synchronization
- Widgets (Home Screen, Lock Screen, Standby)
- Live Activities
- Import from Calendar
- Shareable Countdowns
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Count down to the moments that matter — birthdays, weddings, trips, exams, due dates, and every big day — on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. CNDWN is the first countdown app with every feature free: • Countdowns & count-ups • Progress bars for every event • Home Screen, Lock Screen & StandBy widgets • Apple Watch app & complications • Live Activities on the Lock Screen • iCloud sync across all your devices • Custom colors for each countdown • Notifications & reminders • Import from Calendar & Reminders • Dark Mode & Handoff • Share your countdowns — now to Instagram, too Set your first countdown in seconds and never lose track of what's coming next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CNDWN at none against Days's shown. CNDWN also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 47 months) and device support (5 vs 2). Days's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Days ships an update every 47 months, CNDWN every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Days | CNDWN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 47 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thua Nguyen | Alexandra Schillhahn |
In-app purchases
Days
No in-app purchases
CNDWN
No in-app purchases









