Comparison

Countdown Fred vs TimeTill

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Fred

This app helps you keep track of important upcoming dates by displaying them as colorful cards. You can add events like holidays, birthdays, or gigs, and the app automatically sorts them by date. It offers home screen widgets and customizable display options for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable event cards
  • Automatic date sorting
  • Home screen widgets
  • Days or weeks display
  • Light and dark mode
  • No accounts or clutter
Features
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Countdown Fred keeps the dates you are looking forward to where you can actually see them. Add the moments that matter — a holiday, a birthday, a wedding, a gig, the first day of something new — and Countdown Fred turns them into a clean grid of colourful cards, always sorted so the next one comes first. No accounts. No feeds. No clutter. Just how long until the good stuff. MAKE EVERY EVENT YOURS • Give each event a name, a date and one of eleven symbols • Choose from four card colours • Cards sort themselves by date, so what is next is always at the top • Tap any card to edit it or take it off the list DAYS OR WEEKS One tap switches the whole app between days and weeks. "45 days" or "6 weeks 3 days" — however you naturally think about time. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • A small widget for your next event • A medium widget showing what is next plus two more coming up • The widget takes on the colour of your next event • Refreshes itself every day, so the number is always right MADE TO BE LOOKED AT • Flat, friendly design with rounded type and soft colour • Light and dark mode are each designed properly, not one inverted copy of the other • Quick to open, quick to add, then out of your way YOURS ALONE Everything stays on your iPhone. There is no account to create, nothing to sign in to, no tracking and no analytics. Your events are nobody else's business.

About

TimeTill

Create beautiful countdown widgets for your important moments, from holidays to personal goals. Customize with photos, colors, and fonts. Track events on your home screen and lock screen with smart reminders and calendar sync.

Highlights
  • Unlimited countdown creation
  • Customizable event widgets
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • Count down to future events
  • Count up from past events
  • Smart reminders
  • Calendar sync
Features
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Beautiful countdown widgets for your most important moments. TimeTill helps you track every event that matters — from holidays and vacations to deadlines and personal goals. Built for iOS 18 widgets. Elegant Countdown Creation: • Create unlimited countdowns for any event • Customize each with photos, colors, and personal touches • Choose from 50+ fonts and themes Widgets on Your Home Screen: • Add countdown widgets directly to your home screen • Lock screen widgets to see countdowns at a glance • Multiple widget sizes to fit your screen Smart Tracking: • Count down to future events or count up from past ones • Smart reminders so you never miss what matters • Calendar sync to keep everything in one place Whether you're counting down to a wedding, holiday, exam, or any milestone — TimeTill makes every day count. Designed for iPhone and iPad. No annoying ads. Terms of Use (EULA): https://sites.google.com/view/timetill-app/terms-and-conditions

Screenshots

Countdown Fred3 screens
TimeTill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown Fred at none against TimeTill's 4. TimeTill's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. TimeTill sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Countdown Fred asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Countdown Fred against 5.0 for TimeTill. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimeTill has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Fred ships an update monthly, TimeTill fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Fred versus TimeTill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown FredTimeTill
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaMtechAndrii Kolisnyk

Customer experience

Countdown Fred

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TimeTill

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Countdown Fred

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

TimeTill

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly discount$0.991 Month
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annual$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Countdown Fred free?
Countdown Fred is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeTill free?
TimeTill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Fred or TimeTill?
Countdown Fred and TimeTill are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do Countdown Fred or TimeTill have ads?
Neither Countdown Fred nor TimeTill shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Fred or TimeTill?
Countdown Fred ships an update monthly, and TimeTill fortnightly. Most recently, Countdown Fred was updated on August 16, 2026 and TimeTill on September 8, 2026.

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