Comparison

Countdown Fred vs Yearli

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

Yearli

Visualize your entire year's schedule at a glance. This app consolidates events from Apple and Google Calendars, offering customizable views to help you spot busy periods and plan ahead without losing the big picture.

Highlights
  • Full annual overview of all calendar events
  • Apple Calendar & Google Calendar support
  • Multiple configurable views
  • Per-view calendar selection and visual style
  • Filter by event type
  • Distraction-free interface
Features
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ow many free weekends do you have before summer? When does the next busy stretch start? Yearli answers at a glance: your entire year on one screen, with every event from Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders and Google Calendar. Most calendar apps stop at the month view. Yearli shows all your events across the whole year, so you can see busy periods, spot free weeks and plan vacations, exams, projects and trips with the big picture in mind. Create multiple views and switch between them instantly – one for work, one for family, one for school. Each view can be configured individually: choose which calendars to display, set the visual style, and filter by specific types of events. Features: – Full year overview of all your calendar events – Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders & Google Calendar – Multiple configurable views, each with its own name and emoji – Per-calendar colors, display styles and priorities – Filter events by title, duration, weekday and more – Dated reminders in your year view – completed ones can stay visible, struck through – Export your calendar as a PDF or image – Pinch to zoom from the whole year down to single days – Double-tap any day to open it directly in your calendar app – Edit, delete, or add events there – Yearli updates instantly – Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac Your data stays on your device. Yearli reads your calendar events locally – nothing is stored, shared, or sent anywhere. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Countdown Fred3 screens
Yearli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown Fred at none against Yearli's 4. Countdown Fred also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Yearli's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Yearli sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Countdown Fred asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Fred holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yearli has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Fred ships an update monthly, Yearli every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Countdown Fred versus Yearli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown FredYearli
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.026
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaMtechFelix Haag

Customer experience

Countdown Fred

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

Yearli

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Countdown Fred

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Yearli

Subscriptions3
  • Yearli Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearli Pro Annual$12.991 Year
  • Yearli Pro Annual7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Yearli Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Countdown Fred free?
Countdown Fred is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yearli free?
Yearli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Fred or Yearli?
Countdown Fred is rated higher. Countdown Fred averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Yearli averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Countdown Fred or Yearli have ads?
Neither Countdown Fred nor Yearli shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Fred or Yearli?
Countdown Fred ships an update monthly, and Yearli every 9 days. Most recently, Countdown Fred was updated on October 10, 2026 and Yearli on October 19, 2026.

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