Comparison

Countdown Fred vs CountedDays

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

CountedDays

Features
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Count down to the dates you care about, your way. CountedDays shows how long until a vacation, wedding, birthday, exam, move, or milestone, right on your Home Screen and Apple Watch. Choose a target date, add a photo, and start counting down. Use every calendar day for a classic countdown, or make it fit real life: count workdays, selected weekdays, whole weeks, training days, class sessions, and more. WHY COUNTEDDAYS • Count down to any future date • Count in days, whole weeks, or your own custom unit • Count only the weekdays you choose • Include or skip individual dates • Add photos and preview your widgets • Show one countdown or a list on your Home Screen • See countdowns on Apple Watch and watch-face complications • Organize everything with tags • Share a countdown as an image or CountedDays file • Works offline. No account, ads, tracking, or analytics CountedDays is free for up to four countdowns at a time, including photo backgrounds and widgets. Archive one when its date has passed and start a new one, as often as you like. The optional Supporter Pack is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited countdowns and alternate app icons. No subscription.

Screenshots

Countdown Fred3 screens
CountedDays4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown Fred at none against CountedDays's 1. CountedDays's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. CountedDays sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown Fred asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Fred ships an update monthly, CountedDays every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Fred versus CountedDays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown FredCountedDays
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaMtechElpax AB

In-app purchases

None

Countdown Fred

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CountedDays

One-time1
  • CountedDays Supporter Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Countdown Fred free?
Countdown Fred is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CountedDays free?
CountedDays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown Fred or CountedDays have ads?
Neither Countdown Fred nor CountedDays shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Fred or CountedDays?
Countdown Fred ships an update monthly, and CountedDays every 4 days. Most recently, Countdown Fred was updated on October 10, 2026 and CountedDays on October 4, 2026.

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