dayby vs Countdown Visual Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
dayby
A straightforward visual planner designed to help users organize and accomplish their daily tasks. It offers a simple interface for tracking activities and ensuring completion.
- Visual planning interface
- Daily activity tracking
- Task completion monitoring
- Simple and intuitive design
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A fun & simple visual planner to help you track and complete your daily activities
Countdown Visual Timer
This app provides a calming, visual countdown timer designed to reduce anxiety for individuals with special needs, autism, or ADHD. It offers customizable sounds and an easy-to-understand interface, making time management accessible for children and those with cognitive delays.
- Visual countdown interface
- Reduces anxiety and stress
- Customizable alert sounds
- Lockout options for buttons and settings
- Screen stays on during countdown
- Simple and intuitive design
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Calming. Visual. Quiet. Reduces anxiety and stress. Perfect for nonverbal, special needs,, autism, ADHD. Silent or choose from many alter sounds. Kids, toddlers and caregivers will love the relaxing and easy-to-understand interface. Over 50 sounds for notifications (or turn them off!). Finally! The perfect accessibility timer for young kids and people with communication or cognitive delays. Those on the Autism spectrum (ASD) and young kids can struggle with understanding time, leading to high anxiety and frustration around transitions. Being able to SEE time pass helps understanding, reducing frustration and anxiety. NO ANNOYING STUFF: — No ads, ever! — No annoying ticking sounds USEFUL FEATURES & OPTIONS: — Simple, elegant design — Easily save custom timer presets — Customize the alert sound (or turn it off!) — Lock out Stop button while timer is running (optional) — Lock out settings changes (optional) — Keep screen on during countdown (optional) — Alert sound when time is up (optional) — Notification if app is closed when timer expires (optional) — Accessibility support for Large Text, VoiceControl, Voice Over, Differentiate without Only Color, Reduce Motion, and more For some who have severe forms of Autism / Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), young children, and those with communication or cognitive impairments, Autism Timer Visual Countdown provides a superior, highly accessible experience. Hours, minutes, and seconds are abstract concepts that can be difficult to understand, leading to anger and aggression. Instead, we eliminate both visual and auditory distractions and provide a continuous, calm, visual cue. Most of the time, the app will be used by a caregiver, ABA therapist, or other professional. Changing options, and even the Stop button, can be disabled while the timer is running, and you can choose if you want an alert sound or not when the timer expires. The interface is designed to be simple and intuitive, and most of the buttons get out of the way while the timer is running. This app offers subscriptions. Privacy policy: https://nuclearcyborg.com/privacy Terms of use: https://nuclearcyborg.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Countdown Visual Timer at Free against dayby's $0.99. Countdown Visual Timer also leads on ratings volume (35 vs 2). dayby's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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
Countdown Visual Timer is free to download; dayby costs $0.99 up front. Countdown Visual Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. dayby asks for nothing beyond the download.
dayby holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Visual Timer has 35 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
dayby ships an update every 8 days, Countdown Visual Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | dayby | Countdown Visual Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (35 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zorrotheo Technologies LLC | Nuclear Cyborg Corp |
Customer experience
dayby
Countdown Visual Timer
In-app purchases
dayby
No in-app purchases
Countdown Visual Timer
- Autism Timer Premium (Weekly)$0.997 Days
- Autism Timer Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Autism Timer Premium (Annual)3 Days trial$9.991 Year
