Comparison

CNDWN vs Dawnboard

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Countdowns and Countups
  • Progress Bars
  • iCloud Synchronization
  • Widgets (Home Screen, Lock Screen, Standby)
  • Live Activities
  • Import from Calendar
  • Shareable Countdowns
Features
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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.

About

Dawnboard

Transform your Apple TV into a dynamic dashboard. Customize layouts, themes, and widgets like calendars, photos, and music playlists. Control it all from your iPhone for a personalized viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable layouts and themes
  • Widget support (calendar, photos, music)
  • iPhone remote control
  • Animated themes
  • OLED burn-in protection
  • Countdown timers
  • Visual effects
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Dawnboard turns your Apple TV into a dashboard for the things you want to keep in view. Set it up on your iPhone, then send changes to the TV over your local network. Dawnboard is free to use. Layouts and themes Choose from six layouts: Gallery Hero, Triple Portrait, Quad Square, Mixed Gallery, Cinematic, and Ambient. Each layout has slots that you fill with widgets. Dawnboard includes 17 animated themes: New Dawn, Twilight, Ocean Breeze, Aurora, Outer Space, Enchanted Mist, Underwater Kingdom, Winter Wonder, Golden Hour, Valentine, Tiki Paradise, Moss Cathedral, River Canyon, Moss & Rain, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, and Spring Blossoms. You can also make a theme with a nine-color gradient. The display includes OLED burn-in protection. Display styles Choose Classic, Cozy, Weather, Day Planner, Countdown, or Minimal to control what appears in the header and footer. Widgets Add countdowns, calendar events, weather, lists, photo albums, or an Apple Music playlist to any compatible slot. Calendar Import events from Apple Calendar on your iPhone. Eight agenda and month views preserve your calendar colors, and you can choose whether to show locations and past events. Photos An album can hold up to 25 images. Vision-based auto-cropping handles landscape, portrait, square, and cinematic formats, with a separate crop for each format. Albums play as a crossfade slideshow on the TV. Countdowns Create a countdown with its own image. Dawnboard can send a daily reminder and another reminder on the day before the event. Effects Trigger Pixie Dust, Shooting Stars, Sparkles, Fireworks, Confetti, or Lanterns from the Command Center on your iPhone. Fireworks has eight show patterns. You can also leave the pixie sprite running and adjust the effect intensity. Apple Music Assign a playlist to each paired Apple TV and control playback from the TV remote. Pairing and sync Scan the QR code on the TV to pair it with your iPhone. Changes normally appear in under a second over Wi-Fi. You can manage more than one TV and give each one a different layout and theme. Privacy Dawnboard does not require a separate account and does not contain ads. Your data stays in your private iCloud account, and local network sync is encrypted. The iPhone and Apple TV can use different iCloud accounts. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dawnboard.com/privacy/

Screenshots

CNDWN4 screens
Dawnboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dawnboard at 4.5 against CNDWN's 4.2. CNDWN's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dawnboard holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CNDWN ships an update every 9 days, Dawnboard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CNDWN versus Dawnboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCNDWNDawnboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (9 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple TV
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexandra SchillhahnMoxiebytes LLC

Customer experience

CNDWN

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

Dawnboard

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CNDWN

No in-app purchases

None

Dawnboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CNDWN free?
CNDWN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dawnboard free?
Dawnboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CNDWN or Dawnboard?
Dawnboard is rated higher. CNDWN averages 4.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Dawnboard averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do CNDWN or Dawnboard have ads?
Neither CNDWN nor Dawnboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CNDWN or Dawnboard?
CNDWN ships an update every 9 days, and Dawnboard every 2 weeks. Most recently, CNDWN was updated on September 23, 2026 and Dawnboard on September 14, 2026.

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