Comparison

CNDWN vs The Keeping

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

The Keeping

Features
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Some things you finish stay with you. A book that rearranged something. A film you still think about. An episode you wanted to tell someone about. The Keeping is a private place to write down what they meant to you — and find them again years later. It holds everything you read, watch, and hear in one quiet archive: books, films, TV, and podcasts, side by side. No feed. No followers. No streaks to keep. Nothing to perform. Just your own words, kept. Most apps are built to help you decide what's next. This one is built for what already happened — the part worth remembering. WRITE WHAT YOU THOUGHT Log a title in seconds, then say as much or as little as you want about it. Your reflection is the point here, not an afterthought — and it's always free. A line, a paragraph, or nothing at all. Your archive looks finished either way. FOUR KINDS OF MEDIA, ONE ARCHIVE Books, films, TV, and podcasts live together. Podcasts especially — the thing no other journal does well. A great episode is worth remembering too. FIND IT AGAIN "What was that book in 2024 about the lighthouse?" Search across everything you've ever kept — titles, your notes, your tags — and pull it back in seconds. The longer you keep, the more there is to return to. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS Everything stays on your device. No account to make. No sign-up wall. Open the app and start. Your taste is nobody's content but your own. LOOK BACK Now and then, the app quietly brings back something you kept a while ago — a year ago, a season ago. No notifications, no nagging — just a calm way to meet your own past words again. The Keeping doesn't want your attention every day. It wants to be there, years from now, holding what mattered — in your own words.

Screenshots

CNDWN4 screens
The Keeping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CNDWN at every 9 days against The Keeping's monthly. CNDWN also leads on device support (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CNDWN ships an update every 9 days, The Keeping monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CNDWN versus The Keeping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCNDWNThe Keeping
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexandra SchillhahnJulian Collins

In-app purchases

None

CNDWN

No in-app purchases

None

The Keeping

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CNDWN free?
CNDWN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Keeping free?
The Keeping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CNDWN or The Keeping have ads?
Neither CNDWN nor The Keeping shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CNDWN or The Keeping?
CNDWN ships an update every 9 days, and The Keeping monthly. Most recently, CNDWN was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Keeping on October 28, 2026.

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