Comparison

CountDuck vs Mellowments

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

Head to head
About

CountDuck

Never miss an important date again with this intuitive countdown app. It offers visually appealing designs, customizable reminders, and home screen widgets to keep track of birthdays, anniversaries, and progress. Premium features include lunar calendar integration and recurring notifications.

Highlights
  • Countdown for birthdays and anniversaries
  • System notifications and in-app reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable color schemes and icons
  • Lunar calendar and zodiac signs
  • Recurring reminders
  • Shareable countdown templates
Features
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Do you sometimes miss important dates due to a busy life? CountDuck is here to help! It offers a range of features, including countdowns for birthdays, anniversaries, and progress tracking. With system notifications, home screen widgets, in-app reminders, and pinned countdowns, CountDuck ensures you never miss another important day. ---------- # Features: - Easy to use: Say goodbye to complicated settings and complex interfaces. CountDuck keeps it simple and straightforward. - Cute and visually appealing: Choose from hundreds of carefully designed color schemes and icons to make your important days shine. - Powerful functionality: Count Duck covers various countdown modes to meet all your needs. - Thoughtful details: Lunar calendar, zodiac signs, recurring reminders, and dark mode are all included for a complete experience. - Timely reminders: Customize multi-round reminders, and Count Duck will prioritize today and tomorrow's dates, so you never forget. - Home screen widgets: Perfectly display individual dates and upcoming events with a variety of widget options. - Share templates: Easily share your important dates with others using customizable templates. ---------- # CountDuck Premium You can upgrade to CountDuck Premium, choosing from the following plans: – 1 month – 12 months – Lifetime The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be provided. Subscriptions may be managed by the user. Auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. ---------- Terms & Conditions: https://docs.countduck.co/about/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://docs.countduck.co/about/privacy-policy ---------- # Contact Us: Email: support@countduck.co Twitter/X: @CountDuckApp

About

Mellowments

This app helps you remember and engage in relaxing activities by providing a simple way to record and review them. It features a warm art style with over 50 healing illustrations and a minimalist recording process.

Highlights
  • Record relaxing events with illustrations
  • Minimalist 1-second recording
  • Weekly/Monthly/All event statistics
  • Customizable events and sorting
  • Desktop widget for quick recording
  • Healing comics and regular updates
Features
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There are always some cosy events that allow us to catch our breath in our busy lives: like go flower shopping, pet a cat, visit exhibition, catch a flick like cycling, painting, cut a rug, CityWalk or daydream, cloud gazing, get a nature fix... We are pushed by schedules to complete one "important task" after another yet easily forget these cosy events In fact, as long as we take a little time to record, review, and pay attention to these cosy events you will find: it's not that hard to have a sense of relaxation it's possible to heal ourselves bit by bit What this App wants to do is to accompany you in remembering more, doing more cosy events bringing you some gentle, relaxed, and healing "Mellowments" Warm and lovely art style: More than 50 healing little things, all turned into gentle and fresh illustrations, to help you relax together. 1-second minimalist recording: Select the event illustration, click "+1", and you can complete the record. You can also do it on the desktop widget without opening the App~ Statistics review: Weekly/Monthly/All event statistics, accompany you to review the moments of relaxation, and see the changes in the number of times you do these cosy events~ More details and surprises: Support for custom events, event sorting, detailed records, and regularly updated healing comics~ Privacy Policy: https://www.xinghezuoyong.com/blog/xiaotingdunyinsizhengce User Agreement: https://www.xinghezuoyong.com/blog/xiaotingdunyonghuxieyi

Screenshots

CountDuck4 screens
Mellowments3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CountDuck at weekly against Mellowments's every 2 months. Mellowments's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CountDuck sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Mellowments sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mellowments holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CountDuck ships an update weekly, Mellowments every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CountDuck versus Mellowments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountDuckMellowments
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSubtle Radiance LimitedStarWeave Co.,Ltd

Customer experience

CountDuck

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mellowments

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

CountDuck

Subscriptions4
  • CountDuck Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • CountDuck Premium Annually$3.991 Year
  • CountDuck Premium Annually$4.991 Year
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  • CountDuck Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • CountDuck Premium$9.99
5 purchases

Mellowments

Subscriptions2
  • Mellowments PRO$0.991 Month
  • Mellowments PRO$6.991 Year
One-time3
  • Special Edition$0.99
  • Collaboration$0.99
  • Mellowments PRO (Lifetime)$9.99

Questions

Is CountDuck free?
CountDuck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mellowments free?
Mellowments is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CountDuck or Mellowments?
Mellowments is rated higher. CountDuck averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Mellowments averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do CountDuck or Mellowments have ads?
Neither CountDuck nor Mellowments shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CountDuck or Mellowments?
CountDuck ships an update weekly, and Mellowments every 2 months. Most recently, CountDuck was updated on October 20, 2026 and Mellowments on October 8, 2026.

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