Comparison

CountDuck vs Crown Calm

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

Crown Calm

Features
Currently charting
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Turn your Apple Watch Digital Crown into a pocket fidget toy. Every click syncs haptics, sound, and motion — like wrist ASMR. Silent mode for meetings. Headphones for the full sound. No account. 39 crown-driven experiences: 31 sensory scenes and 8 mini-games. Turn the Digital Crown for a little moment of sound, motion and touch. New fishing, snake, safe, breakout and claw-machine scenes bring the collection to 39 experiences. Also enjoy the original crown-controlled games: move the paddle for ping-pong keep-up, charge a basketball shot, or rotate a marble maze to find the exit. A one-minute breathing experience follows the opening and closing of a flower. Turn the crown to adjust the pace. Switch sound and haptics on or off separately. Quiet mode lets you turn silently. Reopen the app with headphones connected to enable audio automatically, except in Quiet mode. Touch and hold a scene to favorite it. Supports 12 interface languages. No account required, no developer-side data collection, and no access to health information. This app provides sensory play and breathing experiences; it does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment.

Screenshots

CountDuck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CountDuck at Free against Crown Calm's $0.99. CountDuck also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Crown Calm's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On 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

CountDuck is free to download; Crown Calm costs $0.99 up front. CountDuck sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Crown Calm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CountDuck ships an update weekly, Crown Calm every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
CountDuck versus Crown Calm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountDuckCrown Calm
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank—#47 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSubtle Radiance Limited祖苇 金

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
None

Crown Calm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CountDuck free?
CountDuck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crown Calm free?
Crown Calm costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do CountDuck or Crown Calm have ads?
Neither CountDuck nor Crown Calm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CountDuck or Crown Calm?
CountDuck ships an update weekly, and Crown Calm every 3 days. Most recently, CountDuck was updated on November 3, 2026 and Crown Calm on November 3, 2026.

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