Comparison

Countdown vs Off Day

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

Head to head
About

Countdown

Easily track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Set reminders, sync with your calendar, and share progress with friends and family. Organize your life and never miss a moment.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns
  • Event reminders
  • Calendar event sync
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Share countdowns
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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Welcome to DayPlus. We make counting down days and events easy. Customize the countdown to perfectly suit your needs with backgrounds, colors, and reminders. Keep track of your countdowns on the app, lock screen, and home screen. You can even import and sync calendar events. Highlights: • Quickly create and track countdowns for goals, trips, births, weddings and other important events. • Customizable event balls and cards • Reminders for each countdowns • Sync Calendar items into DayPlus • Share event countdowns with friends and family • Track all countdowns on the timeline • Light and dark mode • Repeat countdowns every day or week • Pin important events • Easy sorting Download DayPlus now! Counting down days and events just got easy. Customize, sync, track, and share countdowns on your app, lock screen, and home screen. Don’t miss any important event - Set reminders and stay organized. Let the countdown begin! Do you have suggestions? Contact us at hlai.manjun@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://manjun.tech/doc/en/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://manjun.tech/doc/en/user-agreement.html

About

Off Day

This holiday alarm clock app helps you avoid being woken up on days off. It includes built-in holiday information for several countries and allows manual marking of work schedules. Customize your alarm settings to ensure peace on your days off.

Highlights
  • Holiday alarm clock
  • Built-in holiday templates
  • International holiday information
  • Manual work schedule marking
  • System shortcut integration
  • Customizable alarm settings
Features
Currently charting
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Off Day is an open-source project. Anyone can compile it themselves, or consider purchasing this app directly to support this project. Off Day is a holiday alarm clock app that comes with a variety of built-in holiday templates, featuring holiday information from China, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Korea, and the United States. Simply follow the steps and utilize system shortcuts for automation, and never worry about being woken up by your alarm on a day off again. In addition to the built-in holiday information, users can manually mark their holiday work schedules. Whether a day is an Off Day or a Work Day, the final decision is entirely up to you. (Paid app – Ensure this holiday alarm (works with Shortcuts) fits your needs before purchase.) ----------- EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Off Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Off Day at #151 against Countdown's unranked. Off Day also leads on ratings volume (33 vs 7) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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

Countdown costs $4.99 and Off Day $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Countdown against 5.0 for Off Day. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 33 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 95% of Off Day's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Countdown versus Off Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownOff Day
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (33 ratings)
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews95.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings733 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#151 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB13 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperManjun TechZIZICICI LIMITED

Customer experience

Countdown

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.8%

Off Day

All ratings33 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%

In-app purchases

None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

None

Off Day

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Off Day free?
Off Day costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Off Day?
Countdown and Off Day are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 33 ratings respectively.
Do Countdown or Off Day have ads?
Neither Countdown nor Off Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Off Day?
Countdown ships an update fortnightly, and Off Day fortnightly. Most recently, Countdown was updated on September 23, 2026 and Off Day on September 20, 2026.

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