Comparison

Countdown vs AlarmLlama

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

AlarmLlama

Features
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AlarmLlama is the alarm manager built to ease the burden of handling multiple alarms on different days. AlarmLlama adapts to all routines, allowing you to create schedules like Work From Home and Work From Office and switch between them effortlessly. Alarms can have their times linked, so changing the time of one alarm flows on to change the rest of the group automatically. No more editing every alarm when your schedule changes, no more toggling multiple alarms on a day off. Other ways to use AlarmLlama - Fitness routines (morning workout vs. rest day) - Study sessions (class days vs. self-study days) - Parenting schedules (school day vs. holiday routines) Key Features - Group alarms into flexible routines - Switch between WFH and WFO schedules instantly - Relative alarms that adjust automatically - Repeat schedules that match your lifestyle - Enable/disable routines with a single tap

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
AlarmLlama3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AlarmLlama at Free against Countdown's $4.99. AlarmLlama also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Countdown's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On ads, in-app purchases 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

AlarmLlama is free to download; Countdown costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update fortnightly, AlarmLlama weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown versus AlarmLlama: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownAlarmLlama
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB14 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperManjun TechKim Rypstra

In-app purchases

None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

None

AlarmLlama

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AlarmLlama free?
AlarmLlama is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown or AlarmLlama have ads?
Neither Countdown nor AlarmLlama shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or AlarmLlama?
Countdown ships an update fortnightly, and AlarmLlama weekly. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 30, 2026 and AlarmLlama on October 28, 2026.

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