Comparison

Countdown vs Spark, Briefly

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

Spark, Briefly

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Spark is a quiet, photo-first journal for the moments you want to see again. Capture now with a single tap: • Write one sentence • Add a photo, Live Photo, or video • Keep a short voice note • Add a place when it matters Catch up later by selecting media from multiple days in Photos. Spark organizes it by capture time, then lets you confirm each entry. See your life at different distances: • Colors: gather small thumbnails into bands of related color • Flow: preserve the shape of every photo in one continuous view • Timeline: return to each Spark in chronological order Pinch to move naturally between these three views. Open the Calendar as a date lens whenever you want to find a day or add from an empty date. Connect the dots: When one moment calls back to another—months or years earlier—link those Sparks together. Find an existing line from the Spark index, then revisit it through the same Colors, Flow, and Timeline views. Look back and share: Choose a week, month, quarter, year, or a custom set of nonconsecutive Sparks. Create a still or moving photo wall. Live Photos and videos can play together in a dynamic poster. Private by design: Spark has no account, ads, or third-party analytics. Free-tier data stays on your device. Spark Pro can sync through your private iCloud container. Export a complete backup or erase all data at any time. Spark Pro also unlocks custom review selection, poster aspect and duration controls, and watermark-free exports. Monthly and yearly plans renew automatically; Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Your local price appears before confirmation. Notice what moves you.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Spark, Briefly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spark, Briefly at Free against Countdown's $4.99. Spark, Briefly also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Countdown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

Spark, Briefly is free to download; Countdown costs $4.99 up front. Spark, Briefly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update fortnightly, Spark, Briefly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Countdown versus Spark, Briefly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownSpark, Briefly
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB5 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperManjun Tech柏威 叶

In-app purchases

None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Spark, Briefly

Subscriptions2
  • Spark Pro Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • Spark Pro Yearly1 Year trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Spark Pro Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spark, Briefly free?
Spark, Briefly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown or Spark, Briefly have ads?
Neither Countdown nor Spark, Briefly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Spark, Briefly?
Countdown ships an update fortnightly, and Spark, Briefly weekly. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 25, 2026 and Spark, Briefly on October 21, 2026.

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