Havaworks vs CountdownerSMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Havaworks
Control and manage your smart home devices from anywhere. Automate device operations based on various conditions like location, time, and weather. Integrate with smart speakers for voice control and share access with family.
- Remote device control
- Automated device operations
- Voice control integration
- Device sharing with family
- Multi-condition automation
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A smart device control and management application that helps you easily link to smart devices for intelligent control. -Good device control experience, you can control your home devices anytime, anywhere -Powerful equipment automation control capabilities, which can allow equipment to operate automatically based on multiple conditions such as location, time, weather, equipment status, etc., bidding farewell to the manual era -Easily connect to home smart speakers and play with the device through voice control -Share devices with family and friends, enjoy smart life together
CountdownerSMS
Create dynamic countdowns for any event and share them directly within iMessage conversations. Choose from a variety of themes and animated effects to make waiting more exciting for everyone involved.
- Live countdown creation for any date
- Share timers directly via iMessage
- 51 free and premium themes
- Animated ambient effects
- Confetti celebration on completion
- Built-in Theme Shop
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CountdownerSMS makes the wait part of the fun. Create a live countdown, make it yours, and share it right inside an iMessage conversation. Count down together to birthdays, trips, holidays, weddings, game days, or your next excuse to celebrate. A style for every season Explore 81 themes across 15 packs, with 9 themes included free. Find your favorite look, unlock individual premium packs, or get all current and future packs with Unlock Everything. Make autumn plans with Falling Leaves, get spooky with Halloween, gather with Thankful, spread Christmas cheer, and ring in New Years. Keep celebrating year-round with collections like Summer Days, Patriotic, Celestial, and Weather. A little motion. A lot of personality. Bring your countdown to life with animated effects on select premium themes, including drifting leaves, snowfall, twinkling stars, glowing fireflies, shimmer, fireworks, and floating embers. When the big moment arrives, celebrate with confetti! Make every moment yours Choose from eight free font styles, add an emoji, and name your event. Your message preview stays visible while you customize, so you can see everything come together. Pick a quick time preset or choose a specific date, find your style, and add your countdown to Messages. What's included • Live countdowns shared through iMessage • 81 themes across 15 packs • 9 free themes and eight free font styles • Animated effects on select premium themes • Always-visible preview while you customize • Quick time presets and custom dates • Confetti when the countdown reaches zero • Individual premium packs or Unlock Everything • All current and future packs with Unlock Everything • Recipients can view your premium theme without purchasing it From “almost there” to “it’s finally time,” keep the moment in sight together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CountdownerSMS at 100% against Havaworks's 22%. CountdownerSMS also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.1). Havaworks's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (64 vs 4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. CountdownerSMS sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Havaworks asks for nothing beyond the download.
CountdownerSMS holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Havaworks has 64 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Havaworks's written reviews are positive against 100% of CountdownerSMS's.
Havaworks ships an update every 3 months, CountdownerSMS every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Havaworks | CountdownerSMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (64 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ecodot Trading Co., Ltd. | Braden Aron Mc Corkle |
Customer experience
Havaworks
CountdownerSMS
Bugs and requests
Havaworks
Reported bugs
30 issues- App suddenly crashing
- Cannot manage temperature
- Only way to control temperature is in eco mode
- App won't connect
- App only works to cut heater on and off
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- Cannot get app to turn on heater
- App disconnects frequently
- Thermostat doesn't read correct temperature
- Cannot get Fahrenheit indicator to hold
- Non-stop screeching unless on Eco mode
- App requires mandatory login
- Device doesn't connect
- Always disconnects
- Constantly disconnecting
- Wi-Fi going offline means app stops functioning
- Temperature control doesn't work
- App insists on Celsius for outside temp
- Cannot switch light color via Google Home
- Light color defaults to blue when turned on
- Automations don't work
- Some controls are finicky and confusing
- Heaters default to 77F and cannot be changed
- Scheduling commands time out
- Mute always turns itself off
- Alexa icon missing from app
- Cannot change mode or target temperature
- Annoying on/off sound cannot be turned off
- Resets to original mode and settings after being turned off
- Barely functional on modern iPhones
- Lacks features
Requested features
9 requests- Add ability to specify mode in scheduling
- Implement Siri Shortcuts integration
- Improve scheduling functionality
- Add automation and advanced functions
- Allow switching light color via Google Home
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- Fix temperature unit display issue
- Add customer service number
- Improve app UX
- Make app instructions clearer
CountdownerSMS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Havaworks
No in-app purchases
CountdownerSMS
- Patriotic Theme Pack$0.99
- Summer Days Theme Pack$0.99
- Weather Theme Pack$0.99
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- Celestial Theme Pack$0.99
- Luxe Theme Pack$0.99
- Bloom Theme Pack2 variants$0.99
- All Packs Unlock$3.99









