Comparison

TimeTill vs Counterella

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

Head to head
About

TimeTill

Create beautiful countdown widgets for your important moments, from holidays to personal goals. Customize with photos, colors, and fonts. Track events on your home screen and lock screen with smart reminders and calendar sync.

Highlights
  • Unlimited countdown creation
  • Customizable event widgets
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • Count down to future events
  • Count up from past events
  • Smart reminders
  • Calendar sync
Features
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Beautiful countdown widgets for your most important moments. TimeTill helps you track every event that matters — from holidays and vacations to deadlines and personal goals. Elegant Countdown Creation: - Create unlimited countdowns for any event - Customize each with photos, colors, and personal touches - Choose from 50+ fonts and themes Widgets on Your Home Screen: - Add countdown widgets directly to your home screen - Lock screen widgets to see countdowns at a glance - Multiple widget sizes to fit your screen Smart Tracking: - Count down to future events or count up from past ones - Smart reminders so you never miss what matters - Calendar sync to keep everything in one place Whether you're counting down to a wedding, holiday, exam, or any milestone — TimeTill makes every day count. Designed for iPhone and iPad. No annoying ads. Terms of Use (EULA): https://bykolisnyk.com/timetill/terms Privacy Policy: https://bykolisnyk.com/timetill/privacy

About

Counterella

Features
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Counterella counts down to the things you're looking forward to. Or counts up from something that already happened. The trip in three weeks, Mom's birthday, your first anniversary, 100 days smoke-free. Add an event, give it a date, and the app shows you how much time is left or how much has passed. On your Home Screen and Lock Screen too, if you like. The app is free, has no ads and doesn't need an account. Everything stays on your iPhone. ADD EVENTS AND KEEP TRACK All an event needs is a title and a date. If the date is in the future, Counterella counts down. If it's in the past, it counts up. The display updates live, down to the second, and a progress bar shows how much of the wait is already behind you. What else you can set: • Repeat: weekly, monthly or yearly. Birthdays or payday only need to be added once. • Category: Personal, Family, Work, Travel, Sports or Celebrations. You can filter the list by category. • An emoji and a color for each event, so they're easier to tell apart. • Reminders (more on that below). Sort the list by next date, title or recently created. Past events go to the archive with a swipe, or automatically if you prefer. You can bring in events straight from your calendar, and share any event as an image. With Siri and Shortcuts you can ask how long until an event, create a new one or open one directly. WIDGETS • One Counter (small): a single event with a progress ring • Counter List (medium): every event you've marked for the widget • Several Counters (medium): up to three events side by side • Lock Screen: circular, rectangular or inline REMINDERS Get a reminder a week, a day or an hour before, or when the event starts. For past events there are milestones: after 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 days, and on every anniversary. You choose the time of day for day-based reminders. LOOK AND FEEL Pick one of 13 accent colors, which also apply to the widgets, and choose light mode, dark mode or follow the system. You can change where the progress border starts and which way it runs. On the day of an event and at milestones there are small animations, which you can turn off. PRIVACY No tracking, no analytics, no account. Your events are stored only on your device and never sent anywhere.

Screenshots

TimeTill4 screens
Counterella4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Counterella at none against TimeTill's shown. TimeTill's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. TimeTill sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Counterella sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeTill ships an update fortnightly, Counterella every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TimeTill versus Counterella: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeTillCounterella
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrii KolisnykSinja Flach

In-app purchases

4 purchases

TimeTill

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly discount$0.991 Month
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annual$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$14.99
5 purchases

Counterella

One-time5
  • Coffee$2.99
  • Coffee$3.99
  • Cocktail2 variants$8.99
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  • Meal$11.99
  • Meal$12.99

Questions

Is TimeTill free?
TimeTill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Counterella free?
Counterella is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TimeTill or Counterella have ads?
TimeTill shows ads; Counterella does not.
Which is updated more often, TimeTill or Counterella?
TimeTill ships an update fortnightly, and Counterella every 3 months. Most recently, TimeTill was updated on November 8, 2026 and Counterella on October 30, 2026.

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