Countdown vs Countdown Calendar Timers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown
Visually track important life events like trips and birthdays with real-time countdowns. Personalize each event with photos and receive smart reminders. Enjoy immersive full-screen views and access on widgets and Apple Watch.
- Photo-based countdowns
- Real-time tracking (years to seconds)
- Full-screen immersive view
- Home & Lock Screen widgets
- Apple Watch app & complications
- Smart event reminders
- Celebration animations
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Never miss a moment. Countdowns helps you track life’s most important events - from trips and birthdays to everything in between. With a sleek liquid glass design, every countdown feels personal and alive. • Photo-Based Countdowns Add a photo to each event and make every countdown visual and meaningful. • Real-Time Tracking See time in years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds - updated live. • Full-Screen View Tap any event for a clean, immersive display with everything in one place. • Widgets & Apple Watch Keep countdowns close with: - Home & Lock Screen widgets - Apple Watch app & complications • Smart Reminders Get notified before events so you never miss them. • Celebrations Enjoy a rewarding finish when your countdown ends. Perfect For Trips • Birthdays • Holidays • Anniversaries • Life Events Make every moment count.
Countdown Calendar Timers
This app helps you track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Never miss a birthday, holiday, or deadline again with smart reminders and calendar integration.
- Customizable countdown timers
- Birthday and anniversary reminders
- Calendar import
- Count up or count down
- Repeating event rules
- Color-coding and icons
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Countdown Calendar Timers: Count What Matters Life moves fast. Countdown Calendar Timers keeps you ahead of every moment that matters. Birthdays, holidays, weddings, vacations, deadlines, and more. Beautifully designed, endlessly customizable, and always at your fingertips. Your Personal Countdown Timer App Whether you're counting down days to Christmas, tracking a pregnancy milestone, or staying on top of a work deadline, Countdown Calendar Timers makes it effortless. Add any event in seconds and watch the clock tick down in real time, years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Count up or count down. Celebrate how far you've come or build excitement for what's ahead. Never Miss a Birthday or Anniversary Again Forget scrambling for last-minute gifts. With smart birthday countdown reminders and anniversary alerts, you'll always be the first to celebrate. Set multiple notifications per event, 10 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, or 1 week before, so you're always prepared, never caught off guard. Calendar Import and Event Management Connect directly with Apple Calendar to instantly import your upcoming events as countdowns. No double entry, no hassle. All your important dates, personal and professional, live in one clean, organized view. Search events instantly, organize by category, and color-code everything your way. Birthdays in pink. Vacations in blue. Work deadlines in red. Your calendar, your rules. Make Every Countdown Yours Every event in your life deserves its own identity. Personalize each countdown with colors and icons so that opening the app feels like flipping through your own story. A graduation countdown looks different from a concert countdown, a baby shower timer feels different from a retirement party reminder, and it should. When your calendar countdowns reflect real life, you actually look forward to checking them. Repeating Events Made Simple Set yearly, monthly, or weekly repeat rules for recurring events. Birthdays auto-reset. Anniversaries count themselves. For yearly repeats, the app even displays the age or repeat count, perfect for milestone tracking. Download free today. Start counting down to the moments worth waiting for. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.soltiapps.com/legal/soltiapps/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Countdown Calendar Timers at none against Countdown's shown. Countdown Calendar Timers also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Calendar Timers sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Countdown against 5.0 for Countdown Calendar Timers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Countdown ships an update every 3 months, Countdown Calendar Timers monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | Countdown Calendar Timers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rounded Peak Studios LLC | Mustafa Uzun |
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Pro$3.99
Countdown Calendar Timers
- Yearly Plan$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$17.99
Questions
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