Comparison

Countdown vs Countdown Calendar Timers

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown timers
  • Birthday and anniversary reminders
  • Calendar import
  • Count up or count down
  • Repeating event rules
  • Color-coding and icons
Features
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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

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Countdown Calendar Timers4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Countdown versus Countdown Calendar Timers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownCountdown Calendar Timers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRounded Peak Studios LLCMustafa Uzun

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$3.99
2 purchases

Countdown Calendar Timers

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Plan$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Calendar Timers free?
Countdown Calendar Timers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Countdown Calendar Timers?
Countdown and Countdown Calendar Timers are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Countdown or Countdown Calendar Timers have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Countdown Calendar Timers does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Countdown Calendar Timers?
Countdown ships an update every 3 months, and Countdown Calendar Timers monthly. Most recently, Countdown was updated on November 4, 2026 and Countdown Calendar Timers on October 30, 2026.

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