Countdown vs SinceUntil
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.
SinceUntil
Visually track upcoming events or past milestones with customizable widgets. Create countdowns for anything, import from calendars, and share your progress. Offers a native iOS experience with a focus on privacy.
- Home, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets
- Count down to future events
- Count up from past milestones
- Calendar event import
- Recurring event tracking
- Customizable colors and icons
- Shareable countdowns
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Count down to what's next or count up from the moments that matter. SinceUntil puts live countdowns everywhere you look: Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy, and Apple Watch. CREATE IN SECONDS Pick a date, a color, and an icon (or any emoji). Done. Future dates count down, past dates count up, and the direction switches automatically. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK • Widgets for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy • Apple Watch app and watch-face complications • Live Activities: pin a countdown to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Control Center controls and Home Screen quick actions • Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight: ask for a countdown or search your events STAYS IN SYNC Your events follow you to every device with private iCloud sync, and milestone notifications celebrate meaningful marks like 100 days or 1 year. POWER FEATURES • Import from your calendar, or auto-track recurring activities like gym visits • Recurring countdowns, progress bars, and calendar breakdowns • Share events as beautiful cards that friends can import with one tap • Backup, restore, and CSV export WHAT'S FREE Everything, for up to 3 events. WHAT'S PRO Unlimited events. That's it: $0.49/month, $2.99/year, or $5.99 once and it's yours forever. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts. No tracking. No analytics. Your events sync privately via iCloud, and the developer never sees your data. Privacy Policy: https://sinceuntil.pages.dev Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SinceUntil at none against Countdown's shown. Countdown's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 SinceUntil sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. 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 SinceUntil. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Countdown ships an update every 3 months, SinceUntil every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | SinceUntil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rounded Peak Studios LLC | Walter Sysko |
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Pro$3.99
SinceUntil
- SinceUntil Pro$0.491 Month
- SinceUntil Pro$2.991 Year
- SinceUntil Pro$5.99
