Countdown vs ScheduleScreen
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.
ScheduleScreen
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A simple lock screen wallpaper generator. See your schedule, stay on track. Saving much of times for you. - Native support system calendar and reminder - Show your appointments and reminders in lockscreen - Provide shortcut to complete task in lock screen - Support auto-change lock screen wallpaper - Fully customise style - over 300+ wallpapers - Stay on focus Hope to see your feedback and create new function for it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ScheduleScreen at none against Countdown's shown. ScheduleScreen also leads on update cadence (every 9 days 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
Both are free to download. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ScheduleScreen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown ships an update every 3 months, ScheduleScreen every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | ScheduleScreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 173 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rounded Peak Studios LLC | Shum Wing Chiu |
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Pro$3.99
ScheduleScreen
- One-Month Plan1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- One-Year Plan$4.991 Year
- One-Time Purchase$7.99
