Comparison

Count Days vs Countdown Cabinet

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

Head to head
About

Count Days

Track time to important events with detailed countdowns. See days, hours, minutes, and seconds until your next birthday or trip. Create recurring reminders that reset automatically.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns
  • Time elapsed tracking
  • Days, hours, minutes, seconds
  • iCloud sync
  • Recurring countdowns
Features
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Count Days helps you track time to your next event like a birthday, trip, or anything important. You can count down or see how much time has passed since a date, with time shown in days, hours, minutes and seconds. Your events sync with iCloud, and you can create recurring countdowns that reset automatically perfect for birthdays or yearly reminders. The app is simple, completely free and has no ads.

About

Countdown Cabinet

Features
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Countdown Cabinet is a countdown widget and day counter for birthdays, vacations, anniversaries, exams, and deadlines. See how many days are left, choose a local reminder, and keep important dates on your home screen. COUNT DOWN TO IMPORTANT DATES Create events for a birthday, anniversary, wedding, vacation, trip, exam, deadline, next payment, or document renewal. Add an optional target time for appointments and same-day deadlines. Past dates show how many days have elapsed. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Choose one event for a Small countdown widget or see your next three upcoming events in Medium. Preview both in Home-screen widget setup and choose which events can appear. Add the widget through your device's widget picker. Event titles may be visible on your home screen; notes are never shared with widgets. Widgets do not contain ads. REMINDERS YOU CHOOSE Set an optional reminder on the day, 1 day, 7 days, or 30 days before an event. Preview the reminder date and time before saving. Date-only reminders use 9 AM local time. Notification permission is requested when you save an event with a reminder. Delivery depends on your device settings. Yearly reminders are prepared ahead and renewed when you open the app; open it at least once a year to keep them current. SIMPLE EVENT MANAGEMENT Start quickly with birthday, anniversary, exam, trip, deadline, bill, and document starters. My events separates upcoming and past dates, with the next event highlighted. Use categories, notes, search, and category filters to find your dates. Repeat any event yearly, including birthdays and anniversaries. LOCAL STORAGE AND MANUAL BACKUP Event titles, notes, and dates are stored on your device. No account is required. Export or import a JSON backup file yourself. Countdown Cabinet supports English and Korean. The free app may show a labeled banner ad on the event list. Ads are not shown in event creation or editing, Settings, notifications, or widgets. Advertising providers may process data as described in the store privacy disclosures and privacy policy.

Screenshots

Count Days4 screens
Countdown Cabinet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown Cabinet at none against Count Days's 4. Count Days's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. Count Days sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Countdown Cabinet asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Count Days ships an update every 4 months, Countdown Cabinet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Count Days versus Countdown Cabinet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCount DaysCountdown Cabinet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTomasz LewinskiHARRY KIM

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Count Days

One-time4
  • Tiny Tip$0.99
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Big Tip$3.99
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  • Amazing Tip$6.99
None

Countdown Cabinet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Count Days free?
Count Days is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Cabinet free?
Countdown Cabinet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Count Days or Countdown Cabinet have ads?
Countdown Cabinet shows ads; Count Days does not.
Which is updated more often, Count Days or Countdown Cabinet?
Count Days ships an update every 4 months, and Countdown Cabinet every 2 months. Most recently, Count Days was updated on November 4, 2026 and Countdown Cabinet on November 5, 2026.

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