Countdown & Visual Timer vs Thoughtful Reminders
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown & Visual Timer
This app helps you track important dates and events with customizable countdowns and timely reminders. It offers unlimited event creation and a count-up feature for past occasions. Personalize your countdowns with custom backgrounds and home screen widgets.
- Customizable countdowns
- Timely reminders
- Unlimited event creation
- Count up from past events
- Customizable backgrounds
- Home screen widget
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Countdown is a free, user-friendly countdown timer and reminder app designed to help you keep track of all your important events and dates. Key Features: Home Screen Widget: Stay on top of your upcoming events by placing our customizable widget directly on your Home Screen (Premium feature on iOS 14). Customizable Backgrounds: Choose any color for your countdown background to suit your style. Timely Reminders: Get notified when it's time for your event, plus optional reminders 1 day or 1 week before. Unlimited Event Creation: Add as many events as you'd like—no limits! Count Up from Past Events: Look back on memorable moments with the count-up feature on each countdown page. Plan for any occasion: vacations, birthdays, holidays, parties, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, cruises, weddings, anniversaries, births, graduations, pregnancies, trips, new homes, retirements, concerts, goals, and much more! Privacy Policy: https://byteblocksdigital.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Thoughtful Reminders
Never forget important dates like birthdays and anniversaries. This app sends timely notifications to help you remember meaningful moments. Organize contacts into categories and add notes for personalized details.
- Add people and important dates
- Smart reminders
- Notes for details
- Organize by category
- Unlimited people with Thoughtful+
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Thoughtful Reminders is an app designed to be forgotten — so you don’t forget what matters. Easily keep track of birthdays, anniversaries, pet birthdays, gotcha days, and special dates for the people and pets in your life. Thoughtful Reminders sends timely notifications so you never miss a meaningful moment. Features: • Add people, pets, and important dates • Smart reminders before and on the day of • Notes to remember what matters most • People and pets organized into clear categories • Lite version available • Thoughtful+ unlocks unlimited people, pets, and reminders Simple. Private. Thoughtful. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thoughtfulreminders.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Thoughtful Reminders at 5.0 against Countdown & Visual Timer's 4.0. Thoughtful Reminders also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 & Visual Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Thoughtful Reminders sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Thoughtful Reminders holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thoughtful Reminders has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Countdown & Visual Timer ships an update every 2 days, Thoughtful Reminders every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown & Visual Timer | Thoughtful Reminders |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ByteBlocks, LLC | Nicholas Spataro |
Customer experience
Countdown & Visual Timer
Thoughtful Reminders
In-app purchases
Countdown & Visual Timer
- Countdown$3.99
Thoughtful Reminders
- Thoughtful+ Monthly$1.991 Month
- Thoughtful+ Yearly$14.991 Year
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