Comparison

Countdown 321 vs Countdown Central

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

Head to head
About

Countdown 321

Track time until future events or elapsed time since past milestones. Customize with personal photos and colors, and share your countdowns as images. Receive notifications for important dates and import birthdays automatically.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up tracking
  • Customizable widgets for home and lock screens
  • Personalized backgrounds and styles
  • Event notifications and milestone alerts
  • Birthday import from contacts
  • Shareable countdown images
Read full description

Make Every Moment Count Whether you’re counting down to something exciting or remembering something special, Countdown 321 helps you celebrate every moment, big or small One-Time Purchase. No Subscriptions. No Surprises. ----- Countdown or Count-Up ----- Track the time left until your next big event - or how long it’s been since a meaningful moment. ----- Gorgeous widgets, everywhere ----- View countdowns within the app, or add stunning countdowns to your home screen, lock screen, and standby mode, with customizable widgets in 3 different sizes ----- Make it yours ----- * Choose custom background colors or use your own photos - Pick from multiple unique styles to match your mood or the moment - Share countdowns as beautiful images ready for social media ----- Smarter Celebrations ----- - Set countdowns to repeat every week, month, year, or even every few years - Get notifications for upcoming events and special milestones - Import birthdays from your Contacts automatically ----- Celebrate Together ----- - Share countdowns with friends and family - Keep track of shared milestones together - Share countdowns instantly to your favorite social media as images Whether it’s a birthday, a concert, a trip, an anniversary, or something just for you, Countdown 321 makes tracking time feel meaningful, fun, and completely yours No subscriptions. No ads. Just one purchase for everything.

About

Countdown Central

Create visually appealing countdowns for any event, tracking days, hours, and minutes. Personalize with custom colors, text, or photos. Set reminders and share your excitement with others.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns
  • Background color and text options
  • Photo integration
  • Event reminders
  • Sharing functionality
  • Simple setup
Features
Read full description

Your special events deserve a spotlight. With Countdown Central, you can create beautiful countdowns that track every day, hour, and minute until your next big moment. Make each countdown your own with custom background colors and text, or a photograph from your library. Reminders ensure you never miss a milestone, and sharing lets you get everyone in on the excitement. Setting up a new countdown takes just a few taps — no complicated setup, no fuss. Start counting down to what matters most.

Screenshots

Countdown 3213 screens
Countdown Central4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown Central at none against Countdown 321's 4. Countdown Central also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). Countdown 321's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 321 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Countdown Central asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Countdown 321 against 5.0 for Countdown Central. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown 321 ships an update every 5 months, Countdown Central every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown 321 versus Countdown Central: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown 321Countdown Central
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLater Creative LLCTaptronics, L.L.C.

Customer experience

Countdown 321

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown Central

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Countdown 321

One-time4
  • Bread-sized tip$1.99
  • Full Version$2.99
  • Peanut Butter-Sized Tip$2.99
Show 1 more
  • Jam-Sized Tip$3.99
None

Countdown Central

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown 321 free?
Countdown 321 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Central free?
Countdown Central is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown 321 or Countdown Central?
Countdown 321 and Countdown Central are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Countdown 321 or Countdown Central have ads?
Neither Countdown 321 nor Countdown Central shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown 321 or Countdown Central?
Countdown 321 ships an update every 5 months, and Countdown Central every 6 weeks. Most recently, Countdown 321 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Countdown Central on October 20, 2026.

Other comparisons