Comparison

LifeTicker vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

LifeTicker

This app helps you visualize and share exciting upcoming events, from major milestones to personal joys. It offers customizable countdowns with photos, music, and location, and allows shared experiences with friends and family. Beautiful widgets keep your important dates visible on your home screen.

Highlights
  • Personalized countdowns
  • Shared event countdowns
  • Home screen widgets
  • Event customization with photos/music
  • Calendar event import
  • 200+ templates
Features
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Countdowns for everything ahead of you—right on your Home Screen. A wedding, a trip, a birthday, graduation, or something small that still matters: LifeTicker turns waiting into anticipation. Watch the days tick down, and feel it getting closer. Count down together Invite friends and family to a shared event—everyone sees the same countdown, kept in sync through iCloud. From the first day to the big moment, you’re in it together. Why you’ll love LifeTicker: • Always in view – see your upcoming events with beautiful widgets right on your Home and Lock Screen. Design them exactly the way you want them. And on your Apple Watch. • Reminders that don’t nag – you decide how early you want to know. Once for everything, or event by event. • Make it personal – add your favorite photos, the place, and a song. Every countdown gets its own story. • See the bigger picture – browse everything in a calendar, pin your most important events, and look back on what you’ve already celebrated. • Stay organized effortlessly – import events from your calendar and never lose track of what’s important. • Make it yours – start from 230+ images or your own photos. • For everything that counts – single dates, recurring occasions, or whole series with several milestones. Turn your anticipation into something you can feel. LifeTicker doesn’t just count the days—it keeps you company until the one that matters. For every celebration, every trip, every goal. Create your first event today. LifeTicker is free to download—unlock unlimited events with LifeTicker Premium. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://lifeticker.app/privacy/

About

Countdown

Visually track upcoming events with a unique battery-style progress indicator. Offers customizable widgets, smart reminders, and instant calendar import. Designed for privacy and offline use, it helps you stay motivated by seeing time fill up towards your goals.

Highlights
  • Battery-style progress visualization
  • Multiple home screen widget styles
  • Lock screen widget support
  • Customizable smart reminders
  • Instant calendar event import
  • Private and offline functionality
  • Color and icon customization
Features
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Time Fill is a simple countdown that helps you see time at a glance, trips, birthdays, deadlines, anything. Lock screen widget, repeat reminders, color themes, and intuitive filters. Private by design. BATTERY-STYLE PROGRESS Watch time fill visually as you get closer to your goal. The unique battery-fill design makes tracking progress intuitive and satisfying, like watching your phone charge, but for life's important moments. YEAR & MONTH OVERVIEW Toggle between yearly and monthly views to see exactly how much time has passed. Perfect for understanding progress at a glance, whether it's a 30-day challenge or a year-long journey. 6 WIDGET STYLES Choose from six distinct widget designs for your home screen: • Minimal — clean, focused countdown • Modular — detailed with progress bar • Dot Ring — circular dot-based countdown in small, medium, and large • Year Progress — see your year unfold day by day • Month Progress — track the current month at a glance • Lock Screen — always visible on your lock screen Widgets automatically show your next upcoming event. No configuration needed. SMART REMINDERS Get notified when it matters most: • Custom notification times you control • 1 month before milestone • 1 week before reminder • 1 day before alert • Morning of the big day Set your preferred notification times, whether you're a morning person or night owl. INSTANT CALENDAR IMPORT Already tracking events in your calendar? Import them instantly with a single tap. No retyping, no hassle. BEAUTIFUL & INTUITIVE • Clean, modern design that feels native to iOS • Smooth animations that bring your countdowns to life • Choose from dozens of icons and colors • Sort by date, name, or progress • Timeline view for visual journey mapping 100% PRIVATE & OFFLINE Your data never leaves your device. No cloud sync, no tracking, no servers, no data collection. Time Fill respects your privacy completely. Perfect for tracking: • Vacations and travel plans • Birthdays and anniversaries • Wedding dates • Graduation ceremonies • Project deadlines • Fitness goals and challenges • Book releases and movie premieres • Retirement countdowns • Baby due dates • Life milestones WHY TIME FILL? Most countdown apps show time draining away. TimeFill flips the script, watch time fill up toward your goal. It's a more positive, motivating way to track the moments that matter. The battery metaphor makes progress tangible. At a glance, you know exactly where you stand. 25% full? Just getting started. 75% full? Almost there! It transforms abstract time into something you can see and feel. BUILT WITH CARE TimeFill is crafted by an indie developer who believes great apps should respect your privacy, work offline, and never cost you more than once. No business model based on your data. No pressure to upgrade. Just a beautiful tool that does one thing exceptionally well. GET STARTED IN SECONDS 1. Add your first countdown 2. Pick an icon and color 3. Watch time start filling That's it. No account required, no tutorials needed, no complexity. Download Time Fill and make time beautiful.

Screenshots

LifeTicker4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown at 5.0 against LifeTicker's 4.6. Countdown also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). LifeTicker's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. LifeTicker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Countdown sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of LifeTicker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LifeTicker ships an update weekly, Countdown monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LifeTicker versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLifeTickerCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1112 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size522 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristoph BodynekOluwadunsin Agbolabori

Customer experience

LifeTicker

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Countdown

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

LifeTicker

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Events - Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Unlimited Events - Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$8.99
5 purchases

Countdown

One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$1.99
  • Big Tip$4.99
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  • Huge Tip$9.99
  • Massive Tip$19.99

Questions

Is LifeTicker free?
LifeTicker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LifeTicker or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. LifeTicker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Countdown averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Do LifeTicker or Countdown have ads?
Neither LifeTicker nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LifeTicker or Countdown?
LifeTicker ships an update weekly, and Countdown monthly. Most recently, LifeTicker was updated on September 14, 2026 and Countdown on September 3, 2026.

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