Comparison

LifeTicker vs Countdown X

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

Head to head
About

LifeTicker

Track upcoming events with customizable countdown widgets for your home and lock screens. Share countdowns with friends and family, and add details like images, notes, and tasks. Offers smart event suggestions for newer devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown widgets
  • Shareable events with friends
  • Smart event suggestions (iPhone 15 Pro+)
  • Add images, notes, and tasks
  • Event reminders
  • Import from calendar
  • Discover holidays and special days
Features
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Countdowns for the things you’re looking forward to – as a widget on your Home Screen. A vacation, a wedding, a birthday, retirement, or something small that still matters: create an event and watch the days count down. On your Home Screen, on your Lock Screen, on your Apple Watch. Free, and no account needed. LifeTicker started because I wanted to count the days until my next vacation and couldn’t find an app that did it nicely. I’ve been developing it on my own ever since, and I use it every day. Just describe it New in 4.0: In the New tab, describe what you’re looking forward to in one sentence, typed or spoken, and LifeTicker suggests the event – date, time, image and whatever else is in the sentence. If something’s missing, it asks. The suggestion is made on your iPhone, not on a server. It needs Apple Intelligence, so an iPhone 15 Pro or later. On older iPhones you create events by hand as before; everything else works the same. Count down together Invite friends or family to an event. Everyone sees the same countdown, kept in sync through iCloud, and checks off the tasks together – for the trip with friends or the wedding you’re planning as a couple. Make it your event Image, place, song, note, links and a task list belong right on the event. 300+ image templates, photos from Unsplash, or your own photo. And the rest • Reminders as early as you like – once for everything, or per event. • Discover: holidays and special days ready to add, and they can keep themselves up to date. • A calendar, pinned events and a look back at what’s already happened. • Import events from your calendar, with a preview. • Single dates, recurring occasions, or whole series with several milestones. LifeTicker is free. If you need more than a few events, you can unlock Premium – that’s what keeps the project going. If something’s off: Contact in the app sends your report straight to me. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://lifeticker.app/privacy/

About

Countdown X

Track important upcoming events with a beautiful and simple countdown app. Visualize remaining days with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Get timely reminders and organize your events with ease.

Highlights
  • Countdown to any event
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Live countdown in Dynamic Island
  • Customizable event styling
  • Repeating events
  • Progress tracking
  • Event sharing
Features
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Countdown X is a simple, beautiful countdown app for the days that matter to you. Count down to birthdays, vacations, weddings, anniversaries, holidays, launches and deadlines, and see how many days are left at a glance on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Count Down to Anything Create a countdown in seconds: pick a date and time or make it all-day, choose its colors and style, and add notes. Set events to repeat every day, week, two weeks, month or year, so birthdays and anniversaries roll over on their own. Start from a template to count down to the end of the year, season or month in one tap. See Your Progress Show the time remaining or the percentage of progress, and set a start date to measure progress from any moment you like. Use Excluded Days to skip the weekdays that don't count, like weekends, and see only the workdays left until a deadline. Widgets and Live Countdown Keep your countdowns in view with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and tap any widget to open its event. Turn on Live Countdown to follow an event's final 8 hours on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, perfect for a flight, a launch or the start of a party. Reminders Get a reminder the moment your countdown reaches zero, and turn reminders on or off for each event. Reminders are free for everyone. Organize Your Events See which event is next on one clean dashboard and filter your events by Upcoming, Today, This Week, This Month, Later or Past. Duplicate any event in one tap, copy an event's colors and style and paste them onto another countdown, and blur a title to keep a surprise private. Share the Excitement Share any countdown as an image, sized for Instagram Stories, TikTok, feed posts and Messages, or save it to Photos. Works With Your iPhone Find your countdowns in Spotlight, create an event with Siri or Shortcuts, and add a new countdown in one tap from Control Center, the Lock Screen or the Action button. Import events from Calendar and Reminders, and keep everything in sync across your iPhone and iPad with iCloud. Countdown X Premium Countdown X is free with up to three events. Premium unlocks: - Unlimited events - Repeating events - Percentage progress display - Blur Title for private events - Calendar and Reminders import - Share images without the watermark or background Choose a monthly or yearly plan, or pay once with Lifetime. Private by Design No account is required. Your events stay on your device and in your own iCloud. Terms of service: https://countdownx.app/terms Privacy policy: https://countdownx.app/privacy

Screenshots

LifeTicker4 screens
Countdown X4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LifeTicker at 80% against Countdown X's 0%. LifeTicker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (16 vs 4). Countdown X's advantage is iOS requirement (18 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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 X sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LifeTicker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of LifeTicker's written reviews are positive against 0% of Countdown X's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LifeTicker ships an update every 8 days, Countdown X every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LifeTicker versus Countdown X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLifeTickerCountdown X
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (16 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018 — better
Further details — not scored
Size520 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristoph BodynekPlainzer

Customer experience

LifeTicker

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Countdown X

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

LifeTicker

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

Countdown X

Subscriptions3
  • Countdown Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Countdown Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Countdown Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is LifeTicker free?
LifeTicker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown X free?
Countdown X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LifeTicker or Countdown X?
LifeTicker is rated higher. LifeTicker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Countdown X averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do LifeTicker or Countdown X have ads?
Neither LifeTicker nor Countdown X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LifeTicker or Countdown X?
LifeTicker ships an update every 8 days, and Countdown X every 2 weeks. Most recently, LifeTicker was updated on November 4, 2026 and Countdown X on November 5, 2026.

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