Comparison

Count Me In vs CountFree

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

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About

Count Me In

Easily create and share personalized countdowns for any event with friends and family. Track important dates like birthdays, vacations, and holidays together in real-time. Enjoy a distraction-free experience with optional premium features.

Highlights
  • Personalized countdown creation
  • Shareable countdowns with friends
  • Real-time syncing across devices
  • Home screen widgets (Premium)
  • Ad-free experience (Premium)
Features
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CountMeIn - Countdown Together! Make every moment count with CountMeIn, the ultimate shared countdown app. Whether it's a birthday, vacation, concert, wedding, anniversary, graduation, baby due date, or any special occasion, CountMeIn helps you create personalized countdowns and share the excitement with friends and family in real time. KEY FEATURES Create personalized countdowns Name your event, pick an emoji, set the date, and customize with colors, notes, and a location to match the vibe of your occasion. Choose all-day or time-precise countdowns. Countdown together with friends Share an invite code or tap the share button to bring friends and family in. Everyone watches the days tick down together, and you can leave comments and reactions as the big day gets closer. Apple Watch app Glance at your next countdown right from your wrist. Fully synced with your iPhone. Widgets everywhere Add Home Screen widgets to keep your countdowns front and center. Pro unlocks Lock Screen widgets (rectangular, circular, and inline) so the countdown is always one glance away. Siri & Shortcuts Just ask: "How many days until my trip?" CountMeIn answers via Siri and works with the Shortcuts app. Import from Calendar Pull events straight from your Apple Calendar - no retyping dates. Reminders Get a friendly push notification on countdown day so nothing important slips by. Synced across all your devices Your countdowns stay up to date on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch automatically. UNLOCK PRO (one-time purchase) - Lock Screen widgets - Custom photo and video backgrounds - Remove ads for a clean, distraction-free experience - Support a small indie developer Download CountMeIn now and start counting down to the moments that matter. Vacations, birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, due dates, or big life goals - invite the people you love and count down together.

About

CountFree

Track important future events and past milestones with customizable widgets displayed directly on your home screen. Choose from multiple themes and sizes to personalize your countdowns and count-ups. All features are available without ads or paywalls.

Highlights
  • Unlimited countdowns and count-ups
  • Unlimited home screen widgets
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Four customizable themes
  • Progress bars
  • Custom emoji support
  • Real-time home screen updates
Features
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Track every moment that matters — right on your Home Screen. CountFree gives you beautiful countdown and count-up widgets with zero catches. No ads. No paywalls. No "premium" upgrades. Every single feature is yours, and it always will be. Whether you're counting down to a wedding, a vacation, or your baby's due date — or counting up from a sobriety milestone, a move to a new city, or the day you adopted your dog — CountFree keeps your most important dates front and center. WIDGETS THAT FEEL LIKE HOME Add countdown widgets directly to your iPhone or iPad Home Screen in small, medium, or large sizes. Pick from four beautiful themes — light, dark, sunset, and ocean — and personalize each event with any emoji. Set a start date and end date to see a progress bar that shows exactly how far you've come. It's incredibly satisfying to watch it fill up. Your countdowns update in real time. Just glance at your Home Screen — no need to open the app. COUNTS UP TOO Not every important date is in the future. Track time since meaningful moments: → Days sober → Years at your job → Time since you quit smoking → How long you've been together → Gym streak → Anything that matters to you I built CountFree because I was tired of countdown apps that lock basic features behind paywalls. Want more than 3 widgets? Pay up. Want a dark theme? Subscribe. It felt wrong. So I built the app I wanted to use — and made everything available to you. CountFree is a passion project. There are no investors, no growth targets, no ad networks. Just an app that does what it says. If CountFree adds value to your life, there's an optional tip jar and a supporter subscription to help me keep building. Supporters get a small badge as a thank-you. But you already have everything — it's just a way to say thanks. EVERYTHING YOU GET → Unlimited countdowns and count-ups → Unlimited Home Screen widgets → Small, medium, and large widget sizes → Four themes: light, dark, sunset, ocean → Progress bars with start and end dates → Custom emoji for every event → Real-time updates on your Home Screen → Works on iPhone and iPad → No account required → No ads. Ever. Download CountFree and start tracking the moments that matter. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Count Me In4 screens
CountFree4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Count Me In at weekly against CountFree's every 2 months. Count Me In also leads on ratings volume (45 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). CountFree's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Count Me In sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CountFree sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CountFree holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Count Me In has 45 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Count Me In ships an update weekly, CountFree every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Count Me In versus CountFree: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCount Me InCountFree
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (45 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings45 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmple Software LLCMatthew Kriel

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Count Me In

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99
4 purchases

CountFree

One-time4
  • Cheers$0.99
  • High Five$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Standing Ovation$9.99

Questions

Is Count Me In free?
Count Me In is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CountFree free?
CountFree is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Count Me In or CountFree?
CountFree is rated higher. Count Me In averages 4.7 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while CountFree averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Count Me In or CountFree have ads?
Neither Count Me In nor CountFree shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Count Me In or CountFree?
Count Me In ships an update weekly, and CountFree every 2 months. Most recently, Count Me In was updated on September 9, 2026 and CountFree on September 1, 2026.

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