Comparison

Count Me In vs Countdown Events

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

Head to head
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

Countdown Events

Create visually appealing countdowns for important events directly on your Home Screen. Customize widgets with your own photos, colors, and fonts, and share them with friends to keep everyone in sync. Set reminders to ensure you never miss a milestone.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown widgets
  • Multiple widget styles
  • Personalized photos, colors, and fonts
  • Event reminders
  • Live widget sharing
  • Unlimited countdowns with purchase
Features
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Count down to the moments that matter most, right from your Home Screen. Countdown Events turns your iPhone into a beautiful countdown display with customizable widgets. Whether it's a vacation, birthday, wedding, graduation, or any milestone, see exactly how many days remain at a glance. FREE - Up to 3 countdowns - 4 widget styles: Classic, Flip Clock, Boarding Pass and Tear-Off Calendar - Your own photos, colors and fonts - Reminders before your event - Live widget sharing: friends get a widget that stays in sync with yours, and they only need the free app COUNTDOWN+ (ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION) - Unlimited countdowns - 20+ more widget styles, including new ones as we add them SHARED WIDGETS Share a countdown and your friends see the same widget on their Home Screen, in your style. Plan the trip, the wedding or the big day together.

Screenshots

Count Me In4 screens
Countdown Events4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Count Me In at every 3 days against Countdown Events's every 10 days. Count Me In also leads on ratings volume (70 vs 9) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.5). Countdown Events's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 67%). On price, rating, 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. Count Me In sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Events sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Count Me In against 4.6 for Countdown Events. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Count Me In has 70 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Count Me In's written reviews are positive against 75% of Countdown Events's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Count Me In ships an update every 3 days, Countdown Events every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Count Me In versus Countdown Events: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCount Me InCountdown Events
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (70 ratings) — better4.6 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings70 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmple Software LLCVincent Nguyen

Customer experience

Count Me In

All ratings70 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Countdown Events

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Count Me In

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99
1 purchases

Countdown Events

One-time1
  • CountdownEvents+$4.99

Questions

Is Count Me In free?
Count Me In is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Events free?
Countdown Events is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Count Me In or Countdown Events?
Count Me In is rated higher. Count Me In averages 4.7 out of 5 from 70 ratings, while Countdown Events averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do Count Me In or Countdown Events have ads?
Neither Count Me In nor Countdown Events shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Count Me In or Countdown Events?
Count Me In ships an update every 3 days, and Countdown Events every 10 days. Most recently, Count Me In was updated on November 8, 2026 and Countdown Events on November 5, 2026.

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