Comparison

Strides vs Countdown & Count Up Timer

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

Head to head
About

Strides

Organize your life by tracking habits, routines, and goals in one place. Utilize over 150 templates or create your own, with progress reports, charts, and reminders to keep you motivated and on task.

Highlights
  • Track good or bad habits
  • SMART goal setting
  • 150+ customizable templates
  • Progress reports and charts
  • Unlimited reminders
  • Integration with Apple Health
Features
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Imagine having all of your most important habits, routines and goals together in one simple to do list. Now you can! With Strides, you can track good or bad habits, SMART goals, and more. Keep up with reminders to hold you accountable and charts to keep you motivated. Explore new ways to manage your life with over 150 templates and the ability to create your own trackers. Get organized with a daily checklist to help create your perfect routine. Keep up with what you’ve accomplished with progress reports that compile your goals, projects and progress all in one place. Set up reminders and add notes to ensure you’re on track and on task. Track anything you want with four types of trackers. Streak calendars let you keep up with your success rate, and milestone calendars help you to keep up with project timelines. Want to keep track of a repeating number? Check out the Average tracker. Looking to hit a goal by a specific date? Give the Target tracker a try. Start keeping track of your habits and goals anywhere you go. Download today to get organized and create the perfect routine with Strides. TRACKERS: - 150+ templates to choose from, or create your own customized tracker - Progress Reports with everything in one place - View charts with history, streak, success rate and more - Unlimited reminders to set yourself up for success ADDITIONAL FEATURES: - Integration with Apple Health - Sync between iPhone, iPad & Mac - Add notes to logs and trackers - Reminders to keep you on track SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: "I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU! Strides is one of the most useful apps out there. Nowadays, I can't even imagine myself without it :)” ~Leyla "Amazing app. The sheer amount of flexibility with what you can track with Strides is amazing." ~Carlo "My life has become so much more organized and fulfilled since I started using your app. I really appreciate it!” ~Micah "Best tracking app. I love, love, love this app! This is exactly what I've been looking for for two or three years. I can track multiple goals and see them all on one screen. Perfect!" ~Kate – Strides is free forever to track what's most important to you. If you want to get even more out of it and support development, you can upgrade to Strides Plus with a monthly or annual subscription - or with a one-time purchase of the lifetime plan - to unlock all premium features, including Unlimited Trackers, sync between iPhone, iPad & Mac, Tags & Filters, Today List, Export Data, Goal Notes and more. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. – Read our full Privacy Policy / Terms of Use: https://www.stridesapp.com/privacy.html https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Keep making strides!

About

Countdown & Count Up Timer

Easily track important dates with customizable countdowns and count-ups. Never miss an anniversary, event, or milestone with home screen widgets and timely notifications. Personalize your tracking with custom backgrounds and text.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event tracking
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Customizable notifications
  • iCloud backup and restore
  • Precise moment tracking
  • Custom backgrounds and text
  • Social sharing
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How long until the day you’re waiting for? How long has it been since a moment worth remembering? Countdown & Count Up Timer makes important dates easy to follow. Count down to something you’re looking forward to, or see how much time has passed since a meaningful day. Add a birthday, anniversary, vacation, wedding, concert, exam, deadline, due date, seasonal event or personal milestone and let the app keep track of the time for you. You can also add a date from the past to see how long it has been since an important moment. Track the time since an anniversary, the day you got married, the start of a personal goal or any date you want to remember. Whether you are counting down to the future or counting up from the past, your most important dates stay together in one simple place. Create as many events as you like and choose how you want to see the time: years, months, weeks, days or hours. PERFECT FOR • Birthdays and anniversaries • Weddings and vacations • Trips and holidays • Concerts and special events • Exams and important deadlines • Pregnancy due dates • Personal goals and milestones • Seasonal events and special occasions • Remembering how long it has been since an important day KEY FEATURES • Countdown to future dates See exactly how much time is left until something you are waiting for. • Count up from past dates Track the time that has passed since a memorable moment. • Unlimited events Create as many countdowns and count-ups as you need. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets Keep your most important events visible without opening the app. • Daily notifications Get a daily notification at the time you choose showing the remaining or elapsed time. • Exact date and time Choose a specific time when a simple day count is not enough. • Flexible time display View the result in years, months, weeks, days or hours. • Custom photo backgrounds Use your own photos to make birthdays, weddings, trips and anniversaries feel more personal. • Adjustable text Customize the color and position of the text to suit your background. • Recurring events Set birthdays, anniversaries and other repeating dates to come back automatically. • Easy organization Use tags and date sorting to keep your events easy to find. • iCloud backup and restore Keep a backup of your important events and restore them when needed. • Sharing and Dark Mode Share your events easily and use the app comfortably in dark environments. Some dates are exciting because they are getting closer. Others matter because of how much time has already passed. Keep both kinds of moments close, and check them whenever you want.

Screenshots

Strides4 screens
Countdown & Count Up Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown & Count Up Timer at none against Strides's 9. Countdown & Count Up Timer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Strides's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (81% vs 63%). On price, rating, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. Strides sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Countdown & Count Up Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Strides against 4.7 for Countdown & Count Up Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strides has 19K ratings behind it against 2.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Strides's written reviews are positive against 63% of Countdown & Count Up Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strides ships an update fortnightly, Countdown & Count Up Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Strides versus Countdown & Count Up Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridesCountdown & Count Up Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19K ratings) — better4.7 (2.3K ratings)
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews — better63.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19K — better2.3K
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoals LLCYoji Shimobayashi

Customer experience

Strides

All ratings19,264 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews1,170 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative14.0%

Countdown & Count Up Timer

All ratings2,314 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews330 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral12.1%
Negative24.8%

User reviews

Strides

From 19K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Flexible and customizable
  • 📊 Detailed progress tracking
  • 🔄 Helpful for building habits
  • 🎯 Effective for achieving goals
  • 🤖 Seamless integration with Apple Watch

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Limited free version features
  • 🐛 Syncing and notification issues
  • 🕰️ Lack of time-tracking capabilities
  • 🗂️ Difficulty organizing multiple habits

Countdown & Count Up Timer

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Unlimited counters
  • 💡 Customizable backgrounds
  • ⭐ Great app overall

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Widget issues
  • 📢 Intrusive ads
  • 🔄 Inconsistent updates
  • 🔍 Limited customization options

Bugs and requests

Strides

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after iOS 14.8 update
  • Incorrect data logging and display issues
  • Notification bugs showing outdated information

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow more than 3 habits in free version
  • Add time tracking and time-based goals
  • Improve syncing and notification reliability
  • Introduce more customization and organization options
  • Provide a one-time purchase option instead of subscription

Countdown & Count Up Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Countdown display issues after updates
  • App crashes when trying to access settings
  • Widget functionality not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to exclude weekends from countdowns
  • Option to pause/resume countdowns
  • Customizable notification settings for each event
  • Sync across devices

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Strides

Subscriptions6
  • Strides Plus$4.991 Month
  • Strides Plus$7.991 Month
  • Strides Plus$9.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • Strides Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Strides Plus7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Strides Plus1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Strides Plus$39.99
  • Strides Plus$99.99
  • Strides Plus$149.99
None

Countdown & Count Up Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strides free?
Strides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown & Count Up Timer free?
Countdown & Count Up Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Strides or Countdown & Count Up Timer?
Strides is rated higher. Strides averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Countdown & Count Up Timer averages 4.7 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Strides or Countdown & Count Up Timer have ads?
Countdown & Count Up Timer shows ads; Strides does not.
Which is updated more often, Strides or Countdown & Count Up Timer?
Strides ships an update fortnightly, and Countdown & Count Up Timer weekly. Most recently, Strides was updated on November 8, 2026 and Countdown & Count Up Timer on November 6, 2026.

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