Countdown! vs TypeMetrics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown!
This app helps you track up to ten significant upcoming events with customizable countdown cards. It offers precise, second-by-second tracking and integrates with your home screen for easy access.
- Track up to 10 events
- Customizable countdown cards
- Home screen widget support
- Precise second-by-second countdown
- Beautiful design
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Track up to 10 important events. Beautiful, customisable countdown cards. Home screen widget support. Precise countdown to the second.
TypeMetrics
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TypeMetrics helps you learn to type with lessons built around real words and a keyboard that shows your progress, key by key. QWERTY AND AZERTY Beginner lessons introduce keys progressively. French lessons cover accents, apostrophes and capital letters. Separate learning paths help you switch from AZERTY to QWERTY and back. LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE Profiles for ages 6–8, 9–11 and 12+ offer age-appropriate goals. Young beginners practise without speed pressure. Keep several profiles on one device and review your typing history. PLAY TOGETHER For profiles aged 12+, enable Game Center and join Speed, Accuracy or Balance races. Matchmaking separates keyboard types, modes and languages. Invite the same players to a rematch and compare personal records with sessions using the same keyboard type. FOR FAMILIES Purchases, external links, history exports and profile deletion require an adult. Game Center is off by default. PRIVACY No app-specific account, advertising or analytics SDK. Solo results stay on your device. Online races exchange race data through Game Center after you enable it. The camera is not used on iPhone or iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown! at none against TypeMetrics's 3. TypeMetrics's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. TypeMetrics sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Countdown! asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Countdown! | TypeMetrics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Grant Strickland | Christine Martin |
In-app purchases
Countdown!
No in-app purchases
TypeMetrics
- Tip Jar - Small Coffee$1.99
- Developer Pack$2.99
- TypeMetrics Pro$9.99
