Comparison

Countdown! vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Track up to 10 events
  • Customizable countdown cards
  • Home screen widget support
  • Precise second-by-second countdown
  • Beautiful design
Features
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Track up to 10 important events. Beautiful, customisable countdown cards. Home screen widget support. Precise countdown to the second.

About

Countdown

Track upcoming events like birthdays and trips with customizable widgets for your Home and Lock Screens. Receive timely reminders and sync seamlessly across your devices via iCloud. Enjoy all features for free without ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Customizable event widgets
  • Home and Lock Screen support
  • Yearly repeating event options
  • Multiple reminder options
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Private by design
Features
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Days until the dates you care about: on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Every feature is free: every widget, every reminder, iCloud sync, all 123 icons and 12 colors. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads, no account, no tracking. Add an event, pick a date, and see one big number: the days to go. On the day it reads Today. Afterwards it counts up. EVENTS • A name, a date, one of 123 icons and one of 12 colors for each event. • Birthdays and anniversaries can repeat every year, so they always count down to the next one. • Upcoming events first, soonest at the top. Past events in their own section. • Whole days only. The count changes at midnight, wherever you are. WIDGETS • Small: one event in its own color. Pick the event, or let it follow your next one. • Medium: your next event, and the two after it. • Large: your next six events. • Lock screen: circular, rectangular and inline, each for one event. • Tap any event in a widget to open it. REMINDERS • Choose any of six for each event: on the day, 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks or 1 month before. • They arrive at the time you set, 9:00 AM to begin with. • Tap a reminder to open its event. IPHONE AND IPAD • Events sync through your own iCloud. There is nothing to sign in to. • Add an event on one device and it appears on the other. • Without iCloud, everything still works on the device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your events are kept on your devices and in your own iCloud, where only you can read them.

Screenshots

Countdown!3 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown at 5.0 against Countdown!'s 4.0. Countdown also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 92%). Countdown!'s advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Countdown!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdown's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown! versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown!Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrant StricklandJack Isherwood

Customer experience

Countdown!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Countdown!

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown! free?
Countdown! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown! or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown! averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Countdown averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Countdown! or Countdown have ads?
Neither Countdown! nor Countdown shows ads.

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