Countdown vs Countdown by Dots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown
This app helps you keep track of important dates and events with a simple countdown timer. Stay organized by visualizing the time remaining until your next significant moment.
- Event countdown timer
- Date tracking
- Stay organized
- Simplistic design
- Functional timer
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Countdown: Moments Tracker is a simplistic yet functional countdown timer that helps you stay organized by keeping track of important events and dates in your life. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Countdown by Dots
This app helps you track important upcoming dates with a visually appealing, minimalist design. It allows you to count down to birthdays, vacations, holidays, and other special moments, keeping you organized and motivated.
- Minimal dot-based countdowns
- Track birthdays and events
- Visualize progress and remaining days
- Daily notifications and reminders
- Dark mode support
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Track your important days with a beautiful and minimal countdown timer app. Countdown by Dots helps you easily countdown to birthdays, events, vacations, holidays, and special moments. Visualize your countdown progress with elegant dots, making every day exciting and meaningful. Whether it's a birthday, trip, wedding, exam, or big event, this countdown app keeps you motivated and organized. Features: • Minimal and beautiful dot-based countdown • Track birthdays, events, and special days • View progress and remaining days easily • Daily notifications and reminders • Simple, fast, and easy to use • Dark mode support Never miss important moments. Download Countdown by Dots and make every day count.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown by Dots at none against Countdown's 1. Countdown by Dots also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown by Dots asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Countdown against 5.0 for Countdown by Dots. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Countdown ships an update weekly, Countdown by Dots fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | Countdown by Dots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Vladislav Gershun | Shubham Nehul |
Customer experience
Countdown
Countdown by Dots
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Pro$4.99
Countdown by Dots
No in-app purchases
