Comparison

Countdown Central vs Until Then

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Central

Create visually appealing countdowns for any event, tracking days, hours, and minutes. Personalize with custom colors, text, or photos. Set reminders and share your excitement with others.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns
  • Background color and text options
  • Photo integration
  • Event reminders
  • Sharing functionality
  • Simple setup
Features
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Your special events deserve a spotlight. With Countdown Central, you can create beautiful countdowns that track every day, hour, and minute until your next big moment. Make each countdown your own with custom background colors and text, or a photograph from your library. Reminders ensure you never miss a milestone, and sharing lets you get everyone in on the excitement. Setting up a new countdown takes just a few taps — no complicated setup, no fuss. Start counting down to what matters most.

About

Until Then

Features
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Until Then - Event Countdown is a clean, ad-free way to count down to the moments you're waiting for. • Create as many events as you like - birthdays, trips, anniversaries, deadlines - each with its own emoji, color and optional photo. See exactly how long is left, down to the second on the day itself. • Home Screen widgets in every size, plus Lock Screen widgets • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island in the final hours • Custom reminders - as many as you want, from hours to months before • Yearly events that roll over automatically for birthdays & anniversaries • Optional iCloud sync across your iPhone and iPad * Share time left with others * Time zone aware or constant time - your choice * Count up from event, or continue to count after the event arrived * Siri & shortcuts integration No ads. No tracking. No accounts. No locked features. Everything stays on your device. I built it for myself because every other countdown app I tried was full of ads and paywalls. I'm sharing it in case it's useful to you too - free, clean, and it'll stay that way.

Screenshots

Countdown Central4 screens
Until Then2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Until Then at every 5 days against Countdown Central's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Central ships an update every 6 weeks, Until Then every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Countdown Central versus Until Then: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown CentralUntil Then
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaptronics, L.L.C.Ron Sigall

In-app purchases

None

Countdown Central

No in-app purchases

None

Until Then

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Central free?
Countdown Central is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Until Then free?
Until Then is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown Central or Until Then have ads?
Neither Countdown Central nor Until Then shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Central or Until Then?
Countdown Central ships an update every 6 weeks, and Until Then every 5 days. Most recently, Countdown Central was updated on October 3, 2026 and Until Then on October 13, 2026.

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