Kounts vs Routine Coach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kounts
This app helps you track important life events with stylish countdowns. Create custom events with photos, set personalized reminders, and organize them into categories. Share your countdowns as beautiful images and use home screen widgets to stay on track.
- Custom event creation with photos
- Personalized one-off or recurring reminders
- Up to 5 custom event categories
- 10 customizable backgrounds
- Shareable event countdown images
- 4 home screen widget styles
- Multi-language support
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Kounts counts the days until whatever you're waiting for: a trip, a birthday, a wedding, a game release, Christmas. Every widget is free and there are no ads. You don't need an account. Add the date, pick how it looks, and the countdown sits where you'll see it: your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, your Apple Watch, and the Dynamic Island on the day itself. COUNTDOWN WIDGETS, ALL FREE • Eight Home Screen widgets, and on iOS 27 four of them can fill a whole page • Lock Screen widgets, StandBy, Control Center and the Action Button • A Live Activity and a Dynamic Island countdown on the day • An Apple Watch app with complications • Kounts turns with your iPhone and spreads out on iPad, Mac and the iPhone Duo. One Premium purchase covers every device DAYS UNTIL, DAYS SINCE See how many days are left, or watch it run down live in days, hours, minutes and seconds. It counts up too: days since you quit smoking, years together. A birthday can repeat every year, and a trip can run for several days. YOUR PHOTOS, WITH DEPTH Put your own photo behind any countdown. When it shows people or pets, the count can sit behind them, like the clock on the Lock Screen. On iOS 27 with Apple Intelligence, a photo of a poster or an invitation becomes a countdown: Kounts reads the name, the place and the date for you. BIRTHDAYS FROM YOUR CONTACTS Add the birthdays already saved in your contacts in one go, each with the person's photo and age. They stay up to date when a contact changes. READY-MADE COUNTDOWNS Follow a pack in Discover and its dates arrive as countdowns that stay right on their own: Video Games and Movies (release day), TV Shows (the next episode), Moon & Sky (moon phases, eclipses, meteor showers), Public Holidays (22 countries) and Faith & Traditions (Ramadan, Passover, Diwali and more). Browsing is free, each pack is a one-off purchase, and Premium includes them all. TEN CARD STYLES A full picture with a progress ring, a tear-off calendar page, a ticket stub, one giant number, your photo inside a ring, and five more. Pick from ten gradients, five fonts, accent colors and sixteen app icons. HOLIDAYS COME WITH THEIR OWN LOOK 25 holidays have their own colors and decorations, free for everyone: Halloween, Christmas, Diwali, Eid al-Fitr, Lunar New Year and more. The dates match where you live, like Mothering Sunday in the UK or Thanksgiving in October in Canada. COUNT DOWN TOGETHER • Create a Shared Space for up to 5 people and everyone sees the same countdowns. Anyone can add or edit, and joining is free • Or share a single event: friends follow it live and add their pictures to a shared album REMINDERS Up to five reminders per event, and an Important event rings a full screen alarm, even in a Focus. LOOK BACK, TOO Add photos to any event and they stay with it. On This Day brings back countdowns from earlier years, and in December your year turns into a recap. SIRI AND SPOTLIGHT Ask Siri "when is Mum's birthday" or find an event in Spotlight. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, describe an event in plain language and Kounts fills in the details. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Your events live on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. There is nothing to sign up for, and Premium syncs them across your devices. Kounts is free, with room for 15 countdowns. Premium is one purchase, yearly or lifetime: unlimited countdowns, every card style, font, color and app icon, photo memories, iCloud sync, calendar sync, sharing, and the depth effect on widgets and share images. Pick a date you're looking forward to and start counting.
Routine Coach
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Routine Coach – Your Smart Daily Planner Create structure, build habits, and bring focus to your day. Routine Coach is your intelligent companion for daily planning, habit tracking, mindfulness, and productivity. Designed to help you stay balanced, organized, and calm – no matter how busy life gets. Why Routine Coach? Modern life is full of distractions. Routine Coach helps you regain control with a simple, personalized system for your routines. Key Features Smart Coach Get intelligent tips and recommendations to stay focused, productive, and mindful. Daily Planner Plan your day with clarity – all tasks, habits, and goals in one view. Habit Tracker Build and track daily habits, including counts (e.g., drink 5 glasses of water). To-Do List Organize tasks by priority and deadline. Stay on top of what matters most. Calendar Integration Monthly overview with progress, notes, tasks, and completed habits. Mindfulness Sessions Balance your day with meditation, breathing, or silent focus. Notes & Reflections Add thoughts or journal entries to each day. Recognize your progress and patterns. Focus Mode Block distractions with a built-in timer for deep work or meditation. Local Storage Your data stays on your device – private and secure. Multiple Languages Fully localized – currently available in English, German, Spanish, and French. Routine Coach is for anyone who takes their time seriously – students, professionals, parents, or anyone focused on personal growth. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Kounts at every 4 days against Routine Coach's every 11 days. Routine Coach's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Kounts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Routine Coach sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kounts ships an update every 4 days, Routine Coach every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kounts | Routine Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 299 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Caceiro Aversari | TOBIAS ROSSMANN |
In-app purchases
Kounts
- Kounts Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Kounts Lifetime Member$19.99
Routine Coach
- Routine Coach Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- Routine Coach Pro (Yearly)$24.991 Year
- Routine Coach Pro (Lifetime)$69.99









