Countdown Central vs Tilly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Central
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Make every day count. Countdown Central: Events puts beautiful countdown widgets on your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Dynamic Island—perfect for birthdays, trips, launches, anniversaries, and goals. Create once, pin a widget, and stay on track with smart reminders, workday-only counting, and private iCloud sync. Why you’ll love it • Gorgeous widgets: Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Dynamic Island / Live Activities • Count down & count up: Days, hours, minutes; progress ring and bars • Workday mode: Count only Monday–Friday for realistic goals • Smart reminders: 30/7/1-day, day-of, and milestone nudges • Themes & customization: Fonts, colors, photos, gradients • Calendar import: Pull events from Apple/Google calendars (read-only) + CSV import • Shareables: Create poster-style images (no watermark in Pro) • iCloud sync: Your events stay in sync across devices • Privacy-first: No ads. We don’t sell your data. Make every day count—download Countdown Central: Events and pin your next big moment today. For a detailed breakdown of our subscription options, including how to manage or cancel your subscription, please visit our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service pages: https://tecmanic.com/apps/countdowncentral/terms.html https://tecmanic.com/apps/countdowncentral/privacy.html
Tilly
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Put a Christmas countdown on your Lock Screen in one tap. Free. TAP THE MOON • Count sleeps instead of days. Every evening from 6 PM the moon on the widget opens: one tap, one sleep closer. • Tap it on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island or on the Home Screen, without opening the app. • The number is always recomputed from the date at midnight, so a tap can never break the count. • A quiet "3 nights in a row" on the event screen. No badges, no push notifications. EVERY WIDGET FOR YOUR FIRST EVENT, FREE • Lock Screen: circular, rectangular and inline. • Home Screen: small, medium, large, and an extra-large diary page on iOS 27. • Live Activity in the Dynamic Island, on Apple Watch and in CarPlay. • StandBy while your iPhone charges on its side: a nightlight that counts. • Change the event, color palette and days/sleeps right on the Home Screen. ROLLS OVER EXACTLY AT MIDNIGHT • Every widget carries its own timeline, one entry per local midnight. No stale numbers in the morning, in any time zone, when the clocks change. PRESETS • Christmas, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, plus your local holidays. One tap, and next year the date moves by itself. • Or pick any event from your Calendar: birthdays, vacations, weddings, the baby's due date. ASK SIRI • "How many sleeps until Christmas?" Siri answers and shows the card. NO SNOW, NO NOISE • Paper-and-ink design with the Winter palette: cream paper, evergreen and carmine, a gold moon. • Your data stays on your device and in your private iCloud. No account, no ads, no tracking. PRICING Free: 3 events, and everything (every widget, the Live Activity, StandBy) for your first event. Winter palette free until 6 January 2027. Tilly Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription: unlimited events, widgets for every event, photo backgrounds, all palettes, share cards without the mark. Privacy: https://ios.service-lab.site/tilly/privacy Terms: https://ios.service-lab.site/tilly/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tilly at every 10 days against Countdown Central's every 5 months. 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. Countdown Central sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Tilly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown Central ships an update every 5 months, Tilly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Central | Tilly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tecmanic, LLC | Denys Khomenko |
In-app purchases
Countdown Central
- Countdown Central Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Countdown Central Annual$8.991 Year
Tilly
- Tilly Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Tilly Pro Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Tilly Pro Lifetime$29.99









