Comparison

Countdown vs Soon

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

Head to head
About

Countdown

Track upcoming events and personal goals with customizable timers and home screen widgets. Stay motivated by visualizing your progress down to the second. Sync across devices for seamless goal management.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown widgets
  • Unlimited event timers
  • Day counter and goal tracking
  • Motivational visuals
  • User-friendly interface
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Countdown Kit – Countdown Days, Events & Widget Timer Stay motivated and focused with Countdown Kit – your all-in-one countdown app and countdown widget! Whether you're counting down days to a deadline, holiday, wedding, exam, or a personal goal, Countdown Kit turns every second into progress. Key Features: Countdown Widget: Add a beautiful, customizable countdown widget to your home screen. View your countdown days, hours, minutes, and seconds at a glance! Custom Countdown Timers: Set unlimited countdowns to any future event — from birthdays and anniversaries to exams and product launches.(Up to 5 events in free version) Day Counter & Goal Tracker: Automatically count days left to your target and stay focused with progress tracking visuals. Motivational Visuals: Be inspired daily with dynamic visual countdowns that keep you goal-oriented. User-Friendly Design: A clean, intuitive interface makes creating and managing countdowns simple and enjoyable. Cross-Device Sync: Access your countdowns on any device — stay connected to your goals, anywhere. Why Choose Countdown Kit? -Perfect for tracking life events, vacations, exams, launches, and more. -Built-in home screen widgets make your countdowns easily accessible. -Countdown apps for motivation, planning, and productivity. In-App Purchases: This app is free to download, but some features require a paid subscription to access. - By Purchasing premium version you can create unlimited Countdowns - Backup functionality - Import Backups - You can unlock premium countdown templates privacy policy -https://sites.google.com/view/circularxprivacypolicy/home term of use -https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Soon

Features
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Something good is coming. Soon keeps the moments you are looking forward to close: a trip, a birthday, a launch, a wedding, the holidays. Create a countdown in seconds, then let it live where you already look — your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, StandBy and the Dynamic Island. COUNTDOWNS THAT FEEL HUMAN Choose how each moment counts. Days for a launch. Sleeps for a holiday or a birthday. Weeks for a race. Exact hours, minutes and seconds when it has to be precise. See how much of the wait is already over, or count up the years since a moment you never want to forget. ON YOUR HOME AND LOCK SCREEN Beautiful widgets in every size, from a single hero countdown to your next few moments at a glance. Lock Screen widgets for a quick look without unlocking. Designed for the tinted and clear Home Screen styles, with your own photo or a colour and symbol. FINAL STRETCH As a timed moment gets close, it goes live: a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island counts down the final hours, second by second, until it is time. ONE QUIET REMINDER One notification, on the day, only if you ask for it. No badges, no nagging. SHARE THE MOMENT Turn any countdown into a card for Messages, a story or a square post, in a few taps. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. Nothing is uploaded to us. Your events and photos stay on your iPhone and, if you choose, in your own iCloud. TRY EVERYTHING FOR SEVEN DAYS Soon is free to use in full for seven days — every countdown, every style and design, every widget, Final Stretch Live Activities and iCloud sync, with nothing held back and no card required. After that, one purchase of $4.99 keeps it all, forever. No subscription, no ads, no account. Your countdowns are always yours: you can export them at any time, whether or not you buy. Look forward to something.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Soon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Soon at none against Countdown's shown. Soon also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). Countdown's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Countdown sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Soon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 5 weeks, Soon every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown versus Soon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownSoon
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIsuru LakmalGreenVine

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • Time Countdown PRO - monthly$2.991 Month
  • Time Countdown PRO - Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Time Untill$6.99
  • Time Countdown PRO - Lifetime$14.99
1 purchases

Soon

One-time1
  • Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Soon free?
Soon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown or Soon have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Soon does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Soon?
Countdown ships an update every 5 weeks, and Soon every 2 days. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 30, 2026 and Soon on October 24, 2026.

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