Comparison

Guru Countdown vs Church @ The Square

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

Head to head
About

Guru Countdown

Plan, personalize, and share anticipation for life's important moments. Create beautiful countdowns for events like birthdays and holidays, and invite friends to experience them together. Stay on track with timely reminders and shareable links.

Highlights
  • Create personalized countdowns
  • Shareable links for friends
  • Group countdowns for shared events
  • Customizable backgrounds and colors
  • Second-level precision timing
  • Event reminders
  • Count-up feature after event
Features
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There’s a story behind every countdown. Now you can share yours. Guru Countdown brings your upcoming moments into a social experience. Create your profile, find friends, and explore a feed of what they’re looking forward to. From birthdays and weddings to trips, launches, and everyday milestones, give your friends something to get excited about with you. See what’s coming up in your circle, like the moments you love, and save countdowns you want to follow. Your next adventure could start with someone else’s countdown. A feed full of things to look forward to - Discover your friends’ upcoming public countdowns - Browse what’s coming up next or what’s been recently added - Like their milestones and save your favorites - Open a countdown to follow the moment in detail Your profile, your moments - Personalize your profile with a photo and bio - Bring your public countdowns together in one place - Search for friends and send friend requests - Control your profile’s visibility and whether people can find you in search Celebrate together with Groups - Create private spaces for friends, family, or teams - Share countdowns for trips, parties, projects, and more - Manage members and visit their profiles - Keep your shared plans together in one place Make every countdown yours - Choose striking backgrounds, colors, and visual effects - Preview your changes as you create - Set the exact date and time, down to the second - Add notes to keep the details close Keep the excitement going - Get a reminder when your countdown reaches zero - Keep counting up after the event to see how far you’ve come - Share a link so others can follow along - Find your favorite countdowns quickly Made for iPhone and iPad Enjoy a polished experience across both devices, with layouts designed for each screen. Start with a moment. Find your people. Count down together. Available subscription: Pro (Monthly) • Features: • Unlimited countdowns • Unlimited groups & members • Enhanced notes • Website embedding • Live activities • Priority support • Duration: 1 Month • Price: $1.99/month • Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.gurucountdown.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Church @ The Square

This app connects congregations with essential tools like sermons, secure giving, private messaging, and event updates. It offers live streaming and prayer request features for members, while churches can manage their digital presence and communication.

Highlights
  • Watch or listen to sermons
  • Secure online giving
  • Event reminders and announcements
  • Submit and pray for requests
  • Encrypted church messaging
  • Live stream services with chat
Features
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Your church in one place. Ekkle keeps your congregation connected with the tools you already need — sermons, giving, messaging, events, and prayer — without the complexity. FOR MEMBERS • Watch or listen to sermons anytime. Browse by series, speaker, or topic on your phone, tablet, or computer. • Give securely. Tithes, offerings, and one-time or recurring donations are handled through Stripe. View your full giving history in the app. • Stay in the loop. Get announcements, event reminders, and updates via push notifications. You choose what you want to hear. • Pray together. Submit and pray for prayer requests so your church can support one another in real time. • Message your church. Private, church-scoped messaging is encrypted so your conversations stay between you and your community. • Tune in live. When your church streams services, watch from the app with live chat and automatic saving to the sermon library. FOR CHURCHES • One home for everything. Manage your sermon library, online giving, events, and members from a single, calm interface. • Your brand, not ours. Your church gets its own subdomain, colors, and logo. Many churches also publish a branded app under their own name on the App Store. • Built for connection. Ekkle is infrastructure for church connection — we remove friction so you can focus on people, not paperwork. Security and privacy matter. Messages are encrypted with AES-256-GCM at rest and TLS in transit. Even database administrators cannot read your private conversations. Passwords are hashed and never stored in plain text. Whether you’re a small congregation or a growing church, Ekkle gives you the simplest way to run your church’s digital life — communication, members, and your church app, without the clutter.

Screenshots

Guru Countdown4 screens
Church @ The Square3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Church @ The Square at none against Guru Countdown's 1. Guru Countdown's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (13 vs 3). On price, rating, ads 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. Guru Countdown sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Church @ The Square asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Guru Countdown against 5.0 for Church @ The Square. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guru Countdown ships an update weekly, Church @ The Square every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Guru Countdown versus Church @ The Square: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuru CountdownChurch @ The Square
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTITANOCODE LLCBryan Cirlot

Customer experience

Guru Countdown

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Church @ The Square

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Guru Countdown

Subscriptions1
  • Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
None

Church @ The Square

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guru Countdown free?
Guru Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Church @ The Square free?
Church @ The Square is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Guru Countdown or Church @ The Square?
Guru Countdown and Church @ The Square are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 13 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Guru Countdown or Church @ The Square have ads?
Neither Guru Countdown nor Church @ The Square shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guru Countdown or Church @ The Square?
Guru Countdown ships an update weekly, and Church @ The Square every 5 weeks. Most recently, Guru Countdown was updated on October 30, 2026 and Church @ The Square on October 31, 2026.

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