Comparison

Cursed Countdowns vs count.live

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

Head to head
About

Cursed Countdowns

Create visually striking countdowns for any event, from exciting trips to mysterious happenings. This app offers dark, atmospheric themes and shareable designs to make waiting an unforgettable experience. Add widgets to your home screen and Apple Watch for easy tracking.

Highlights
  • Striking, modern design
  • Dark and eerie themes
  • Unlimited countdowns
  • Day-accurate tracking
  • Shareable designs
  • Home screen and Apple Watch widgets
Features
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Count the days to your most thrilling, mysterious, or downright terrifying events. Cursed Countdowns turns any date into a story worth sharing – from epic trips and celebrations to ominous, unexplained moments only you understand. Whether you’re planning a Halloween party, waiting for a horror movie release, or setting a date with a cryptic twist, Cursed Countdowns makes the wait unforgettable. FEATURES: • Striking, modern design with bold skull iconography • Dark and eerie themes for maximum atmosphere • Create unlimited countdowns – as many as you want • Day-accurate tracking for every event you add • Shareable design that sparks curiosity when shown to friends or posted online • Widgets for your home-screen and Apple Watch PERFECT FOR: • Halloween events & haunted houses • Horror movie and game releases • Inside jokes & mysterious reminders • Apocalyptic memes and viral social posts • Trips, concerts, and milestones – with a spooky edge HOW IT WORKS: 1. Name your cursed event 2. Pick the date 3. Choose your cursed style 4. Watch the days disappear Unlike standard countdown apps, Cursed Countdowns is built to be fun, bold, and shareable. It’s designed to grab attention when you show it to friends, post it on social media, or stream it live during events. It’s not just a countdown – it’s an experience. Cursed Countdowns Pro unlocks additional themes, and removes watermarks from social media exports. Privacy Policy: https://fivesheep.co/privacy/cursedcountdowns End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

count.live

Create and share visually appealing countdown timers for any event, from personal milestones to major celebrations. Save unlimited timers, receive notifications, and customize their appearance with various themes and fonts. The app offers a seamless experience with its web counterpart.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited countdown timers
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable themes, fonts, and colors
  • Notifications for zero countdown
  • Recurring countdown options
  • Shareable countdown links
  • Confetti/fireworks celebration
Features
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Count down to anything: a vacation, a wedding, a birthday, a product launch, New Year's Eve. count.live shows exactly how long is left, live, and keeps it right on your Home Screen. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Small, medium and large widgets, each showing the countdown you choose • Your colors, fonts and background photo carry over to the widget • Tap a widget to open the full countdown MAKE IT YOURS • Ready-made themes, or your own background and text colors • Use a photo from your library or any image link as the background • Choose sans-serif, serif, monospace or display fonts • Show exactly the units you want, from years down to milliseconds • Add a title, a subtitle and a message for when the time is up NEVER MISS THE MOMENT • Get a notification when a countdown reaches zero, even if the app is closed • Celebrate with confetti or fireworks when it ends • Repeat countdowns daily, weekly, monthly or yearly for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and standups • Track how far along you are with a progress bar and percentage TIME ZONES DONE RIGHT • Set the event's time zone, so midnight in Tokyo stays midnight in Tokyo • Countdowns follow the clock through daylight saving changes and leap years SHARE ONE LINK • Every countdown is a count.live link you can send to anyone • It opens in any browser on any phone or computer, no app needed • Open count.live links in the app to save them to your list • Put the same countdown in Canva, Notion, OBS or your website from count.live PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account and no sign-up • Your countdowns stay on your iPhone • No ads and no tracking; only anonymous crash reports help us fix bugs count.live is free. Questions or ideas? Write to dev@count.live. Terms of Service: https://count.live/terms Privacy Policy: https://count.live/privacy

Screenshots

Cursed Countdowns4 screens
count.live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cursed Countdowns at every 3 days against count.live's every 3 weeks. count.live's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Cursed Countdowns sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and count.live sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cursed Countdowns ships an update every 3 days, count.live every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cursed Countdowns versus count.live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCursed Countdownscount.live
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB37 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFiveSheep OUSailstead LLC

Customer experience

Cursed Countdowns

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

count.live

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cursed Countdowns

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$4.99
2 purchases

count.live

Subscriptions1
  • count.live Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • count.live Pro Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Cursed Countdowns free?
Cursed Countdowns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is count.live free?
count.live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cursed Countdowns or count.live have ads?
Neither Cursed Countdowns nor count.live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cursed Countdowns or count.live?
Cursed Countdowns ships an update every 3 days, and count.live every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cursed Countdowns was updated on October 30, 2026 and count.live on November 15, 2026.

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