Comparison

Birthday Countdown vs count.live

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

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About

Birthday Countdown

This app helps you never miss a birthday with beautiful countdown timers and smart reminders. Personalize each countdown with custom themes and colors. All your birthday data is stored privately on your device.

Highlights
  • Beautiful birthday countdown timers
  • Smart birthday reminders
  • Unlimited birthday tracking
  • Customizable themes and colors
  • Private data storage
  • Premium customization options
Features
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TickClock - The Ultimate Birthday Countdown App Never miss another birthday with TickClock, the most beautiful and intuitive birthday countdown timer available! Transform how you celebrate life's special moments with elegant countdown displays, smart reminders, and personalized celebration features. KEY FEATURES Beautiful Birthday Countdown Timers Create stunning visual countdowns for every birthday on your list. Watch as days, hours, minutes, and seconds tick away until the big day arrives. Our birthday countdown feature displays exactly how much time remains until each celebration. Smart Birthday Reminders Set custom reminder notifications that ensure you never forget important dates. Choose from multiple reminder options - get notified days, weeks, or months before each birthday countdown reaches zero. Unlimited Birthday Tracking Add birthdays for family, friends, colleagues, and loved ones. Our birthday timer keeps track of everyone important in your life, from children's birthdays to milestone celebrations. Customizable Themes & Colors Personalize each birthday countdown with beautiful themes, colors, and celebration styles that match each person's personality. PERFECT FOR Parents tracking children's birthday countdowns Remembering family and friends' special days Planning birthday parties and celebrations Never missing important milestone birthdays Keeping track of workplace birthday celebrations Organizing surprise birthday parties PREMIUM FEATURES Advanced birthday countdown customization options Unlimited birthday entries and reminders Premium celebration themes and animations Priority customer support Enhanced birthday countdown experience PRIVACY & SECURITY Your birthday data stays completely private on your device. We never collect or share your personal birthday information. All birthday countdown data is stored locally and securely. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Premium features require a subscription: Weekly Premium: $4.99 per week Monthly Premium: $17.99 per month Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage your subscription through your App Store account settings. WHY CHOOSE TICKCLOCK Unlike other birthday apps, TickClock focuses on creating beautiful, meaningful birthday countdown experiences. Our intuitive design makes tracking birthdays effortless while our customization options let you make each birthday countdown special and personal. Download TickClock today and never miss celebrating the people who matter most in your life! Terms of Service: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16EbOBz_iVF-qgjD_ea5oiBOYHcYzwt38VYx_uL6OaCM/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eYbYPiYwRPz_QiNpa1lcfDbk3oXquLFBjogMofvrvdk/edit?usp=sharing Transform birthdays from forgotten dates into celebrated moments with TickClock's beautiful birthday countdown timer. Start your journey to never missing another birthday today!

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.

Screenshots

Birthday Countdown4 screens
count.live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: count.live at none against Birthday Countdown's 1. count.live also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). 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. Birthday Countdown sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $17.99 per month. count.live 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 Birthday Countdown against 5.0 for count.live. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: count.live has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Birthday Countdown versus count.live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirthday Countdowncount.live
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPanspermia Labs Private LimitedCan Koecher

Customer experience

Birthday Countdown

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

count.live

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Birthday Countdown

Subscriptions1
  • TickClock Premium monthly3 Days trial$17.991 Month
None

count.live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Birthday Countdown free?
Birthday Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is count.live free?
count.live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Birthday Countdown or count.live?
Birthday Countdown and count.live are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Birthday Countdown or count.live have ads?
Neither Birthday Countdown nor count.live shows ads.

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