CountdownerSMS vs Countdown Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CountdownerSMS
Create dynamic countdowns for any event and share them directly within iMessage conversations. Choose from a variety of themes and animated effects to make waiting more exciting for everyone involved.
- Live countdown creation for any date
- Share timers directly via iMessage
- 51 free and premium themes
- Animated ambient effects
- Confetti celebration on completion
- Built-in Theme Shop
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CountdownerSMS makes the wait part of the fun. Create a live countdown, make it yours, and share it right inside an iMessage conversation. Count down together to birthdays, trips, holidays, weddings, game days, or your next excuse to celebrate. A style for every season Explore 81 themes across 15 packs, with 9 themes included free. Find your favorite look, unlock individual premium packs, or get all current and future packs with Unlock Everything. Make autumn plans with Falling Leaves, get spooky with Halloween, gather with Thankful, spread Christmas cheer, and ring in New Years. Keep celebrating year-round with collections like Summer Days, Patriotic, Celestial, and Weather. A little motion. A lot of personality. Bring your countdown to life with animated effects on select premium themes, including drifting leaves, snowfall, twinkling stars, glowing fireflies, shimmer, fireworks, and floating embers. When the big moment arrives, celebrate with confetti! Make every moment yours Choose from eight free font styles, add an emoji, and name your event. Your message preview stays visible while you customize, so you can see everything come together. Pick a quick time preset or choose a specific date, find your style, and add your countdown to Messages. What's included • Live countdowns shared through iMessage • 81 themes across 15 packs • 9 free themes and eight free font styles • Animated effects on select premium themes • Always-visible preview while you customize • Quick time presets and custom dates • Confetti when the countdown reaches zero • Individual premium packs or Unlock Everything • All current and future packs with Unlock Everything • Recipients can view your premium theme without purchasing it From “almost there” to “it’s finally time,” keep the moment in sight together.
Countdown Events
Create visually appealing countdowns for important events directly on your Home Screen. Customize widgets with your own photos, colors, and fonts, and share them with friends to keep everyone in sync. Set reminders to ensure you never miss a milestone.
- Customizable countdown widgets
- Multiple widget styles
- Personalized photos, colors, and fonts
- Event reminders
- Live widget sharing
- Unlimited countdowns with purchase
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Count down to the moments that matter most, right from your Home Screen. Countdown Events turns your iPhone into a beautiful countdown display with customizable widgets. Whether it's a vacation, birthday, wedding, graduation, or any milestone, see exactly how many days remain at a glance. FREE - Up to 3 countdowns - 4 widget styles: Classic, Flip Clock, Boarding Pass and Tear-Off Calendar - Your own photos, colors and fonts - Reminders before your event - Live widget sharing: friends get a widget that stays in sync with yours, and they only need the free app COUNTDOWN+ (ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION) - Unlimited countdowns - 20+ more widget styles, including new ones as we add them SHARED WIDGETS Share a countdown and your friends see the same widget on their Home Screen, in your style. Plan the trip, the wedding or the big day together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown Events at every 10 days against CountdownerSMS's every 4 months. Countdown Events also leads on iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). CountdownerSMS's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. CountdownerSMS sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Countdown Events sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown Events holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of CountdownerSMS's written reviews are positive against 75% of Countdown Events's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CountdownerSMS ships an update every 4 months, Countdown Events every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | CountdownerSMS | Countdown Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Braden Aron Mc Corkle | Vincent Nguyen |
Customer experience
CountdownerSMS
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In-app purchases
CountdownerSMS
- Patriotic Theme Pack$0.99
- Summer Days Theme Pack$0.99
- Weather Theme Pack$0.99
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- Celestial Theme Pack$0.99
- Luxe Theme Pack$0.99
- Bloom Theme Pack2 variants$0.99
- All Packs Unlock$3.99
Countdown Events
- CountdownEvents+$4.99
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