Comparison

FunCountDown vs Countdown & Tasks

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

Head to head
About

FunCountDown

Easily create beautiful countdowns for any event, from birthdays to vacations. Personalize with photos and dynamic styles, and get glanceable updates with home screen widgets. Receive smart notifications to stay on track.

Highlights
  • Unlimited countdown creation
  • Personalized backgrounds and styles
  • Home screen widgets
  • Smart event notifications
  • Shareable countdown images
  • Editable and reorderable countdowns
Features
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Fun CountDown makes it easy (and fun!) to track the moments that matter most. Whether it’s a birthday, vacation, anniversary, or a special goal, create a beautiful countdown in seconds and keep it front and center with widgets. Highlights: • Create unlimited countdowns for your events • Personalize with photo backgrounds, gradients, or dynamic shapes • Share a high‑quality image of your countdown with friends • Add Home Screen widgets for glanceable updates • Smart notifications: at event time, daily, weekly, monthly, or a set time before the event • Reorder your countdowns and edit anytime • Works great on all iPhone sizes Why you’ll love it: • Clean, friendly design that’s easy to use • Big, readable time remaining with days, hours, minutes, and seconds • Flexible background styles that make each countdown feel unique • Widgets that look great and update automatically Make every moment more exciting — start counting down today!

About

Countdown & Tasks

This app helps you track important events with custom countdowns and tasks. Set reminders, view progress on your home screen, and even count up elapsed time after events. Organize your life and never miss a moment.

Highlights
  • Custom countdowns with icons and colors
  • Tasks associated with each countdown
  • Event reminders and notifications
  • Home screen widgets
  • Count up elapsed time for completed events
  • Calendar event import
  • Dark theme
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Countdown & Tasks helps you track every moment that matters. Create countdowns for birthdays, trips, graduations, and any event you're looking forward to. Countdown & Tasks helps you track every moment that matters. Create countdowns for birthdays, trips, graduations, and any event you're looking forward to. FEATURES • Create countdowns with custom icons and colors • Add tasks to each countdown to stay organized • Set reminders, get notified before your events • Home screen widgets to see your countdowns at a glance • Count Up: completed events start counting elapsed time • Import events from your calendar • Beautiful dark theme designed for comfort FREE TIER • Up to 10 countdowns • Up to 3 tasks per countdown • Preset reminders PRO (one-time purchase) • Unlimited countdowns • Unlimited tasks • Custom reminder times All your data stays on your device. No account required. No ads. No tracking.

Screenshots

FunCountDown4 screens
Countdown & Tasks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FunCountDown at none against Countdown & Tasks's 1. Countdown & Tasks's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Countdown & Tasks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FunCountDown 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 FunCountDown against 5.0 for Countdown & Tasks. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FunCountDown ships an update fortnightly, Countdown & Tasks every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FunCountDown versus Countdown & Tasks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFunCountDownCountdown & Tasks
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.213.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua VucelichUygar Yagmur

In-app purchases

None

FunCountDown

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown & Tasks

One-time1
  • Countdown & Tasks Pro$2.99

Questions

Is FunCountDown free?
FunCountDown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown & Tasks free?
Countdown & Tasks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FunCountDown or Countdown & Tasks?
FunCountDown and Countdown & Tasks are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do FunCountDown or Countdown & Tasks have ads?
Neither FunCountDown nor Countdown & Tasks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FunCountDown or Countdown & Tasks?
FunCountDown ships an update fortnightly, and Countdown & Tasks every 3 days. Most recently, FunCountDown was updated on October 28, 2026 and Countdown & Tasks on October 21, 2026.

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