Comparison

Life Countdown vs Weekwise

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

Head to head
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Life Countdown

Features
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Life Countdown A lifetime, counting down. Each month marks a dot. No pause. No redo. But the future is still yours. Features: Elegant dot matrix design - one dot per month Real-time countdown showing time left in current month Clear progress bar to visualize your life's journey Customizable birthday and life expectancy Make every month count. Give time true meaning.

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Weekwise

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See your whole life as a grid of weeks, and write down how each week really felt. Weekwise is a fully offline weekly journal. A life is only about 4,000 weeks. Which week are you in right now? Just enter your date of birth and the weeks you've lived quietly fill in. What you can do - Life timeline: your entire life on one grid. Tap a year to see that year's weeks up close - Weekly journal: mood, a highlight, honest notes and photos - Loved ones: an estimate of the times you have left together, based on whichever of you has fewer years remaining - Milestones: add future plans and past turning points, and flags appear on the grid - Bucket list and search - Review: mood breakdown, streaks, year-by-year trend and a yearly look-back - Weekly reminder: pick a day and time so you remember to write - Backup and restore: export your entries as a JSON file and keep it wherever you like - Wallpaper and PDF export: a Lock Screen image of where you are now, and your entries gathered into one document - Home and Lock Screen widgets, weeks/months/days units, January-start or birthday-start grid - Works on iPhone and iPad Pricing - Free to try: the full life grid, search, backup and restore, Review basics (entry count and mood breakdown), 4 weekly entries, 3 milestones, 3 bucket list items and 1 loved one - Full Access (one-time purchase): everything unlimited, plus photo attachments, yearly trends and the annual review, and wallpaper and PDF export Note: this is not a subscription. There are no recurring charges. Why people choose it - No subscription, one-time purchase - Fully offline: everything stays on your device, no data collection Note: life expectancy is only an assumption used to draw the grid, not a prediction. This app does not provide medical, health or financial advice.

Screenshots

Life Countdown4 screens
Weekwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Life Countdown at none against Weekwise's 1. Life Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Weekwise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Life Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Life Countdown ships an update every 9 days, Weekwise monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Life Countdown versus Weekwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLife CountdownWeekwise
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days β€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeralgormula Pte. Ltd.YANGLI CHEN

In-app purchases

None

Life Countdown

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Weekwise

One-time1
  • Full Access$9.99

Questions

Is Life Countdown free?
Life Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Weekwise free?
Weekwise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Life Countdown or Weekwise have ads?
Neither Life Countdown nor Weekwise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Life Countdown or Weekwise?
Life Countdown ships an update every 9 days, and Weekwise monthly. Most recently, Life Countdown was updated on October 30, 2026 and Weekwise on November 5, 2026.

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