Comparison

Reach vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Reach

Create personalized countdowns for important events, people, and goals. Stay connected with loved ones, track moments in real-time, and receive timely reminders. Organize all your life's events with customizable widgets and calendar sync.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns
  • Real-time tracking (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
  • Personalized moments with photos and emojis
  • Gentle reminder notifications
  • Multiple event organization
  • Cross-device sync and sharing
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Calendar sync
Features
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Create beautiful, customizable countdowns for the people, places, and memories that matter most. Whether you're counting down to a trip, a birthday, a reunion, or your next big goal, Reach keeps you inspired, excited, and emotionally connected. KEY FEATURES - Stay Connected: Designed for long-distance couples, families, and friends. Feel closer even when you're apart. - Accurate & Beautiful Countdowns: Track days, hours, minutes, and seconds in real time with a sleek, modern design. - Personalized Moments: Add photos, names, and emojis to make every countdown uniquely yours. - Reminders That Matter: Get gentle notifications as your special moment draws near. - Organize Life's Important Events: Manage multiple countdowns at once. Count down to anniversaries, pregnancies, Valentine's Day, weddings, Thanksgiving, Christmas, holidays, concerts, retirement, launches, and more. - Sync & Share: Access your countdowns across devices and share them with the people you love. - Widgets: Keep your favorite countdowns on your Home or Lock Screen with live-updating, beautifully designed widgets. - Dark Mode: Enjoy a sleek dark theme that's easy on your eyes, day and night. - Calendar Sync: Import events from your phone's calendar or export your countdowns to stay on top of what matters most. - Tags & Filters: Organize your countdowns with custom tags and filter your list so the ones that matter are always easy to find. WHY REACH? Because waiting doesn't have to feel distant. Reach transforms anticipation into a feeling of connection: one day, one moment, one heartbeat at a time. Start counting toward what matters most. Download Reach: Countdown to Connect today and make every second a step closer to your next big moment. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: https://www.reachus.app/en/terms https://www.reachus.app/en/privacy

About

Countdown

Visually personalize your home screen with custom widgets that count down to or up from important dates. Choose from various styles, customize backgrounds and colors, and set recurring events. Share snapshots of your countdowns easily.

Highlights
  • Widget-first design
  • Customizable widget styles
  • Count down to or up from dates
  • Repeat yearly events
  • Customizable backgrounds and colors
  • Shareable countdown snapshots
Features
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Countdown is a widget-first app that helps you keep important dates visible on your Home Screen in a way that feels personal and good to look at. It’s not trying to replace Reminders or Calendar — the idea is simply to turn your countdowns (or count-ups) into Home Screen widgets with styles that match different tastes. When you create an event, you choose a widget look from a small collection of designs — from more decorative, “statement” styles to simpler ones that blend into your wallpaper. The goal is that there’s something for everyone, whether you want your Home Screen to feel calm and minimal or you want a widget that stands out. You can then customize it with your own background, adjust colors, and add an emoji so it fits your setup. It works both ways: count down to something coming up (a trip, an exam, a holiday), or count up from a date in the past (like “days since we met”). For yearly events such as birthdays, Halloween, or Christmas, you can make them repeat so when the day arrives, the widget automatically resets and starts counting toward the next one. There’s also a share option that creates a clean snapshot of your countdown that you can send to someone — with a background you choose (black, white, or a gradient), so it’s easy to share in messages or on social media. The app includes built-in options and lets you create one custom countdown for free. If you want to create and manage more, you can subscribe to Unlimited Countdown. New widget designs are added over time. WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU Countdown is made by a small team, and your feedback genuinely helps shape what we build next. If you have questions, run into an issue, or have an idea for a widget style you’d like to see, email us anytime at countdown@uix.app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Reach4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reach at 100% against Countdown's 0%. Reach also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (95 vs 13). On price, update cadence, 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. Reach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reach holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reach has 95 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Reach's written reviews are positive against 0% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reach ships an update every 4 days, Countdown weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Reach versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReachCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (95 ratings) — better4.3 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings95 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSylvain FertonsUIX APP INC.

Customer experience

Reach

All ratings95 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Reach

One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime Access$6.99
5 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions4
  • Unlimited Countdowns — Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Unlimited Countdowns — Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Unlimited Countdowns — Annual$8.991 Year
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  • Unlimited Countdowns — Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited Countdowns — Lifetime$89.99

Questions

Is Reach free?
Reach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reach or Countdown?
Reach is rated higher. Reach averages 4.7 out of 5 from 95 ratings, while Countdown averages 4.3 from 13 ratings.
Do Reach or Countdown have ads?
Neither Reach nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reach or Countdown?
Reach ships an update every 4 days, and Countdown weekly. Most recently, Reach was updated on October 13, 2026 and Countdown on September 27, 2026.

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