Comparison

Countdown Pro vs Spellbook

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Pro

Track important upcoming and past events with customizable countdowns. Monitor days remaining or elapsed for birthdays, holidays, goals, and more. Organize your dates with tags and filters, and view them on your home screen.

Highlights
  • Unlimited countdowns
  • Days-left and days-since tracking
  • Emoji, photo, and color customization
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Repeating events and reminders
  • Shareable countdown cards
  • Offline use
Features
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Countdown Pro helps you track every important day in one simple app. Create countdowns for birthdays, anniversaries, vacations, exams, deadlines, weddings, holidays, trips, milestones, personal goals, bills, subscriptions, and more. Check how many days are left, or how many days have passed. FEATURES • Unlimited countdowns • Track upcoming and past events • Days-left and days-since tracking • Emoji, photo, and color customization • Tags, search, filtering, and grouping • Repeating events and reminders • Shareable countdown cards • Offline use with no account required PRO FEATURES • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Single-event and multiple-event widgets • Detailed time display • Lunar date support for birthdays and anniversaries • Archive past events USE COUNTDOWN FOR • Birthdays and anniversaries • Weddings and holidays • Vacations and trips • Exams, assignments, and deadlines • Meetings and work events • Fitness goals and personal milestones • Bills, renewals, and subscriptions Countdown is built to be fast, simple, and easy to check every day. Keep all your important dates organized and never miss what matters. SUPPORT & LEGAL • Contact: support@richsoft.app • Privacy Policy: https://richsoft.app/countdown/privacy • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Spellbook

Control your home and devices using hand gestures as spells. Trace shapes on your iPhone or flick your wrist with an Apple Watch to activate lights, accessories, and more. Customize spells and personalize your experience with lessons and challenges.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based spellcasting
  • Apple Watch integration
  • HomeKit device control
  • Customizable spells
  • Interactive lessons and challenges
  • Peer-to-peer dueling mode
Features
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Have you ever wanted to control your home with your wand? Well... now you can. Spellbook turns a movement of your hand into a spell, and a spell into your lights coming on. ---- HOW DOES IT WORK? ---- Two ways to cast: - Trace a spell's shape anywhere on your iPhone screen. - Or wear an Apple Watch and cast with a flick of your arm, phone still in your pocket. Your Watch follows the shape your arm draws in the air and matches it to the spellbook, entirely on your wrist. Teach it your own way of casting in a lesson and it keeps learning how you move. ---- THE SPELLS ---- Lucernas — Upward chevron — Summon the light Obscura — Wave into a C — Banish it Repello — Right then down — Drive it back Subleva — U shape with a flick — The lifting charm Scutum — Straight line up — Raise your shield Amplora — Rightward chevron — Amplify and enlarge Sistere — M shape — Halt all motion Aperio — Up then circle — Unlock and open Exanima — A jagged strike — The soul curse Minuera — Leftward chevron — Diminish and reduce Or make your own. Draw any shape and it becomes a spell, castable from your iPhone or your wrist. The names are Latin, and every one of them can be renamed, along with your school and its houses. The spellbook is yours to write in. ---- LEARN TO CAST ---- Ten lessons take you through the book one spell at a time: see the shape, cast it three times, then once for real. Master a spell by casting it cleanly, earn XP and Arcana from daily challenges, and spend it in the Wardrobe on rings, colours, titles and wands. ---- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A SPELL LANDS? ---- You decide. Bind any spell to an action, on iPhone or Watch. Cast the light-summoning spell and your bedroom lamp comes on. Cast its opposite and the room goes dark. Give each spell its own sound, from the built-in library of royalty-free sounds or your own recording, and optional haptic feedback so it answers in your hand. ---- WHAT CAN I CONTROL? ---- - HomeKit lights: any room, any scene, any brightness or colour - Accessories: switches, plugs, fans, TVs, locks, garage doors, blinds and thermostats - iPhone: media playback, torch, brightness, volume - Shortcuts: run any shortcut - Links: open any app or web page - Web requests: Home Assistant, webhooks, anything with a URL - Attunement (Apple Watch): cast, then turn your wrist to slide a light's brightness or colour, or your iPhone's screen - Rooms (experimental): your Watch knows which room you're in, and light spells act there ---- CAN I FINE-TUNE IT? ---- Everyone casts differently. Adjust motion sensitivity, gesture speed, confidence threshold and cooldown to match your style: precise and deliberate, or fast and snappy. Settings sync to your Watch instantly. ---- DUELLING ---- Battle a friend over a direct peer-to-peer connection, no Wi-Fi needed. Just be in range, and be quicker than they are. ---- FREE AND SPELLBOOK+ ---- Spellbook is free to use, with seven casts a day and a new lesson every day. SpellBook+ (monthly, yearly or lifetime) lets you cast as often as you like and adds actions, custom sounds, attunement and duelling. ---- PRIVACY ---- Casting runs on-device. No cloud processing. No account. ---- REQUIREMENTS ---- iPhone with iOS 18.6 or later. Tracing spells on screen needs nothing else. For wrist casting: Apple Watch Series 4 or later, watchOS 10 or later. Your wand awaits. Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Countdown Pro4 screens
Spellbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spellbook at 4.6 against Countdown Pro's 3.6. Spellbook also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and ratings volume (22 vs 5). Countdown Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Spellbook sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spellbook holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Countdown Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spellbook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Pro ships an update every 4 days, Spellbook every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Pro versus Spellbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown ProSpellbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)4.6 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings522 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.618.6
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRich Soft Co., LtdDeclan Land

Customer experience

Countdown Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%

Spellbook

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Pro

One-time1
  • Widget Lifetime$6.99
3 purchases

Spellbook

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Countdown Pro free?
Countdown Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spellbook free?
Spellbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Pro or Spellbook?
Spellbook is rated higher. Countdown Pro averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Spellbook averages 4.6 from 22 ratings.
Do Countdown Pro or Spellbook have ads?
Neither Countdown Pro nor Spellbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Pro or Spellbook?
Countdown Pro ships an update every 4 days, and Spellbook every 10 days. Most recently, Countdown Pro was updated on October 28, 2026 and Spellbook on October 31, 2026.

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