Comparison

Day Counter vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Day Counter

Easily track significant life events, both past and future. Monitor streaks, celebrate milestones with achievements, and receive smart reminders to stay motivated. Share your progress and visualize your journey with detailed statistics.

Highlights
  • Track any event (past or future)
  • Countdown to special dates
  • Monitor habit streaks
  • Unlock achievements for milestones
  • Smart reminders and notifications
  • Detailed statistics and progress tracking
  • Shareable milestones
Features
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Track life's important moments with Day Counter - the simple, beautiful way to count days since or until any event. TRACK ANYTHING • Count days since you quit smoking, started a new job, or got married • Countdown to birthdays, vacations, weddings, and special events • Monitor your streaks for habits and personal goals MILESTONES & ACHIEVEMENTS • Unlock achievements as you reach milestones (7 days, 30 days, 100 days, 1 year, and more) • Visual progress tracking keeps you motivated • Celebrate your journey with shareable achievements SMART REMINDERS • Daily, weekly, or monthly check-ins • Milestone notifications when you hit important days • Never forget to celebrate your progress DETAILED STATISTICS • See your total days tracked across all events • Category breakdown (Health, Work, Personal, Family & more) • Track your longest streaks and averages EVENT HISTORY • Restart counters while keeping your history • Track multiple attempts and periods • See your progress over time SHARE YOUR PROGRESS • Share milestones with friends and family • Copy progress to clipboard • Celebrate achievements on social media Perfect for: • Sobriety & recovery tracking • Habit building & streak counting • Anniversary & birthday countdowns • Personal milestone tracking • Health & fitness goals • Life event memories Start counting the days that matter. Download Day Counter now! Unlock all features. Manage anytime in Settings. Terms of Use - https://pipsapps.com/terms.html Privacy Policy - https://pipsapps.com/privacy.html

About

Countdown

Features
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Count the days to what you are actually waiting for. Countdown keeps your next event on the Home Screen and shows exactly how many days, hours and minutes are left: a wedding, a trip, a birthday, a due date, an exam, the end of a deployment. WHAT THE FREE PLAN GIVES YOU - 3 events, each with one reminder (or watch a short ad for one extra event) - 2 of the 8 display styles: Large and Minimal - 3 of the 6 backgrounds: solid, gradient and glass - Every widget, Lock Screen and inline included - Repeating events: yearly, monthly, weekly - Pin, favorite, archive, search and a timeline view WITH PRO - Unlimited events - The other 6 display styles: Flip Clock, Circular, Progress Ring, Progress Bar, Digital and Elegant - Animated backgrounds: moving gradient, stars and particles - A color wheel instead of the 8 preset colors - Up to 8 reminders on a single event: at the event, 1 hour, 12 hours, 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days before - No ads REMINDERS THAT ACTUALLY ARRIVE A reminder is scheduled as a fixed instant, not as a time of day, so a flight across time zones or a daylight-saving change does not move it. iOS only holds 64 pending notifications per app, so this version keeps the nearest ones and rebuilds the list every time you open the app: the birthday next week no longer loses its place to an anniversary three years out. COMMON QUESTIONS Do I need Pro to put a countdown on the Home Screen? No. Every widget works on the free plan, Lock Screen ones included. Does it need an internet connection or an account? Neither. Everything stays on the device and there is nothing to sign up for. What happens to a birthday once the day passes? If you set it to repeat, it moves itself to next year the first time you open the app afterwards, and its reminders move with it. How many reminders can one event have? One on the free plan, up to eight with Pro. Can it count up from a date that has already passed? No. Countdown counts down to a future date; anything past is shown as completed. What language is the app in? It follows your iPhone. The interface is translated into 34 languages. PERFECT FOR Weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, trips, exams, due dates, retirement, product launches, Christmas, sobriety milestones and deployments. Terms of Use: https://ghapps1.wordpress.com/terms-condition/ Privacy Policy: https://ghapps1.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Day Counter4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown at none against Day Counter's 1. Day Counter's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Day Counter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day Counter ships an update every 5 days, Countdown every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Day Counter versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay CounterCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB6 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAlona NesterenkoGrima Hdez

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Day Counter

One-time1
  • Lifetime Subscription$1.99
None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Day Counter free?
Day Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Day Counter or Countdown have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Day Counter does not.
Which is updated more often, Day Counter or Countdown?
Day Counter ships an update every 5 days, and Countdown every 8 days. Most recently, Day Counter was updated on October 24, 2026 and Countdown on October 16, 2026.

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