Countdown & Share vs count.live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown & Share
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A countdown clock app that lets you see the remaining time until events and deadlines at a glance. With a clean, simple display, you can register up to 4 countdowns. You can also easily share the same countdown with friends and family using a QR code or share code. Key Features • Register up to 4 countdowns • Add/share countdowns via QR code or share code • Time’s-up display and easy-to-read remaining time • Sync to device time / set a custom time (manual mode)
count.live
Create and share visually appealing countdown timers for any event, from personal milestones to major celebrations. Save unlimited timers, receive notifications, and customize their appearance with various themes and fonts. The app offers a seamless experience with its web counterpart.
- Create unlimited countdown timers
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable themes, fonts, and colors
- Notifications for zero countdown
- Recurring countdown options
- Shareable countdown links
- Confetti/fireworks celebration
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Count down to anything: a vacation, a wedding, a birthday, a product launch, New Year's Eve. count.live shows exactly how long is left, live, and keeps it right on your Home Screen. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Small, medium and large widgets, each showing the countdown you choose • Your colors, fonts and background photo carry over to the widget • Tap a widget to open the full countdown MAKE IT YOURS • Ready-made themes, or your own background and text colors • Use a photo from your library or any image link as the background • Choose sans-serif, serif, monospace or display fonts • Show exactly the units you want, from years down to milliseconds • Add a title, a subtitle and a message for when the time is up NEVER MISS THE MOMENT • Get a notification when a countdown reaches zero, even if the app is closed • Celebrate with confetti or fireworks when it ends • Repeat countdowns daily, weekly, monthly or yearly for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and standups • Track how far along you are with a progress bar and percentage TIME ZONES DONE RIGHT • Set the event's time zone, so midnight in Tokyo stays midnight in Tokyo • Countdowns follow the clock through daylight saving changes and leap years SHARE ONE LINK • Every countdown is a count.live link you can send to anyone • It opens in any browser on any phone or computer, no app needed • Open count.live links in the app to save them to your list • Put the same countdown in Canva, Notion, OBS or your website from count.live PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account and no sign-up • Your countdowns stay on your iPhone • No ads and no tracking; only anonymous crash reports help us fix bugs count.live is free. Questions or ideas? Write to dev@count.live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: count.live at none against Countdown & Share's shown. count.live also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Countdown & Share's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Countdown & Share ships an update every 3 days, count.live every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown & Share | count.live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shin Morita | Can Koecher |
In-app purchases
Countdown & Share
No in-app purchases
count.live
No in-app purchases
Questions
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