Comparison

Cute Countdown vs Countdowns AI Plus

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

Head to head
About

Cute Countdown

Easily track important dates with visually appealing countdowns. Customize your widgets with personal photos or curated artwork and receive timely reminders. Share your countdowns or save them as wallpapers.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown widgets
  • Import birthdays from contacts
  • Personal photo backgrounds
  • Timely reminders
  • Automatic repeat events
  • Count up functionality
  • Shareable countdown cards
Features
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Some days are worth waiting for. Cute Countdown makes the waiting part fun. Add the birthday, trip, wedding or exam you're excited about, and a little bear counts the days with you. Put it on your Home Screen or Lock Screen and you'll see it every time you pick up your phone. As the day gets close, you can watch the hours and then the seconds go by. Someone on the other side of the world might record a short voice message for your big day, to wish you luck or say congratulations. It arrives wrapped, like a small gift to open, and you can send a smile or a reply back. You can record one for a stranger's big day too. When the day finally comes, a postcard is waiting for you. Birthdays and anniversaries come back every year on their own, lunar dates included. You can count up as well: days together, days since you started, days since you quit. Share a countdown as a card or save it as a wallpaper. CUTE COUNTDOWN PRO Free accounts get one voice message. Pro brings more voice messages from around the world, unlimited countdowns, your own photos as backgrounds, every widget style including the moving ones, all reminder times, live countdowns on the Lock Screen, and the full artwork and icon libraries. Choose a yearly plan, with a free week first if you haven't tried Pro before, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your account settings. Privacy Policy: https://cutecountdown.supermintlabs.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://cutecountdown.supermintlabs.com/terms

About

Countdowns AI Plus

Features
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Type what you're waiting for. Countdowns AI Plus finds the date, designs the widget, and puts it on your Home Screen. SAY IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS "Christmas morning." "The next total solar eclipse." "The season finale of my show." A film release, a cup final, a festival, a rocket launch, a game drop: you don't need to know the date. Countdowns AI Plus looks it up and designs the widget for it. No date pickers, no setup. 30 WIDGETS WORTH THE SPACE Editorial type, mechanical counters, ticket stubs, postage stamps, glowing numerals, Swiss grids. Every countdown gets artwork that suits what it is counting down to, in small and medium sizes. IT KNOWS WHEN THE DAY COMES On the last day the widget counts the hours. When the moment arrives, it says so. SEE HOW FAR APART THINGS ARE The Timeline lays your countdowns out in order and shows the gaps between them, so you can see your whole year at a glance. MADE BY OTHERS, YOURS IN A TAP The Gallery shows what everyone else is waiting for. Add any of it to your own Home Screen. ON EVERY SCREEN YOU OWN iPhone, iPad, and Mac, kept in sync with iCloud. Each countdown is drawn for the screen it lands on, right down to your Mac desktop. START FREE Your first countdowns are on us, and there’s a free one every month after that. Countdowns AI Plus adds more AI-designed countdowns each month. SUBSCRIPTION Countdowns AI Plus is an auto-renewing subscription: $1.49 per month or $9.99 per year. Prices vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase and renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://amirhayek.dev/AnyCountdown/privacy/

Screenshots

Cute Countdown4 screens
Countdowns AI Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cute Countdown at 15.0 against Countdowns AI Plus's 17.0. 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. Cute Countdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Countdowns AI Plus sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cute Countdown ships an update weekly, Countdowns AI Plus every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Cute Countdown versus Countdowns AI Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCute CountdownCountdowns AI Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSieu Thaiamir hayek

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Cute Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$4.991 Month
  • Annual Pro7 Days trial$23.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited$41.99
5 purchases

Countdowns AI Plus

Subscriptions2
  • Countdowns AI Plus (Monthly)$1.491 Month
  • Countdowns AI Plus (Annual)$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • 8 Countdowns$2.49
  • 20 Countdowns$4.99
  • 50 Countdowns$9.99

Questions

Is Cute Countdown free?
Cute Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdowns AI Plus free?
Countdowns AI Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cute Countdown or Countdowns AI Plus have ads?
Neither Cute Countdown nor Countdowns AI Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cute Countdown or Countdowns AI Plus?
Cute Countdown ships an update weekly, and Countdowns AI Plus every 3 days. Most recently, Cute Countdown was updated on October 31, 2026 and Countdowns AI Plus on November 11, 2026.

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