Comparison

JustCountdown vs DoneAt

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

Head to head
About

JustCountdown

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JustCountdown is a focused, elegant countdown timer designed for Apple Watch. Set a target date and time, then glance at your progress from your watch face with a responsive complication. Whether you’re counting down to a trip, a deadline, or a special event, JustCountdown keeps you on track with clear, compact time displays. Highlights • Simple setup: pick a date and time directly on your watch • Smart complication: updates more frequently as your event approaches • Multiple formats: tap the countdown to cycle through views (compact, full units, decimal years/months, weeks+days) • Favourites: star important targets — they stay pinned and won’t be cleared • Recent targets: quickly reuse events you’ve set before • Thoughtful design: readable typography, smooth layout on all watch sizes Why it’s great • Glanceable: see what matters, right from your watch face • Reliable: designed to be power‑friendly while staying informative • Private: no accounts, no tracking — everything stays on your device Notes • Works with supported watch faces and complication slots. • Secret feature: you can also count UP from dates and times in the past!

About

DoneAt

Features
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How long until you clock out? How much have you earned today? DoneAt puts your shift countdown, schedule and estimated earnings in one place. Spend less time doing the math and see where you are in your workday. The core countdown is free. Now on Apple Watch Check your work shift countdown on your wrist. DoneAt for Apple Watch is free to use, with no DoneAt Plus required. YOUR SCHEDULE, ON iPhone AND iPad • Count down to work before your shift, see effective work time remaining during it, and keep the next shift in sight on days off. • Set fixed weekdays, alternating weeks or work/rest rotations, including night shifts that cross midnight. • Exclude your custom lunch break from working time. • Start early, leave early, add overtime or time an unscheduled day without rebuilding your schedule. • Optionally see estimated earnings for today, with weekly and yearly earnings summaries. • Get shift, lunch and movement reminders. A GLANCE, NOT ANOTHER APP CHECK Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus Live Activities and Dynamic Island on supported iPhone models. Enjoy iPhone landscape and iPad-optimized layouts. Share your countdown as an image or link. The iPhone and iPad app supports 19 languages and follows your system language. FREE FEATURES AND DONEAT PLUS The core countdown and Apple Watch app are free. View records from the latest seven days in Week and Month views; older days remain locked in those views. Export and delete are also free. DoneAt Plus unlocks: • Older records, the Year view and editing past days. • Life view: add life milestones and career salary periods to explore past estimates, your current work stage and projected gross lifetime income. • Focus: plan tasks in focus and break blocks that respect lunch and shift-end boundaries. • Enabling iCloud sync. Sync that is already enabled continues after a subscription expires. Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically until canceled. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase. YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE Data stays on your device by default. Optional iCloud sync stores your records, salary and settings in your private Apple database. Notifications show only time and progress, never salary. Shared images and links contain shift times only, never salary. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://doneat.app/en/privacy

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: JustCountdown at 13.0 against DoneAt's 26.0. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JustCountdown ships an update every 2 weeks, DoneAt weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
JustCountdown versus DoneAt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJustCountdownDoneAt
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn Healy宇轩 郑

In-app purchases

None

JustCountdown

No in-app purchases

None

DoneAt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JustCountdown free?
JustCountdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DoneAt free?
DoneAt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do JustCountdown or DoneAt have ads?
Neither JustCountdown nor DoneAt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JustCountdown or DoneAt?
JustCountdown ships an update every 2 weeks, and DoneAt weekly. Most recently, JustCountdown was updated on October 14, 2026 and DoneAt on September 30, 2026.

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