Comparison

CountFree vs Countdown Events

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

Head to head
About

CountFree

Track important future events and past milestones with customizable widgets. View real-time countdowns and count-ups directly on your Home Screen without ads or paywalls.

Highlights
  • Unlimited countdowns and count-ups
  • Unlimited Home Screen widgets
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Four customizable themes
  • Progress bars
  • Custom emoji support
  • Real-time updates
Features
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Track every moment that matters — right on your Home Screen. CountFree gives you beautiful countdown and count-up widgets with zero catches. No ads. No paywalls. No "premium" upgrades. Every single feature is yours, and it always will be. Whether you're counting down to a wedding, a vacation, or your baby's due date — or counting up from a sobriety milestone, a move to a new city, or the day you adopted your dog — CountFree keeps your most important dates front and center. WIDGETS THAT FEEL LIKE HOME Add countdown widgets directly to your iPhone or iPad Home Screen in small, medium, or large sizes. Pick from four beautiful themes — light, dark, sunset, and ocean — and personalize each event with any emoji. Set a start date and end date to see a progress bar that shows exactly how far you've come. It's incredibly satisfying to watch it fill up. Your countdowns update in real time. Just glance at your Home Screen — no need to open the app. COUNTS UP TOO Not every important date is in the future. Track time since meaningful moments: → Days sober → Years at your job → Time since you quit smoking → How long you've been together → Gym streak → Anything that matters to you I built CountFree because I was tired of countdown apps that lock basic features behind paywalls. Want more than 3 widgets? Pay up. Want a dark theme? Subscribe. It felt wrong. So I built the app I wanted to use — and made everything available to you. CountFree is a passion project. There are no investors, no growth targets, no ad networks. Just an app that does what it says. If CountFree adds value to your life, there's an optional tip jar and a supporter subscription to help me keep building. Supporters get a small badge as a thank-you. But you already have everything — it's just a way to say thanks. EVERYTHING YOU GET → Unlimited countdowns and count-ups → Unlimited Home Screen widgets → Small, medium, and large widget sizes → Four themes: light, dark, sunset, ocean → Progress bars with start and end dates → Custom emoji for every event → Real-time updates on your Home Screen → Works on iPhone and iPad → No account required → No ads. Ever. Download CountFree and start tracking the moments that matter. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdown Events

Create visually appealing countdowns for important events directly on your Home Screen. Customize widgets with your own photos, colors, and fonts, and share them with friends to keep everyone in sync. Set reminders to ensure you never miss a milestone.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown widgets
  • Multiple widget styles
  • Personalized photos, colors, and fonts
  • Event reminders
  • Live widget sharing
  • Unlimited countdowns with purchase
Features
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Count down to the moments that matter most, right from your Home Screen. Countdown Events turns your iPhone into a beautiful countdown display with customizable widgets. Whether it's a vacation, birthday, wedding, graduation, or any milestone, see exactly how many days remain at a glance. FREE - Up to 3 countdowns - 4 widget styles: Classic, Flip Clock, Boarding Pass and Tear-Off Calendar - Your own photos, colors and fonts - Reminders before your event - Live widget sharing: friends get a widget that stays in sync with yours, and they only need the free app COUNTDOWN+ (ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION) - Unlimited countdowns - 20+ more widget styles, including new ones as we add them SHARED WIDGETS Share a countdown and your friends see the same widget on their Home Screen, in your style. Plan the trip, the wedding or the big day together.

Screenshots

CountFree4 screens
Countdown Events4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown Events at every 10 days against CountFree's every 2 months. Countdown Events also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. CountFree sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Countdown Events sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Events holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of CountFree's written reviews are positive against 75% of Countdown Events's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CountFree ships an update every 2 months, Countdown Events every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CountFree versus Countdown Events: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountFreeCountdown Events
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (11 ratings)4.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew KrielVincent Nguyen

Customer experience

CountFree

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Countdown Events

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CountFree

One-time4
  • Cheers$0.99
  • High Five$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Standing Ovation$9.99
1 purchases

Countdown Events

One-time1
  • CountdownEvents+$4.99

Questions

Is CountFree free?
CountFree is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Events free?
Countdown Events is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CountFree or Countdown Events?
Countdown Events is rated higher. CountFree averages 4.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Countdown Events averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do CountFree or Countdown Events have ads?
Neither CountFree nor Countdown Events shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CountFree or Countdown Events?
CountFree ships an update every 2 months, and Countdown Events every 10 days. Most recently, CountFree was updated on November 5, 2026 and Countdown Events on November 5, 2026.

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