Comparison

CountFree vs Hence Day Counter

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 displayed directly on your home screen. Choose from multiple themes and sizes to personalize your countdowns and count-ups. All features are available 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 home screen 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

Hence Day Counter

This app helps you privately track the number of days past or remaining until important events. Utilize widgets for your home and lock screens to display counts discreetly, with optional Face ID protection for added privacy. It offers reminders and recurring event tracking.

Highlights
  • Track days since or until events
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Blind widgets (number only)
  • Optional Face ID app lock
  • Reminders for events
  • Recurring event tracking
  • Data export and import
Features
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Hence Day Counter shows you the number of days past since or remains until something without telling anyone why. Add a date. Hence counts the days since it, or the days until it. Put the number on your lock screen or home screen with a widget that can hide the label, so the count is yours and the reason stays private. --- WHAT'S NEW (1.2):------------------- - Reminders: Get a reminder when your counter is done - New themes: choose from various app themes what suits your style the best --- WHAT'S NEW (1.1):------------------- - Repeats: Turn it on in a tracker to count down to the same date every year, or every N days. It never shows as passed. Part of Hence Unlimited. - Holiday chips: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year at the top of the new-tracker sheet. One tap fills it in. - minor bug fixes. ------------------------------------- WHAT IT DOES • Since and until trackers, in days or days and hours • Lock-screen and home-screen widgets, every size, every template, free • Blind widgets: the number only, no label, nothing to explain • Optional Face ID lock for the app; widgets stay visible • Export and import your trackers as a file • iCloud keeps a safety copy in your own account WHAT IT DOESN'T DO • No account • No ads • No analytics or tracking • No permission to your contacts, calendar, location, etc. • No subscription • No confetti, streaks, or sharing The free version is complete: three trackers, every widget, export and import, app lock. Hence Unlimited is a one-time purchase for unlimited trackers, themes, and other new features, now and later. Your dates never leave your phone except into your own iCloud. There is no server to lose them to. There are no adds, no subscription, no permissions creep. We don't collect your data, don't track you, don't push ads, don't upsell you anything.

Screenshots

CountFree4 screens
Hence Day Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hence Day Counter at every 5 days against CountFree's every 2 months. On price, rating, 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 Hence Day Counter 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CountFree against 5.0 for Hence Day Counter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CountFree ships an update every 2 months, Hence Day Counter every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
CountFree versus Hence Day Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountFreeHence Day Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew KrielDmitry Yarushevskiy

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CountFree

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

Hence Day Counter

One-time1
  • Hence Day Counter Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is CountFree free?
CountFree is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hence Day Counter free?
Hence Day Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CountFree or Hence Day Counter?
CountFree and Hence Day Counter are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do CountFree or Hence Day Counter have ads?
Neither CountFree nor Hence Day Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CountFree or Hence Day Counter?
CountFree ships an update every 2 months, and Hence Day Counter every 5 days. Most recently, CountFree was updated on October 12, 2026 and Hence Day Counter on October 3, 2026.

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