Comparison

Customizable Countdowns vs Countdown

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

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About

Customizable Countdowns

Features
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Make every moment worth counting down to. Customizable Countdowns is a simple, beautiful way to keep track of birthdays, vacations, anniversaries, holidays, weddings, important deadlines, and everything in between. Create unlimited countdowns for free, personalize every event, and see exactly how much time is left until the moments that matter most. MAKE EVERY COUNTDOWN YOUR OWN β€’ Create unlimited countdowns for free β€’ Personalize events with colors, emojis, and notes β€’ Organize your countdowns using tags β€’ Set recurring events, from hourly to yearly β€’ Get customizable notifications for important dates β€’ Keep track of your countdowns on Apple Watch BRING YOUR COUNTDOWNS TO LIFE WITH PRO Take your countdown experience even further with Countdown Pro. β€’ Home Screen Widgets: Keep your favorite countdowns visible without opening the app β€’ Lock Screen Widgets: See important dates at a glance β€’ Live Activities: Follow upcoming events on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island β€’ StandBy Support: Display countdowns while your compatible iPhone is in StandBy β€’ iCloud Sync: Keep your countdowns synchronized across supported devices COUNT DOWN TO ANYTHING Whether you’re excited about an upcoming vacation, counting the days until Christmas, remembering birthdays, or keeping track of recurring reminders, Customizable Countdowns helps you stay organized and look forward to what’s next. FREE TO START, MORE WITH PRO Enjoy unlimited customizable countdowns at no cost. Unlock premium widgets, Live Activities, and iCloud sync with a monthly or yearly Countdown Pro subscription, or choose a one-time Lifetime Pro purchase. Start counting down to something special today! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://toffyffot.github.io/countdowns-info-page/

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Countdown

Features
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Count down the days to every big moment: birthdays, trips, weddings, holidays, exams and due dates. Countdown shows each event live, down to the second, and puts it on your home screen with a widget. Live countdowns Days, hours, minutes and seconds, ticking live. Switch any event between days, weeks and hours with a tap. Home-screen widgets Put any countdown on your home screen: one event per widget, small, medium or large, in three styles. Each widget works out the days by itself. On iPhone, widgets need iOS 17 or later; there are Lock Screen widgets too. Days since Count up from a date to follow anniversaries, streaks and milestones in days, weeks or hours. Reached milestones are ticked off. Your own style Choose a colour gradient, a photo from the background packs or one of your own photos. Each countdown gets its category and its occasion art. Reminders Get a reminder 30, 7, 3 or 1 day before, on the day itself and at milestones. Yearly events roll over to next year on their own. Three views Cards, a compact list or a timeline of what is coming. Favourites, 16 categories, search and sorting keep everything tidy. Share the countdown Make a share card as a story, a square or a card. Send it to friends or save the image. Holidays Add the public holidays of the next 12 months for the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Indonesia or India in one go. Full screen Show one big live countdown in full screen, or let the slideshow go through all your events. Countdown Pro Countdown Pro unlocks every background pack, every widget style and the slideshow. Private No account. Your countdowns stay on your phone, and a backup file keeps them safe, photos included. Also included β€’ Dark mode β€’ Phone and tablet layouts β€’ 18 languages, chosen in Settings

Screenshots

Customizable Countdowns4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Customizable Countdowns at weekly against Countdown's every 2 months. Countdown's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Customizable Countdowns sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Customizable Countdowns ships an update weekly, Countdown every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Customizable Countdowns versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustomizable CountdownsCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly β€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKrystoffer MedinaGunawan Santoso

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Customizable Countdowns

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$12.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Customizable Countdowns free?
Customizable Countdowns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Customizable Countdowns or Countdown have ads?
Neither Customizable Countdowns nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Customizable Countdowns or Countdown?
Customizable Countdowns ships an update weekly, and Countdown every 2 months. Most recently, Customizable Countdowns was updated on November 5, 2026 and Countdown on November 7, 2026.

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