Customizable Countdowns vs DayCount
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Customizable Countdowns
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Countdowns is a simple, beautiful way to track the moments that matter—birthdays, trips, launches, and everything in between. Create custom countdowns, organize them with tags, and get notified when the big day is close. What you can do: - Create and customize countdowns with emoji, color, and notes - Create unlimited countdowns - Use tags to group and find events fast - Add recurring events (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) - Get notifications so you never miss a milestone - Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets (Pro) - Use Live Activities on Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and StandBy (Pro, supported devices) - Sync across devices with iCloud (Pro) Pro: Countdown Pro unlocks widgets, Live Activities, and iCloud sync. Pro is available as monthly/yearly auto-renewing plans or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://toffyffot.github.io/countdowns-info-page/
DayCount
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Number our days — DayCount turns the dates you care about into beautiful countdowns — on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and everywhere you look. Count down to the big day, or count up from the day it happened. Birthday, anniversary, trip, deadline, or payday — DayCount keeps every important date one glance away. WIDGETS FOR EVERY SCREEN • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in every size • Choose which event each widget shows • Looks great in Light, Dark, and Tinted modes MAKE IT YOURS • 10 categories: birthdays, anniversaries, events, trips, bills, tasks and more • Gorgeous themes and custom colors • Use your own photo as a card background — pinch and drag to frame it perfectly NEVER MISS A DATE • Alerts on the day, plus “days before” reminders • Flexible repeats — every few days, weeks, months, or years (even “the 2nd Tuesday”) • Add events to your Apple Calendar automatically EVERYTHING IN SYNC • iCloud sync and backup across all your devices • Add notes to any item • Share a beautiful image of any countdown FREE TO USE Track up to 10 items for free. Unlock DayCount Plus once for unlimited items — a single one‑time purchase, no subscription. Available in 10 languages: English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español, Français, Português, Deutsch, Italiano. Start counting down to what matters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Customizable Countdowns at weekly against DayCount's every 2 months. Customizable Countdowns also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Customizable Countdowns sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and DayCount sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Customizable Countdowns ships an update weekly, DayCount every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Customizable Countdowns | DayCount |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Krystoffer Medina | Yuen Wo Lai |
In-app purchases
Customizable Countdowns
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$5.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$12.99
DayCount
- DayCount Plus$0.99
Questions
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