Countdown Events vs Ibi's Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Events
Visually track important upcoming dates with customizable widgets on your home screen. Set reminders and share live countdowns with friends. Offers a free tier with limited features and a one-time purchase for unlimited access.
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Multiple widget styles
- Personalize with photos, colors, and fonts
- Event reminders
- Live shared widgets
- Unlimited countdowns with purchase
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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.
Ibi's Countdown
Create visually appealing countdowns for all your important upcoming events. Track birthdays, vacations, weddings, and graduations with ease. Never miss a special moment again.
- Create custom countdowns
- Track important events
- Visually appealing designs
- Supports various event types
- Simple and intuitive interface
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Keep track of the moments that matter most. Ibi's Countdown lets you create beautiful countdowns to your upcoming events — birthdays, vacations, weddings, graduations, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ibi's Countdown at 5.0 against Countdown Events's 4.2. Ibi's Countdown also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Countdown Events's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Countdown Events sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ibi's Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ibi's Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Events has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Countdown Events ships an update every 9 days, Ibi's Countdown weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Events | Ibi's Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vincent Nguyen | Ebrahim Zulqarni |
In-app purchases
Countdown Events
- CountdownEvents+$4.99
Ibi's Countdown
No in-app purchases
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