Comparison

CountdownEvents vs Finally

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

Head to head
About

CountdownEvents

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. CountdownEvents 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.

About

Finally

Track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. See your progress on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Apple Watch. Never miss a milestone with timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Event catalog
  • Notifications
Features
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Count the days until the moments that matter. Your wedding. The trip you've been planning all year. The game release you've waited a decade for. Finally turns every big date into a beautiful countdown you can check at a glance on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, and your wrist. Count down. Or count up. Pick any date, past or future. Finally counts the days until what's coming, and the days since what you'll never forget. Anniversaries, milestones, streaks: it works both ways. Birthdays and anniversaries, every year. Set a countdown to repeat monthly or yearly and it renews itself. The day after a birthday passes, Finally is already counting down to the next one. Set it once and it is yours forever, reminder included. Make it yours. Give every countdown its own title, icon, color, and background photo. Add an exact time for the moments where minutes matter, or keep it simple with all-day events. Widgets everywhere. See your countdowns without opening the app: • Home Screen widgets in small and medium sizes • Lock Screen widgets: inline, circular, and rectangular • Apple Watch complications, right on your watch face Each widget shows the countdown you choose, and rolls over automatically at midnight. Discover what's coming. Browse a curated catalog of upcoming events: the World Cup, the Olympics, movie premieres, game launches, holidays, space missions. Start tracking any of them with one tap. Never miss the day. Turn on notifications for any countdown and Finally will tell you the moment it arrives. On your wrist, too. The Apple Watch app keeps your full list in sync, so your next big day is always a glance away. Finally is free to use with unlimited countdowns. A single one-time purchase unlocks widgets everywhere. No subscription, ever.

Screenshots

CountdownEvents4 screens
Finally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Finally at every 4 days against CountdownEvents's every 4 months. Finally also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. CountdownEvents sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Finally 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

Finally holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CountdownEvents ships an update every 4 months, Finally every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CountdownEvents versus Finally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownEventsFinally
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent NguyenPairal

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CountdownEvents

One-time1
  • CountdownEvents+$4.99
1 purchases

Finally

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is CountdownEvents free?
CountdownEvents is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Finally free?
Finally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CountdownEvents or Finally?
Finally is rated higher. CountdownEvents averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Finally averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do CountdownEvents or Finally have ads?
Neither CountdownEvents nor Finally shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CountdownEvents or Finally?
CountdownEvents ships an update every 4 months, and Finally every 4 days. Most recently, CountdownEvents was updated on October 31, 2026 and Finally on October 31, 2026.

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