Countdown Events vs CountDoun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Events
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.
- Customizable countdown widgets
- Multiple widget styles
- Personalized photos, colors, and fonts
- Event reminders
- Live widget sharing
- 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.
CountDoun
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CountDoun turns the days ahead into something you can see, feel, and look forward to. Create a countdown for every moment that matters and watch the time tick down — right on your Home Screen. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Beautiful countdowns — Track birthdays, holidays, trips, exams, launches, anniversaries and more. • Home Screen widgets — Keep your most important countdown one glance away, with live days, hours, minutes and seconds. • Make it yours — Choose from dozens of icons, vivid color themes, or set your own photo as the background. • Progress at a glance — A visual progress ring shows how far along you are toward the big day. • Yearly events — Mark birthdays and anniversaries once and they roll over automatically every year. • Never miss a moment — Optional reminders notify you a week, a day, and an hour before. • Share the excitement — Turn any countdown into a beautiful image to share with friends. • 16 languages — Fully localized and ready wherever you are. Simple, fast, and private — all your countdowns stay on your device. No account, no sign-up, no tracking. Start counting down to what matters. Download CountDoun today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CountDoun at none against Countdown Events's 1. CountDoun also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). Countdown Events's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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. CountDoun asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown Events ships an update every 10 days, CountDoun every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Events | CountDoun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vincent Nguyen | Faize Nur OZGON |
In-app purchases
Countdown Events
- CountdownEvents+$4.99
CountDoun
No in-app purchases
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