Comparison

Daylu vs Countdown & Tasks

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

Head to head
About

Daylu

Visually track important upcoming dates with customizable countdowns. See your progress at a glance with a unique dot grid or emoji style, and keep key events on your home screen with widgets. All your milestones are private and stored locally.

Highlights
  • Visual dot grid countdowns
  • Emoji style countdowns
  • Customizable themes and colors
  • Background image support
  • Recurring event tracking
  • Home screen widgets
  • Offline functionality
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Every important date deserves a beautiful countdown. Daylu turns your upcoming events into stunning visual progress trackers. Whether it's a birthday, vacation, anniversary, graduation, or deadline, watch each day tick by on a gorgeous dot grid that makes waiting feel tangible. VISUAL COUNTDOWNS LIKE NO OTHER See your progress at a glance with Daylu's signature dot grid. Each dot represents a day, bright dots for the days ahead, dimmed dots for the days behind you. Or swap dots for emojis and watch your countdown fill with any of 20 fun icons. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE Make every countdown yours: • 11 gorgeous theme colors plus a full custom color picker • Background images from your photo library with crop, zoom, and rotate • Customize card, title, and subtext colors independently • Choose from 20 emoji styles or classic colored dots SMART RECURRING EVENTS Never miss a birthday or anniversary again. Set events to repeat weekly, monthly, or yearly, Daylu handles the tricky stuff like leap years and short months automatically. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Keep your most important countdowns front and center with three widget sizes: • Small — quick glance at days remaining • Medium — countdown with a mini dot grid • Large — full progress visualization with percentage THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Custom start dates to track progress from any point in time • Intelligent sorting, today's events first, then upcoming, then past • Adapts beautifully to any countdown length, from days to years • Supports light and dark mode automatically PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your dates stay on your device. No accounts. No cloud uploads. No tracking. Daylu works entirely offline — your personal milestones are nobody's business but yours. GET STARTED FREE Create your first countdown for free. Upgrade to Daylu Pro for unlimited countdowns, emoji grids, background images, custom colors, recurring events, and widget customization one purchase, yours forever. Start counting down to what matters most.

About

Countdown & Tasks

This app helps you track important events with custom countdowns and tasks. Set reminders, view progress on your home screen, and even count up elapsed time after events. Organize your life and never miss a moment.

Highlights
  • Custom countdowns with icons and colors
  • Tasks associated with each countdown
  • Event reminders and notifications
  • Home screen widgets
  • Count up elapsed time for completed events
  • Calendar event import
  • Dark theme
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Countdown & Tasks helps you track every moment that matters. Create countdowns for birthdays, trips, graduations, and any event you're looking forward to. Countdown & Tasks helps you track every moment that matters. Create countdowns for birthdays, trips, graduations, and any event you're looking forward to. FEATURES • Create countdowns with custom icons and colors • Add tasks to each countdown to stay organized • Set reminders, get notified before your events • Home screen widgets to see your countdowns at a glance • Count Up: completed events start counting elapsed time • Import events from your calendar • Beautiful dark theme designed for comfort FREE TIER • Up to 10 countdowns • Up to 3 tasks per countdown • Preset reminders PRO (one-time purchase) • Unlimited countdowns • Unlimited tasks • Custom reminder times All your data stays on your device. No account required. No ads. No tracking.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Daylu at free against Countdown & Tasks's freemium. Countdown & Tasks's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Daylu sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown & Tasks 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Daylu against 5.0 for Countdown & Tasks. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Daylu versus Countdown & Tasks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayluCountdown & Tasks
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 3 days
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Devices—iPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin TerryUygar Yagmur

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Daylu

One-time1
  • Daylu Pro Lifetime Access$2.99
1 purchases

Countdown & Tasks

One-time1
  • Countdown & Tasks Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Daylu free?
Daylu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown & Tasks free?
Countdown & Tasks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Daylu or Countdown & Tasks?
Daylu and Countdown & Tasks are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.

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