Comparison

Orbit vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Orbit

Visualize your life's important moments with elegant, customizable progress rings. Track anniversaries, goals, and deadlines with aesthetic widgets for your Home and Lock Screen. Never miss a special occasion again.

Highlights
  • Visual progress rings
  • Customizable Home & Lock Screen widgets
  • Flexible time trackers (count up/down)
  • Smart notifications
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Keep the moments you’re looking forward to close. Orbit is a beautiful countdown widget for the dates that matter — trips, birthdays, weddings, holidays, reunions, game releases, launches, and anything else you can’t wait for. Create a Moment, see what’s coming up at a glance, and watch the days get closer through Orbit’s signature progress rings — right from your Home Screen or Lock Screen. COUNT DOWN TO WHAT MATTERS • Home & Lock Screen Widgets Keep important Moments visible without opening the app. • Next Up See 3 upcoming Moments together in one widget — trips, birthdays, game releases, and whatever you’re waiting for next. • Share a Moment Waiting for the same day with someone else? Share one Moment so everyone can follow the same countdown on their own device. • Workdays Only Count weekdays when weekends don’t count — perfect for deadlines, launches, trips, and days off. • Beautiful Progress Rings See time move visually as an important day gets closer. • Days Until & Days Since Look forward to what’s ahead or keep meaningful milestones close after they’ve passed. • Personalize Every Moment Choose curated themes, custom colors, typography, icons, or your own photos. MADE FOR THE MOMENTS YOU CARE ABOUT Use Orbit for: • Trips and vacations • Birthdays and holidays • Weddings and anniversaries • Reunions and visits • Concerts and events • Deadlines and launch dates • Personal milestones SIMPLE BY DESIGN • Create a Moment in seconds • See what’s next without opening the app • Get reminders before important dates • Sync your Moments across your Apple devices with iCloud • Share individual Moments without turning Orbit into a social network Orbit is designed to stay simple, calm, and focused on one thing: Giving you something to look forward to. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ By using Orbit, your agree to our privacy policy: https://www.superlike.cc/orbit/policy/ and Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdown

Features
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Count the days to what you are actually waiting for. Countdown keeps your next event on the Home Screen and shows exactly how many days, hours and minutes are left: a wedding, a trip, a birthday, a due date, an exam, the end of a deployment. WHAT THE FREE PLAN GIVES YOU - 3 events, each with one reminder (or watch a short ad for one extra event) - 2 of the 8 display styles: Large and Minimal - 3 of the 6 backgrounds: solid, gradient and glass - Every widget, Lock Screen and inline included - Repeating events: yearly, monthly, weekly - Pin, favorite, archive, search and a timeline view WITH PRO - Unlimited events - The other 6 display styles: Flip Clock, Circular, Progress Ring, Progress Bar, Digital and Elegant - Animated backgrounds: moving gradient, stars and particles - A color wheel instead of the 8 preset colors - Up to 8 reminders on a single event: at the event, 1 hour, 12 hours, 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days before - No ads REMINDERS THAT ACTUALLY ARRIVE A reminder is scheduled as a fixed instant, not as a time of day, so a flight across time zones or a daylight-saving change does not move it. iOS only holds 64 pending notifications per app, so this version keeps the nearest ones and rebuilds the list every time you open the app: the birthday next week no longer loses its place to an anniversary three years out. COMMON QUESTIONS Do I need Pro to put a countdown on the Home Screen? No. Every widget works on the free plan, Lock Screen ones included. Does it need an internet connection or an account? Neither. Everything stays on the device and there is nothing to sign up for. What happens to a birthday once the day passes? If you set it to repeat, it moves itself to next year the first time you open the app afterwards, and its reminders move with it. How many reminders can one event have? One on the free plan, up to eight with Pro. Can it count up from a date that has already passed? No. Countdown counts down to a future date; anything past is shown as completed. What language is the app in? It follows your iPhone. The interface is translated into 34 languages. PERFECT FOR Weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, trips, exams, due dates, retirement, product launches, Christmas, sobriety milestones and deployments. Terms of Use: https://ghapps1.wordpress.com/terms-condition/ Privacy Policy: https://ghapps1.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Orbit3 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown at none against Orbit's 1. Orbit's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Orbit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update weekly, Countdown every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Orbit versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer光明 胡Grima Hdez

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Orbit

One-time1
  • Go Pro$5.99
None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orbit or Countdown have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Orbit does not.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Countdown?
Orbit ships an update weekly, and Countdown every 8 days. Most recently, Orbit was updated on October 6, 2026 and Countdown on October 1, 2026.

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