Comparison

Anniversary · Countdown vs Time Ribbon

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

Head to head
About

Anniversary · Countdown

This app helps you track important dates like birthdays and anniversaries with countdowns and count-ups. It offers thoughtful reminders and customizable event types, all within a private and ad-free interface. View your progress and cherished memories in one beautiful place.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up for events
  • Support for solar and lunar calendars
  • Life progress tracking
  • Customizable event types
  • Thoughtful reminders
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • Private iCloud sync
Features
Read full description

Anniversary Countdown helps you remember the days that matter - birthdays, anniversaries, love milestones, festivals, and even your own life progress, all kept in one calm, beautiful place. Count down to what's coming, and count up the days you've shared. Feel time flow. FEATURES - Many types: birthdays, love anniversaries, important days, festivals, custom events - Solar & lunar calendars: lunar birthdays auto-resolve to the next date - Countdown & count-up: see days left or days passed at a glance - Life progress: yearly progress and a life countdown to feel time's weight - Thoughtful reminders: on the day and days ahead, so you never miss it - Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets, plus an Apple Watch complication - Private iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch - Face ID app lock to protect your privacy PRIVACY FIRST No account, no ads, no third-party tracking. Your data lives only on your device and in your own private iCloud - the developer cannot access it. Time never stops, but memories can be kept. With Anniversary Countdown, gather up the days that matter.

About

Time Ribbon

Read full description

See time. Time Ribbon is a visual world clock that lets you see time across the world as one shared moment. Instead of comparing lists of clocks or calculating time-zone differences in your head, simply move the ribbon. Every location moves with you, showing the local time, date and changing daylight at a glance. Find a good time to call someone overseas. See when colleagues are available. Explore what time it will be somewhere else. Then move straight to the moment that works. See the world in time • Scrub smoothly through time across all your locations • See daylight, twilight and night directly on each ribbon • Compare local times and dates at a glance • See shared availability across multiple locations • Go directly to a particular local time or time offset • Find suitable times for international meetings • Create meetings from the moment you've chosen • Personalise ribbons with names, flags, graphics and coloured symbols • Keep important ribbons visible while you explore your world • Use Time Ribbon widgets to see your world from the Home Screen • Switch between Light and Dark Mode Whether you're coordinating a global team, calling family overseas, travelling, or simply wondering what time it is somewhere else, Time Ribbon turns time zones into something you can see. Time zones don't need calculating. See them.

Screenshots

Anniversary · Countdown4 screens
Time Ribbon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Time Ribbon at Free against Anniversary · Countdown's $0.99. Time Ribbon also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). Anniversary · Countdown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, 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

Time Ribbon is free to download; Anniversary · Countdown costs $0.99 up front. Time Ribbon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Anniversary · Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anniversary · Countdown ships an update every 2 weeks, Time Ribbon daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Anniversary · Countdown versus Time Ribbon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnniversary · CountdownTime Ribbon
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShanghai Shuxia Xiaowu Network Technology Co., Ltd.PICTUREMIL PTY LTD

In-app purchases

None

Anniversary · Countdown

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Time Ribbon

One-time1
  • Permanent Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Anniversary · Countdown free?
Anniversary · Countdown costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time Ribbon free?
Time Ribbon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Anniversary · Countdown or Time Ribbon have ads?
Neither Anniversary · Countdown nor Time Ribbon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anniversary · Countdown or Time Ribbon?
Anniversary · Countdown ships an update every 2 weeks, and Time Ribbon daily. Most recently, Anniversary · Countdown was updated on October 25, 2026 and Time Ribbon on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons