Comparison

Almost vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Almost

This app helps you beautifully track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. It offers widgets for your home and lock screens, Live Activities, and smart reminders to ensure you never miss a moment. Organize events with custom groups, notes, and photos.

Highlights
  • Countdown widgets for Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Dynamic Island
  • Live Activities for real-time countdown updates
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Siri Shortcuts and voice control
  • Smart reminders before events
  • Recurring event support
  • Customizable event organization with groups, notes, and photos
Features
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Almost makes counting down to life's best moments beautiful and effortless. Whether it's a vacation, birthday, wedding, graduation, or holiday — Almost keeps your most important dates front and center with stunning widgets, Live Activities, and smart reminders. ■ COUNTDOWN WIDGETS EVERYWHERE Add countdowns to your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Dynamic Island. Watch days, hours, and minutes update in real time — no need to open the app. ■ LIVE ACTIVITIES & DYNAMIC ISLAND Pin your most urgent countdown to the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen banner. See it update live throughout the day. ■ APPLE WATCH APP & COMPLICATIONS A full native watchOS app — not just a companion. Add countdown complications to your watch face and check your events with a glance. ■ SIRI SHORTCUTS & VOICE CONTROL "Hey Siri, how many days until my trip?" Create countdowns, check dates, and mark events complete — all with your voice. ■ SMART REMINDERS Get notified 1 hour, 1 day, 3 days, or 1 week before any event. Never miss a moment. ■ RECURRING EVENTS Birthdays, anniversaries, weekly goals — set them once and Almost automatically resets the countdown each time. ■ ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Create custom groups with icons and colors. Add notes, milestone checklists, and background photos. Sort by date or drag to reorder. ■ STATISTICS & INSIGHTS Track your countdown history, view completion stats, and see which categories you count down to most. ■ TEMPLATES Get started in seconds with built-in templates for New Year's, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, Christmas, and more. ■ SYNC EVERYWHERE iCloud sync keeps everything in perfect harmony across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. ■ FREE TO START 3 free countdowns to get started. Upgrade to Almost Pro for unlimited countdowns, all widgets, and an ad-free experience. Almost supports 16 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Portuguese, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian, and Turkish. Download Almost today and make every countdown count.

About

Countdown

Features
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Never lose track of the days that matter. Countdown: Big Days turns every birthday, trip, holiday, wedding, exam and deadline into a beautiful countdown — right on your Home Screen. COUNT DOWN TO EVERYTHING • Birthday countdown with automatic yearly repeat • Vacation & trip countdowns to build the excitement • Holiday countdowns — Christmas, New Year, Eid, Diwali & more • Weddings, anniversaries, graduations, concerts, game days • Exams, project deadlines and big work milestones WIDGETS THAT WOW (the heart of the app) • Classic widget — bold days-left counter on gorgeous gradients or your photo • Minimal widget — clean look that fits any wallpaper • Up Next widget — your next big days in one glance • Small, medium and large sizes + Lock Screen widgets • Tap any widget to choose which countdown it shows MADE TO BE BEAUTIFUL • Full-screen countdowns with your own photos • 8 hand-crafted color themes with smooth gradients • See time remaining in days, weeks or months • Gorgeous in dark mode too NEVER MISS A BIG DAY • Milestone reminders at 100, 30, 7 and 1 day before • A celebration reminder on the day itself • Recurring events roll over automatically every week, month or year PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking — your data stays on your device • Works fully offline PREMIUM APP — SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED Countdown: Big Days requires a purchase to use. Unlock unlimited countdowns, all widget styles, photo backgrounds, themes and milestone reminders with: • Monthly plan: $2.99/month (auto-renewing subscription) • Yearly plan: $14.99/year with a 3-day free trial (auto-renewing subscription) • Lifetime: $29.99 one-time purchase Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings › Subscriptions. Any unused portion of the free trial is forfeited when you purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://countdownbigdays.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy.html Start counting down to your next big day today!

Screenshots

Almost4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdown at none against Almost's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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. Almost sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Countdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Almost versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlmostCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLPAIM TECH LTDAMD Shahariar Nazim Joy

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Almost

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock Pro (Monthly Plan)$1.991 Month
  • Unlock Pro (Yearly Plan)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Forever$29.99
3 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Almost free?
Almost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Almost or Countdown have ads?
Almost shows ads; Countdown does not.

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