Countdown Calendar vs DaysUp · Count Anything
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Calendar
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TimeFeel makes time visible. Count down to the days you're waiting for — trips, birthdays, weddings, exams — or count up from the moments that changed everything, and see exactly where you stand at a glance. Countdown & Count-up Create a countdown for any event, or count up from any date. Switch between "time left" and "time passed" to see time the way you want. Repeating countdowns Birthdays, anniversaries and paydays roll over on their own. Repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, or build a rule as flexible as Reminders — the second Tuesday of every month, the last day of the month — with an optional end date. Import from Calendar Pick the events you want from your calendar and turn them into countdowns in a tap. Nothing is added until you choose it. Holiday ideas Start from New Year, Christmas and other yearly dates without typing a thing. A live clock everywhere Countdown cards, widgets, the Lock Screen and Apple Watch tick in real time — days first, then hours, minutes and seconds. Open-ended timers No end date needed. Track how long something has been going — a habit, a journey, a chapter of your life — without setting a finish line. Progress at a glance Every countdown shows how much of its span has passed, as a ring or as a percentage of time done or left. Custom colors & photos Pick an accent color for each countdown. With Plus, use your own photo — it becomes a soft, blurred full-screen backdrop. Smart notifications Every countdown tells you when it ends. Add reminders a set number of days before or after, or when a percentage of the time has passed. Widgets on every screen Home Screen widgets in two sizes, plus Lock Screen widgets — a ring, or a line right under the clock. Your countdown is there before you unlock. Apple Watch The full app on your wrist, plus complications for your watch face — your next countdown sits right on the dial. Live Activities When a countdown enters its last stretch, it appears on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — photo and all — and keeps ticking there until it's done. Find any countdown Search by name and group your countdowns by year or month. iCloud sync All your countdowns sync automatically across your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch via iCloud. Plus Unlock photo backgrounds, unlimited countdowns, advanced notifications and new app icons — monthly with a free first week, or a one-time purchase that's yours forever. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
DaysUp · Count Anything
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How many days since your new job? Your first date? The day you moved in? DaysUp counts up from any moment, live to the second. See it at a glance on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. Pick a starting point and DaysUp keeps a running count from then on. The big number is days; tap in for years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds, ticking in real time. WHAT PEOPLE TRACK • Days together, and anniversaries • Since a new job, or a new home • A new pet's age • A daily habit or practice • "Since I last ate out" • Anything you want to watch grow NEW IN 1.3 • No ads, anywhere in the app • Design with AI: describe a feeling and get a card design. A badge shows whether it was made on your iPhone or with Apple's Private Cloud Compute • Customize: icon, style, colors and background glyph in one sheet • Your design follows your tracker to its widgets, Live Activity, Dynamic Island and StandBy • Today: all your counts in one quick daily check-in, with an optional reminder WIDGETS EVERYWHERE • Small and medium Home Screen widgets for any tracker • The Board widget shows all your trackers at once, in medium or large • Ring and Big Number widget styles • Lock Screen widgets • Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a live ring toward your next milestone, also in your Apple Watch Smart Stack (Pro) MILESTONES & GOALS, ONLY IF YOU WANT THEM • Optional milestones celebrate a week, a month, a year, and beyond, with confetti • Optional goals show progress toward a target date or number of days • Keep it as simple as one number, or as rich as you like MAKE IT YOURS • Four card styles: minimal, bold, playful, and vivid • Color themes that look right in light and dark mode • A big library of symbols, and a background glyph that can match your icon or be its own • The AI card designer builds a look from a few words (Pro, needs Apple Intelligence) SHARE THE MOMENT • Turn any tracker into a shareable image, in four designs RESET WITHOUT JUDGMENT • For recurring "since last…" things, reset any time • DaysUp keeps a plain log of past counts: just dates and durations PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads and no tracking • Your trackers sync across your devices with iCloud • Your tracker names and dates live in your own private iCloud account, not on our servers • The AI card designer runs on your iPhone, or on Apple's Private Cloud Compute DAYSUP PRO • Unlimited trackers • Live Activities on the Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch Smart Stack • The AI card designer • Premium color and icon packs • Custom colors The free version covers 3 trackers and has no ads. Choose monthly, yearly (with a one-week free trial), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Start counting up today. — DaysUp Pro monthly and yearly plans are auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or when a free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you subscribe. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://calpinlabs.com/daysup/terms Privacy Policy: https://calpinlabs.com/daysup/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Countdown Calendar at none against DaysUp · Count Anything's shown. Countdown Calendar also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Countdown Calendar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DaysUp · Count Anything sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown Calendar ships an update every 6 days, DaysUp · Count Anything fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Calendar | DaysUp · Count Anything |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serhii Surzhykov | RYAN MATTHEW CALPIN |
In-app purchases
Countdown Calendar
- Lifetime Premium$9.99
DaysUp · Count Anything
- DaysUp Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- DaysUp Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
- Remove Ads$2.99
- DaysUp Pro Lifetime$24.99
Questions
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