Dayspark vs Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Dayspark
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Dayspark is the beautiful countdown app that tracks days until your most important events. Create countdown timers for birthdays, weddings, vacations, holidays, and every special moment. Never lose track of what matters. Whether it's a birthday, a wedding, or your next holiday, Dayspark makes anticipation exciting and personal. WHY DAYSPARK? β’ Days Until Any Event Create a countdown for any date, birthdays, anniversaries, graduation, exams, retirement, concerts, trips, and more. See the remaining time in days, hours, and even seconds. β’ Home Screen Countdown Widgets Add glanceable widgets right to your home screen. See how long is left without opening the app. They update automatically. β’ Smart Reminders & Alerts Never miss an important date. Get notified at custom intervals, a week before, a day before, or right on time. β’ Countdown Calendar Browse all upcoming events on a monthly calendar. See which dates have events at a glance and plan ahead. β’ Custom Categories Organize events into groups, birthdays, holidays, travel, work. Color-code each category for instant recognition. β’ Personalize Your Countdown Make each event uniquely yours. Choose custom colors, beautiful gradients, and background photos. β’ Recurring Events Set up a countdown that automatically resets each year. Perfect for annual birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays. β’ Count Up, Days Since Track how long since past events too. See the time elapsed since a milestone or any memorable date. β’ Privacy First Your data stays on your device. No account required, no data collection. Dayspark is completely free with all features available to everyone. No ads, no purchases. Privacy Policy: https://dayspark-countdown-tracker.web.app/dayspark-privacy-policy-ios.html Download Dayspark today, because every moment counts!
Countdown
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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 - Pin, favorite, archive, search and a timeline view WITH PRO - Unlimited events - Repeating events: yearly, monthly, weekly - 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? Yes, in days. Once a date has been past for a full day, the event shows how many days ago it was. Repeating events (Pro) jump to the next date instead. 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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dayspark at none against Countdown's 4. Dayspark also leads on ads (none vs shown). Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Countdown sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Dayspark asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dayspark ships an update every 2 months, Countdown every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dayspark | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks β better |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 β better | 17.4 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Muge Akalin | Grima Hdez |
In-app purchases
Dayspark
No in-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
- Countdown Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Countdown Pro Yearly$2.991 Year
- Countdown Pro Lifetime$4.99









