Comparison

Timeara vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Timeara

Track past events and count down to future milestones with a visually appealing timeline. Offers smart reminders, category-specific forms, and dual calendar support. Premium unlocks unlimited items and an ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Since Tracker for past events
  • Until Countdown for future events
  • Smart progressive reminders
  • Category-aware forms (Person, Child, Asset, Event)
  • Shareable timeline cards
  • Hijri & Gregorian calendar support
  • Search and sort functionality
Features
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Timeara – Your Life Timeline Your life is more than dates on a calendar. Timeara helps you see what’s coming, what’s happening now, and what has already become part of your story — all in one personal timeline. Track the days since your child was born. Count down to your next trip. See how long you’ve owned your car or home. Follow an active task until it’s done. Remember appointments, milestones, and important life events. With Timeara, every meaningful date has a place. UPCOMING • ACTIVE NOW • ONGOING • PAST Timeara organizes your life naturally: • Upcoming — See what’s coming next • Active Now — Keep important tasks and reminders visible until they’re done • Ongoing — Follow things that are happening over time • Past — Look back on completed moments and periods SMART ADD Create items faster using natural language. Type or say things like: • “Soccer today at 9:15, remind me 10 minutes before” • “Wash my car in 30 days” • “Buy water today and remind me every 5 hours until done” Timeara turns your words into structured dates, times, reminders, and timeline items for you to review before saving. Smart Add supports natural English, Arabic, and mixed-language input. LIFE EVENTS & DATE RANGES Not everything happens on a single day. Track events and periods with start and end dates, including: • Trips and vacations • Medication periods • Ownership of cars, homes, and other assets • Personal milestones • Important life events Timeara automatically organizes items based on where they are in time. SMART REMINDERS Stay connected to what matters: • One-time reminders • Appointment reminders • Before-event reminders • Recurring reminders • Repeat-until-done reminders • Clear reminder summaries PERSONALIZED CATEGORIES Organize your timeline around your life: • People — Birthdays, ages, and important dates • Children — Follow ages and milestones over time • Assets — Track ownership and important dates • Events — Count down to future events or remember past ones TIME AT A GLANCE See meaningful time information instantly: • Years, months, and days • Start and end dates • Duration of ongoing and completed periods • Countdown to future moments • Time remaining in active periods HIJRI & GREGORIAN CALENDARS View important dates using Gregorian and Hijri calendars. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Keep important upcoming and active items visible without opening the app. SEARCH & SORT Quickly find the people, events, assets, and moments you’re looking for. BEAUTIFUL SHARE CARDS Turn meaningful moments into cards you can share with family and friends. TIMEARA PREMIUM Upgrade to Timeara Premium for additional features, including: • Unlimited items • Advanced reminder features • Full Hijri calendar support • Additional premium features Monthly, yearly, and other available purchase options may be offered in the app. Your past. Your present. What’s next. See your life differently with Timeara. Privacy Policy: https://mustafaalsadeq2-lang.github.io/timeara/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdown

Features
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Count down the days to every big moment: birthdays, trips, weddings, holidays, exams and due dates. Countdown shows each event live, down to the second, and puts it on your home screen with a widget. Live countdowns Days, hours, minutes and seconds, ticking live. Switch any event between days, weeks and hours with a tap. Home-screen widgets Put any countdown on your home screen: one event per widget, small, medium or large, in three styles. Each widget works out the days by itself. On iPhone, widgets need iOS 17 or later; there are Lock Screen widgets too. Days since Count up from a date to follow anniversaries, streaks and milestones in days, weeks or hours. Reached milestones are ticked off. Your own style Choose a colour gradient, a photo from the background packs or one of your own photos. Each countdown gets its category and its occasion art. Reminders Get a reminder 30, 7, 3 or 1 day before, on the day itself and at milestones. Yearly events roll over to next year on their own. Three views Cards, a compact list or a timeline of what is coming. Favourites, 16 categories, search and sorting keep everything tidy. Share the countdown Make a share card as a story, a square or a card. Send it to friends or save the image. Holidays Add the public holidays of the next 12 months for the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Indonesia or India in one go. Full screen Show one big live countdown in full screen, or let the slideshow go through all your events. Countdown Pro Countdown Pro unlocks every background pack, every widget style and the slideshow. Private No account. Your countdowns stay on your phone, and a backup file keeps them safe, photos included. Also included • Dark mode • Phone and tablet layouts • 18 languages, chosen in Settings

Screenshots

Timeara4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Timeara at every 4 days against Countdown's every 2 months. Timeara also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Timeara sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timeara ships an update every 4 days, Countdown every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Timeara versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimearaCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMustafa AlsadeqGunawan Santoso

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Timeara

Subscriptions2
  • Timeara Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Timeara Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$9.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Timeara free?
Timeara is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Timeara or Countdown have ads?
Neither Timeara nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timeara or Countdown?
Timeara ships an update every 4 days, and Countdown every 2 months. Most recently, Timeara was updated on October 31, 2026 and Countdown on November 7, 2026.

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