Comparison

Countdown vs Sleeps

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

Head to head
About

Countdown

Features
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How many days until the trip? Until the exam? Since you first met? Let Countdown keep track of the days. The day grid fills in one square at a time. COUNT DOWN OR COUNT UP Count down to a date (D-) or count up from one (D+). Give each event a title, an emoji, a color and its own start and end date. A SQUARE FOR EVERY DAY Every day of the period is a small cell that fills in as the days go by, with a progress bar alongside. How far you've come shows at a glance. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN • Home Screen widgets in small, medium and large • D-Day number style or day grid style • Lock Screen widgets: circular, rectangular and inline SEE YOUR WIDGET AS YOU MAKE IT While you create or edit an event, a live widget preview follows every change to color, emoji and display options. DARK OR LIGHT Pick a dark or light theme. Countdown's icon switches along with it. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES Events sync through your own iCloud. If you like, Countdown can send you a reminder at 9:00 AM on the day itself. FREE AND PREMIUM Countdown is free for one event, with ads. Premium is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase: • Unlimited events • No ads • A widget for every event Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel them in your App Store account settings. YOUR DATA Your events stay on your device and in your own iCloud. Countdown uses anonymous analytics and crash reports (Firebase), and the free version shows ads from Google AdMob. Available in 15 languages. Terms of Use: https://offstudio-eight.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://offstudio-eight.vercel.app/privacy.html

About

Sleeps

This app helps children visualize the time until special events by counting down the number of sleeps remaining. Users can create personalized countdowns with titles, dates, pictures, and colors, and view the remaining sleeps on their home screen via widgets. It also offers optional reminders and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Sleeps countdowns
  • Customizable events
  • Home screen widgets
  • Siri integration
  • Optional reminders
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Sleeps is a countdown app for kids. It answers “how long until…?” in sleeps — the nights left until a birthday, trip, holiday, or other day they’re waiting for. Add a countdown with a title, a date, a picture, and a color. The app shows how many sleeps remain as a large number. Optional home screen widgets keep that number visible without opening the app. You can also ask Siri how many sleeps are left until a countdown you’ve saved. Optional reminders can notify you a week before, three days before, the day before, and on the morning of the event. Countdowns sync through your iCloud account across your own devices. Sleeps has no ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts, and no tracking. It does not collect data. Support and privacy information: https://iliarafa.github.io/sleeps/

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Sleeps3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sleeps at none against Countdown's 3. Sleeps also leads on ads (none vs shown). Countdown's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, 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. Countdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Sleeps asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update weekly, Sleeps monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown versus Sleeps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownSleeps
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOFFSTUDIOIlias Rafailidis

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$2.99
None

Sleeps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sleeps free?
Sleeps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown or Sleeps have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Sleeps does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Sleeps?
Countdown ships an update weekly, and Sleeps monthly. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 28, 2026 and Sleeps on October 7, 2026.

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