Comparison

Event Countdown vs count.live

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

Head to head
About

Event Countdown

Organize and track important dates with customizable countdowns and event reminders. View upcoming events in a calendar layout and see your countdowns at a glance with home screen widgets. Never miss a special moment or deadline again.

Highlights
  • Unlimited countdown timers
  • Calendar integration
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Live Activities for lock screen tracking
  • Import and export event data
  • Clean and fast user interface
Features
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Stay on top of what matters most with a powerful countdown and event tracker designed for everyday life. Whether you’re counting down to vacations, birthdays, holidays, or important deadlines, this app keeps everything organized, visible, and easy to manage. KEY FEATURES Countdown Timer for Everything Create unlimited countdowns for events, holidays, birthdays, and special moments. Track time down to the second. Events & Calendar Integration View all your events in a clean calendar layout. Sync with your existing calendar and keep everything in one place. Beautiful Widgets Add customizable home screen widgets to see your countdowns at a glance—no need to open the app. Live Activities Track your most important countdowns in real time right from your lock screen. Import & Export Easily import events or export your data for backup and sharing. Simple & Fast Clean design, smooth performance, and easy setup so you can focus on your moments—not the app. PERFECT FOR • Vacations & trips • Birthdays & anniversaries • Holidays & special events • Deadlines & goals • Daily reminders Never lose track of time again. Turn every moment into something to look forward to. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

count.live

Create and share visually appealing countdown timers for any event, from personal milestones to major celebrations. Save unlimited timers, receive notifications, and customize their appearance with various themes and fonts. The app offers a seamless experience with its web counterpart.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited countdown timers
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable themes, fonts, and colors
  • Notifications for zero countdown
  • Recurring countdown options
  • Shareable countdown links
  • Confetti/fireworks celebration
Features
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Count down to anything: a vacation, a wedding, a birthday, a product launch, New Year's Eve. count.live shows exactly how long is left, live, and keeps it right on your Home Screen. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Small, medium and large widgets, each showing the countdown you choose • Your colors, fonts and background photo carry over to the widget • Tap a widget to open the full countdown MAKE IT YOURS • Ready-made themes, or your own background and text colors • Use a photo from your library or any image link as the background • Choose sans-serif, serif, monospace or display fonts • Show exactly the units you want, from years down to milliseconds • Add a title, a subtitle and a message for when the time is up NEVER MISS THE MOMENT • Get a notification when a countdown reaches zero, even if the app is closed • Celebrate with confetti or fireworks when it ends • Repeat countdowns daily, weekly, monthly or yearly for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and standups • Track how far along you are with a progress bar and percentage TIME ZONES DONE RIGHT • Set the event's time zone, so midnight in Tokyo stays midnight in Tokyo • Countdowns follow the clock through daylight saving changes and leap years SHARE ONE LINK • Every countdown is a count.live link you can send to anyone • It opens in any browser on any phone or computer, no app needed • Open count.live links in the app to save them to your list • Put the same countdown in Canva, Notion, OBS or your website from count.live PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account and no sign-up • Your countdowns stay on your iPhone • No ads and no tracking; only anonymous crash reports help us fix bugs count.live is free. Questions or ideas? Write to dev@count.live.

Screenshots

Event Countdown4 screens
count.live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: count.live at none against Event Countdown's 4. count.live also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Event Countdown sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. count.live asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Event Countdown against 5.0 for count.live. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: count.live has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Event Countdown ships an update every 6 days, count.live every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Event Countdown versus count.live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvent Countdowncount.live
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB23 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperYevhenii KsenychCan Koecher

Customer experience

Event Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

count.live

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Event Countdown

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly subscription3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Monthly subscription$1.991 Month
  • Annual subscription$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$17.99
None

count.live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Event Countdown free?
Event Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is count.live free?
count.live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Event Countdown or count.live?
Event Countdown and count.live are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Event Countdown or count.live have ads?
Event Countdown shows ads; count.live does not.
Which is updated more often, Event Countdown or count.live?
Event Countdown ships an update every 6 days, and count.live every 9 days. Most recently, Event Countdown was updated on November 5, 2026 and count.live on November 5, 2026.

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