Comparison

Event Countdown One vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Event Countdown One

Features
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Event Countdown One is a clean, beautiful countdown timer for your iPhone. Add any event, set a target date, and watch the days, hours, minutes, and seconds tick down in real time. WHETHER IT IS A VACATION, A DEADLINE, OR A BIRTHDAY Add as many countdowns as you need. Each one gets its own emoji, accent color, and background color. Choose from curated presets like Sunset, Ocean, Forest, Galaxy, and Rose, or pick any color combination you like. FLEXIBLE DATE ENTRY Not sure of the exact date yet? Use duration mode to say "in 3 months and 5 days" and let the app work out the date for you. Switch to a specific date and time whenever you are ready. REPEATING EVENTS Mark an event as repeating and it automatically restarts with the same duration once the countdown ends. Perfect for recurring deadlines, monthly reviews, or any cycle you want to track. Every completed occurrence is saved to history so you always have a record. REMINDERS Set a reminder days before and another one minutes before the event. You choose exactly how much notice you want, and the app schedules everything locally on your device. No account, no server, no internet connection needed. HISTORY Every completed or manually reset event is saved to the history log with the scheduled date, completion time, and occurrence number. Browse your history by event at any time. LIGHT AND DARK THEMES Follows your system appearance automatically, or lock it to light or dark mode in the settings. FREE TO USE Event Countdown One is free on the App Store. It is supported by a small non-intrusive banner ad at the bottom of the screen. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no sign-in required. PRIVACY FIRST All your data stays on your device. No account is required and no personal information is ever sent to a server.

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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 - Repeating events: yearly, monthly, weekly - Pin, favorite, archive, search and a timeline view WITH PRO - Unlimited events - 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? No. Countdown counts down to a future date; anything past is shown as completed. 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/

Screenshots

Event Countdown One2 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

Event Countdown One and Countdown are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Event Countdown One versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvent Countdown OneCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 8 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better17.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSnow Line Software S.P.R.L.Grima Hdez

In-app purchases

None

Event Countdown One

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Event Countdown One free?
Event Countdown One is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Event Countdown One or Countdown have ads?
Both Event Countdown One and Countdown show ads.

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