Comparison

NewDaysUntil vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

NewDaysUntil

Features
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Keep birthdays, anniversaries, deadlines and milestones in view. Count days remaining or days elapsed, choose an emoji, repeat events yearly and add local reminders with notification permission. See upcoming events in a home-screen widget. Free: 5 events of your own, 2 colors and reminders for up to 5 events. Premium: unlimited events, 6 additional colors, monthly, weekly or custom repeats, local photo backgrounds, more reminder slots and optional cloud event sync. Basic event management works offline and photos remain on your device. Purchases and restoration require a connection and a store account. Optional cloud sync requires Premium, enabling the setting, a cloud account and a connection.

About

Countdown

Track upcoming events like birthdays and trips with customizable widgets for your Home and Lock Screens. Receive timely reminders and sync seamlessly across your devices via iCloud. Enjoy all features for free without ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Customizable event widgets
  • Home and Lock Screen support
  • Yearly repeating event options
  • Multiple reminder options
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Private by design
Features
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Days until the dates you care about: on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Every feature is free: every widget, every reminder, iCloud sync, all 123 icons and 12 colors. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads, no account, no tracking. Add an event, pick a date, and see one big number: the days to go. On the day it reads Today. Afterwards it counts up. EVENTS • A name, a date, one of 123 icons and one of 12 colors for each event. • Birthdays and anniversaries can repeat every year, so they always count down to the next one. • Upcoming events first, soonest at the top. Past events in their own section. • Whole days only. The count changes at midnight, wherever you are. WIDGETS • Small: one event in its own color. Pick the event, or let it follow your next one. • Medium: your next event, and the two after it. • Large: your next six events. • Lock screen: circular, rectangular and inline, each for one event. • Tap any event in a widget to open it. REMINDERS • Choose any of six for each event: on the day, 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks or 1 month before. • They arrive at the time you set, 9:00 AM to begin with. • Tap a reminder to open its event. IPHONE AND IPAD • Events sync through your own iCloud. There is nothing to sign in to. • Add an event on one device and it appears on the other. • Without iCloud, everything still works on the device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your events are kept on your devices and in your own iCloud, where only you can read them.

Screenshots

NewDaysUntil1 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown at none against NewDaysUntil's 1. NewDaysUntil's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. NewDaysUntil sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NewDaysUntil ships an update every 4 days, Countdown every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NewDaysUntil versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewDaysUntilCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHao SunJack Isherwood

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NewDaysUntil

One-time1
  • DaysUntil Premium$4.99
None

Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NewDaysUntil free?
NewDaysUntil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NewDaysUntil or Countdown have ads?
Neither NewDaysUntil nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NewDaysUntil or Countdown?
NewDaysUntil ships an update every 4 days, and Countdown every 2 days. Most recently, NewDaysUntil was updated on October 31, 2026 and Countdown on October 31, 2026.

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