Comparison

CountedDays vs Daylist

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

Head to head
About

CountedDays

Track upcoming events with customizable countdowns displayed on your home screen and Apple Watch. Choose how to count days, add photos, and organize events with tags. Works offline without ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns
  • Home Screen and Apple Watch widgets
  • Flexible counting units (days, weeks, custom)
  • Photo backgrounds
  • Offline functionality
  • Event organization with tags
  • Shareable countdowns
Features
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Count down to the dates you care about, your way. CountedDays shows how long until a vacation, wedding, birthday, exam, move, or milestone, right on your Home Screen and Apple Watch. Choose a target date, add a photo, and start counting down. Use every calendar day for a classic countdown, or make it fit real life: count workdays, selected weekdays, whole weeks, training days, class sessions, and more. WHY COUNTEDDAYS • Count down to any future date • Count in days, whole weeks, or your own custom unit • Count only the weekdays you choose • Include or skip individual dates • Add photos and preview your widgets • Show one countdown or a list on your Home Screen • See countdowns on Apple Watch and watch-face complications • Organize everything with tags • Share a countdown as an image or CountedDays file • Works offline. No account, ads, tracking, or analytics CountedDays is free for up to four countdowns at a time, including photo backgrounds and widgets. Archive one when its date has passed and start a new one, as often as you like. The optional Supporter Pack is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited countdowns and alternate app icons. No subscription.

About

Daylist

Features
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Daylist is a simple daily list app for writing down what needs doing, seeing what matters today, and keeping the right lists on your Home Screen. Start with Today, your default list for the things you want to get done now. Add items quickly, organize simple side lists like Groceries or Work, and use widgets to keep any list visible without opening the app. Daylist also understands simple repeat phrases. Add “every day”, “every week”, “every month”, or “every year” to an item, and it becomes recurring automatically. Built for people who want less setup and more clarity. Features: • Today list by default • Custom lists for anything else • Home Screen widgets for your lists • Simple recurring items • Fast, natural text input • Clean, calm design • No complicated system to maintain Daylist is for quick planning, everyday tasks, repeating chores, shopping lists, work lists, and anything you want to keep visible.

Screenshots

CountedDays4 screens
Daylist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daylist at none against CountedDays's 1. CountedDays's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. CountedDays sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Daylist asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CountedDays ships an update every 4 days, Daylist fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
CountedDays versus Daylist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountedDaysDaylist
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperElpax ABLautaro Pinto

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CountedDays

One-time1
  • CountedDays Supporter Pack$0.99
None

Daylist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CountedDays free?
CountedDays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daylist free?
Daylist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CountedDays or Daylist have ads?
Neither CountedDays nor Daylist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CountedDays or Daylist?
CountedDays ships an update every 4 days, and Daylist fortnightly. Most recently, CountedDays was updated on November 5, 2026 and Daylist on November 5, 2026.

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