Countdown vs Eve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown
Track upcoming events and past milestones with customizable countdowns and count-ups. Offers a free tier with essential features and a premium upgrade for advanced visualizations and integrations. Designed for a calm, glanceable experience.
- Unlimited countdowns and count-ups
- Home-screen widget
- Customizable visualizations
- Workdays-only counting
- Pattern dates for floating holidays
- Apple Calendar sync
- Lock Screen widgets
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Count down to what matters. No ads. No account. Your countdowns sync privately through iCloud, so a new phone never means starting over. THE BASICS, FREE - Unlimited countdowns and count-ups (days since) - A free home-screen widget — no paywall on the basics - Beautiful editorial cards with curated colors - Tags, custom views, search, and archive - Workdays-only counting that skips weekends - Pattern dates like "3rd Sunday of May" for floating holidays PREMIUM Unlock everything with a one-time purchase. - Every visualization: dot grid, segments, rings, flip clock, bloom, orbit, temperature and more - Year Grid: every day of the year in one screen, your events shown as emoji - Photo backgrounds and a frosted Frost card finish - Custom fonts, decorations, and the full colour picker - Multi-event and Lock Screen widgets - Reminder notifications and two-way Apple Calendar sync DESIGNED TO FEEL CALM A warm, editorial look with custom typography — built for glancing, not fiddling. If dates sneak up on you (hello, time blindness), the grid shows everything coming at a glance, and Live Activities keep the big day on your Lock Screen. Prefer to buy once? The Lifetime unlock is a single purchase — no renewal, no expiry. Countdown Premium is also available as a monthly or annual subscription; the annual plan includes a 3-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://hellogoodday.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://hellogoodday.com/countdown/terms
Eve
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eve - countdown to what matters eve is a beautifully minimal countdown app that keeps your most-anticipated moments always in view - on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and in Siri. Add a moment in seconds. Give it a name, pick a date and time, choose an accent color, and you're done. eve handles everything else. A widget for every spot. Choose from three widget sizes - Small, Medium, and Large for your Home Screen, plus Lock Screen and StandBy widgets that show a live countdown at a glance. Tap the cycle button on larger widgets to flip through all your upcoming moments without ever opening the app. Live Activity & Dynamic Island. Pin your most important event and eve puts a live countdown on your Lock Screen and in your Dynamic Island, counting down the hours and minutes as the moment approaches. Set how early it activates - anywhere from 24 hours down to 1 hour before. Ask Siri. Tell Siri "Add an event in eve" and it creates a countdown by voice. Ask "What's next in eve" to hear your nearest upcoming event read back to you - no screen required. Always accurate, always live. Day view counts down in days. When your event is less than a day away, eve switches to hours and minutes. In the final hour, a live timer ticks in real time across both the app and your widget. Feature the moment that matters most. Pin any event to make it your featured countdown - it becomes the hero on your Home Screen, widget, and Live Activity. Unpin it and your next event automatically steps forward. Widget-configurable. Long-press any widget and choose exactly which event it tracks, independent of what's featured in the app. Stays in sync. Events sync automatically across all your devices via iCloud. Spotlight search. Find any of your countdowns directly from Spotlight search. Tap the result and jump straight to it. Reminders, your way. Get notified a week out, the day before, and the morning of - or turn notifications off entirely. Thoughtful details. Quick date chips (Tomorrow, This Weekend, Next Week, In a Month, In a Year) for fast entry. Accent colors that carry through the app, widget, and Live Activity. An ambient glow behind your hero card that shifts with its color. A Memories section that preserves every past moment after it arrives. iPad at home in your workflow. On iPad, eve becomes a full dashboard - an adaptive card grid that looks right in Split View, Slide Over, and every orientation. No account. No subscription. Just your moments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Eve at none against Countdown's 3. Countdown's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Countdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Eve asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Countdown | Eve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hello Good Day LLC | Neon Media LLC (TN) |
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Countdown Premium (Annual)3 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Countdown Premium$9.99
Eve
No in-app purchases









