Countdown vs Orbit Dashboard
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
Orbit Dashboard
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Orbit brings your whole life onto one dashboard. Instead of hopping between ten apps to see what matters, Orbit overlays your calendar, reminders, health, weather, people, money, and more onto a single Today screen — then surfaces what actually needs you. ONE DASHBOARD, EVERY HORIZON Switch between Today, This Week, This Month, and This Year to see what's coming — an appointment weeks out, a bill due, a birthday — across every area at once. CAPTURE ANYTHING, INSTANTLY One box. Type or dictate, and Orbit's on-device AI files it as a task, note, idea, quote, or person. No folders, no friction. ASK ORBIT A private, on-device assistant that answers from your own data, plus a daily summary of your day. ORBIT NOTICED Insights that connect two parts of your life no single app sees — a birthday during a busy week, poor sleep before a demanding day, a bill due while you're traveling. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE • Calendar & Reminders — your events and lists, with inline complete • Health — activity rings, steps, heart rate, and sleep • Weather — current conditions, forecast, and threshold alerts • People — birthdays, important dates, and who to reconnect with • Money — App Store sales, a stock watchlist, a retirement forecast, and bills • Projects, Content, Travel, Garage, Journal, Library, Email, Deliveries, and more WIDGETS EVERYWHERE One configurable Orbit widget in every size — Home Screen and Lock Screen. Pick what it shows, check off reminders and routines without opening the app, and it follows your theme in Light and Dark. WORKS WITH APPLE Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, Handoff, and interactive widgets — no setup. Just say "Hey Siri, capture in Orbit." BUILT FOR EVERY DEVICE iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV, synced over your private iCloud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There's no Orbit account and no Orbit server. What you create stays on your device and in your private iCloud. Capture cleanup and Ask Orbit run on-device with Apple Intelligence. Only a coarse location ever leaves your device — and only to fetch the weather. Available in English and Spanish. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ericrogerstechnology.com/Orbit/PRIVACY.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Countdown at 17.4 against Orbit Dashboard's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Orbit Dashboard sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown ships an update every 4 days, Orbit Dashboard every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | Orbit Dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| 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 — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hello Good Day LLC | Eric Rogers |
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Countdown Premium (Annual)3 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Countdown Premium$9.99
Orbit Dashboard
- Orbit Plus — Monthly$4.991 Month
- Orbit Plus — Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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- Orbit Plus — Lifetime$39.99
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