Comparison

Age App vs Countdown

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

Head to head
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Age App

Features
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No account, no subscription, no ads, no AI. Just a clean screen of cards counting the days since - and until - the dates that matter to you. How long since you moved to this city? How old is your dog, exactly? How many days until the trip? Age App keeps all of it on one screen, as simple cards you can read at a glance. WHAT PEOPLE TRACK Ages - children, parents, pets, in years, months and days. Anniversaries - the day you met, moved in, started the job. Countdowns - a trip, a birthday, a due date, a holiday, a deadline. Things you own - how long you've had the car, the phone, the apartment. Growing things - when you planted it, how far along it is. Some cards count up, some count down. HOW IT WORKS Add a date. That's the whole setup. Each card shows the time since a past date, or the time left until a future one, in years, months and days - plus hours, minutes and seconds when you turn on Use Time. Add a note to any card; open the card to read it. Choose the text and background color of each card. Drag to rearrange - duplicate a card, keeping its date or starting today. Search titles and notes. Manage All Items lists every card, including deleted ones you can restore. Your cards sync across your iPhone, iPad and Mac through your own iCloud account. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-in - the app doesn't know who you are. No subscription, no ads, no in-app purchases. Nothing is collected, sold, shared or analysed. Your cards sync through your private iCloud account, managed by Apple. We never see them and run no server of our own.

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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 - Pin, favorite, archive, search and a timeline view WITH PRO - Unlimited events - Repeating events: yearly, monthly, weekly - 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? Yes, in days. Once a date has been past for a full day, the event shows how many days ago it was. Repeating events (Pro) jump to the next date instead. 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

Age App4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Age App at none against Countdown's 4. Age App also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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. Countdown sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Age App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Age App ships an update every 6 weeks, Countdown every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Age App versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAge AppCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNurhan IlhanovGrima Hdez

In-app purchases

None

Age App

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions3
  • Countdown Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Countdown Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Countdown Pro Yearly$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Age App free?
Age App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Age App or Countdown have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Age App does not.
Which is updated more often, Age App or Countdown?
Age App ships an update every 6 weeks, and Countdown every 3 weeks. Most recently, Age App was updated on November 10, 2026 and Countdown on November 10, 2026.

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