Comparison

Day Counter. Count Every Event vs count.live

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

Head to head
About

Day Counter. Count Every Event

Features
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Day Counter is the simplest, most beautiful way to count down to the days you're waiting for — and count up from the moments that changed everything. Birthday, trip, anniversary, due date, exam, deadline, or a streak you're proud of — Day Counter keeps every important day right where you'll see it: on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island. COUNT DOWN OR COUNT UP • Countdown to future events and see exactly how many days are left. • Count up from past moments to track how long it's been. • Watch it tick live down to the day, hour, minute, and second. MAKE EVERY COUNTER YOURS • Choose a visual style for each counter — dots, hearts, squares, a mini calendar, vertical bars, a ring, a progress bar, battery, or clean minimal. • Pick from elegant typefaces and set your own text color. • Add an icon or emoji that fits the moment. • Style the background your way: soft pastel gradients, bold flat colors, a custom color, or your favorite photo. WIDGETS EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets in every size — Focus, Horizontal, and Grid. • Lock Screen widgets to keep your countdown one glance away. • Live Activities and Dynamic Island for your nearest event. NEVER MISS A DAY • Daily reminders and custom date and time alerts. • Repeating events for birthdays and anniversaries that roll over automatically every year. • Add private notes to any event. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Everything stays on your device. No account, no tracking, no ads. FREE TO START — YOURS FOREVER • Start free with your first counter, and explore every style, font, and icon. • Unlock Pro once for unlimited counters, all Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, photo backgrounds, custom colors, Live Activities, and dark mode. • A single one-time purchase. No subscription, ever. Available in 15 languages. Start counting the days that matter. Download Day Counter today.

About

count.live

Create and share visually appealing countdown timers for any event, from personal milestones to major celebrations. Save unlimited timers, receive notifications, and customize their appearance with various themes and fonts. The app offers a seamless experience with its web counterpart.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited countdown timers
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable themes, fonts, and colors
  • Notifications for zero countdown
  • Recurring countdown options
  • Shareable countdown links
  • Confetti/fireworks celebration
Features
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Count down to anything: a vacation, a wedding, a birthday, a product launch, New Year's Eve. count.live shows exactly how long is left, live, and keeps it right on your Home Screen. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Small, medium and large widgets, each showing the countdown you choose • Your colors, fonts and background photo carry over to the widget • Tap a widget to open the full countdown MAKE IT YOURS • Ready-made themes, or your own background and text colors • Use a photo from your library or any image link as the background • Choose sans-serif, serif, monospace or display fonts • Show exactly the units you want, from years down to milliseconds • Add a title, a subtitle and a message for when the time is up NEVER MISS THE MOMENT • Get a notification when a countdown reaches zero, even if the app is closed • Celebrate with confetti or fireworks when it ends • Repeat countdowns daily, weekly, monthly or yearly for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and standups • Track how far along you are with a progress bar and percentage TIME ZONES DONE RIGHT • Set the event's time zone, so midnight in Tokyo stays midnight in Tokyo • Countdowns follow the clock through daylight saving changes and leap years SHARE ONE LINK • Every countdown is a count.live link you can send to anyone • It opens in any browser on any phone or computer, no app needed • Open count.live links in the app to save them to your list • Put the same countdown in Canva, Notion, OBS or your website from count.live PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account and no sign-up • Your countdowns stay on your iPhone • No ads and no tracking; only anonymous crash reports help us fix bugs count.live is free. Questions or ideas? Write to dev@count.live.

Screenshots

Day Counter. Count Every Event4 screens
count.live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: count.live at none against Day Counter. Count Every Event's 1. count.live also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. Day Counter. Count Every Event sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. count.live asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day Counter. Count Every Event ships an update every 6 days, count.live every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Day Counter. Count Every Event versus count.live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay Counter. Count Every Eventcount.live
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuhammad Qodir AhmadjonovCan Koecher

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Day Counter. Count Every Event

One-time1
  • Day Counter Pro$4.99
None

count.live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Day Counter. Count Every Event free?
Day Counter. Count Every Event is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is count.live free?
count.live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Day Counter. Count Every Event or count.live have ads?
Neither Day Counter. Count Every Event nor count.live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Day Counter. Count Every Event or count.live?
Day Counter. Count Every Event ships an update every 6 days, and count.live every 9 days. Most recently, Day Counter. Count Every Event was updated on November 5, 2026 and count.live on November 10, 2026.

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