Comparison

count.live vs Days Until

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

Head to head
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.

About

Days Until

Features
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Days Until app lets you see at a glance how much time is left until an important event, or how much time has passed since one. Track birthdays, anniversaries, exam dates, due dates, and more. [Countdown / Count-up Display] · Remaining or elapsed time updates automatically in real time · Choose exactly which units to show: years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds · Fractional amounts round up; all-day events show a clear "Today" label on the day itself [Customize Your Background] · Choose photos from your library, built-in illustrations, patterns, or solid colors · Generate images with Apple Intelligence on supported devices · Freely set text color, size, weight, and position — drag it anywhere on screen [Three Sections at a Glance] · Events are automatically sorted into "Upcoming," "Today," and "Since" · They move between sections automatically as time passes, and you can flip the sort order anytime [Repeating Events] · Supports daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly repeats · Automatically advances to the next date once an event has passed [Import from Calendar] · Pick events straight from the calendars on your device · Browse events from multiple calendars at once with "All Calendars" [Share & Widgets] · Create a shareable image combining your background, title, and remaining time · Check events without opening the app using Home Screen widgets (Small/Medium/Large/Extra Large) · Choose a different event for each widget [Apple Watch Support] · Check your event list and countdown screen right on your Apple Watch · See remaining time at a glance with watch face complications [iCloud Sync] · Keep your events in sync across devices (optional, off by default) Available in Japanese and English. Requires iOS 18 or later. Works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

Screenshots

count.live4 screens
Days Until3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: count.live at none against Days Until's shown. count.live also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Days Until's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

count.live ships an update every 9 days, Days Until daily. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
count.live versus Days Until: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametercount.liveDays Until
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCan KoecherLegal Prompt Inc.

In-app purchases

None

count.live

No in-app purchases

None

Days Until

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is count.live free?
count.live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Days Until free?
Days Until is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do count.live or Days Until have ads?
Days Until shows ads; count.live does not.
Which is updated more often, count.live or Days Until?
count.live ships an update every 9 days, and Days Until daily. Most recently, count.live was updated on November 10, 2026 and Days Until on November 6, 2026.

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