Until Then vs Countdowns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Until Then
Track upcoming events with a clean, ad-free countdown experience. Customize each event with emojis, colors, and photos, and receive timely reminders. Enjoy widgets and Live Activities for at-a-glance updates.
- Unlimited event creation
- Customizable event appearance
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Live Activity and Dynamic Island support
- Customizable reminders
- Yearly event rollover
- iCloud sync
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Until Then - Event Countdown is a clean, ad-free way to count down to the moments you're waiting for. • Create as many events as you like - birthdays, trips, anniversaries, deadlines - each with its own emoji, color and optional photo. See exactly how long is left, down to the second on the day itself. • Home Screen widgets in every size, plus Lock Screen widgets • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island in the final hours • Custom reminders - as many as you want, from hours to months before • Yearly events that roll over automatically for birthdays & anniversaries • Optional iCloud sync across your iPhone and iPad * Share time left with others * Time zone aware or constant time - your choice * Count up from event, or continue to count after the event arrived * Siri & shortcuts integration No ads. No tracking. No accounts. No locked features. Everything stays on your device. I built it for myself because every other countdown app I tried was full of ads and paywalls. I'm sharing it in case it's useful to you too - free, clean, and it'll stay that way.
Countdowns
Easily track important upcoming events like birthdays, trips, and deadlines. This app offers a clean interface with no ads or subscriptions, allowing you to focus on what matters. Set reminders and view events directly from your home screen.
- Track any event or date
- Support for recurring events
- Customizable reminders
- Event archiving
- Home screen widgets
- Clutter-free interface
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Track the moments that matter — birthdays, trips, concerts, deadlines, anniversaries, and everything in between. No clutter. No noise. Just your events, beautifully laid out with the time remaining until each one arrives. Features Any event, any date — track whatever's meaningful to you Recurring events — birthdays and anniversaries automatically reset Reminders — get notified as your events approach Archive — completed events move out of the way, not out of memory Widgets — glance at your upcoming events right from your home screen Most countdown apps are free until they aren't — locked behind subscriptions, interrupted by ads, or limited to a handful of events. Countdowns is different. Everything is included, for everyone, for free. No ads. No subscriptions. No limits. Just countdowns.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Countdowns at 4 against Until Then's 1. Countdowns also leads on iOS requirement (17.5 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Until Then against 5.0 for Countdowns. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
| Parameter | Until Then | Countdowns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ron Sigall | JOSEPH ALLEN VELEZ |
In-app purchases
Until Then
No in-app purchases
Countdowns
No in-app purchases









