Comparison

Countdown Days Since & Until vs Countdowns

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Days Since & Until

Track important dates by counting down or up in various time increments, from seconds to years. Customize with photos and icons, import from your calendar, and receive custom alerts. Share your progress with others.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event tracking
  • Customizable photos and icons
  • Calendar event import
  • Customizable alerts
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Never miss a moment that matters! Track any important date by counting down (or up) in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years – or even sleeps! Perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, vacations, deadlines, and everything in between. Unlimited Events – Add as many countdowns as you want. Make It Yours – Custom photos, icons, and 8 different time formats. Easy Setup – Import events straight from your calendar. Custom Alerts – Get reminders exactly when you want them. Sync Everywhere – Automatically updates across your devices and Apple Watch. Widgets – Add beautiful widgets to your Home or Lock Screen (ad-free with in-app purchase). Share the Excitement – Post and text your countdowns with a single tap.

About

Countdowns

Track upcoming and past events with beautiful, ad-free countdowns. Easily create events, pin important ones, and view them on your Home and Lock Screens with widgets. Syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Siri AI integration
  • Spotlight search
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • iCloud sync
  • Quick event creation
  • Pin important events
  • Smart event filters
Features
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Countdowns now works with Siri AI, Spotlight, and Shortcuts. Works with Siri AI Just talk to Siri. "Create an event called Trip to Lisbon on November 14 in Countdowns." "Move my dentist appointment to Friday." "Rename this one to Marathon." "Delete my car insurance countdown." Siri understands your countdowns as events, asks before deleting, and you can undo. Siri knows what's on your screen While you're looking at your events, Siri can act on what you see. "Open the second one." "Delete this countdown." No need to repeat the name. Spotlight Every countdown is in Spotlight. Search from the Home Screen, see the picture and the date, and tap to open it in the app. Type "Upcoming" or "Today" to jump straight to a section without opening the app first. Shortcuts New actions for the Shortcuts app: Create Event, Show Events, Search Events, and Get Countdowns. Get Countdowns hands your list to other actions, so you can send your upcoming events to Use Model and get a summary in your own words, or build any automation you like. Siri AI and Apple Intelligence features require iOS 27 and a device that supports Apple Intelligence. See exactly how many days until your next vacation, birthday, wedding, or trip — and keep it on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets. Countdowns is a fast, native, ad-free way to track the moments that matter, designed to feel right at home on iPhone and iPad. Features: • Beautiful countdowns Track upcoming and past events with clear, easy-to-read countdowns. • Widgets for Home Screen Keep your most important countdowns visible without opening the app. • Lock Screen widgets Check your countdowns instantly from the Lock Screen. • iCloud sync Your countdowns automatically stay in sync across iPhone and iPad. • Create events in seconds Add new countdowns quickly with a simple and intuitive interface. • Pin important events Keep the countdowns that matter most at the top. • Smart filters Quickly view Today, Upcoming, or Past Events. • Clean native design Built entirely with modern technologies for a smooth and reliable experience. • No ads Completely ad-free experience. Perfect for tracking: • Vacations • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Trips • Holidays • Important life events Never lose track of what you’re looking forward to.

Screenshots

Countdown Days Since & Until4 screens
Countdowns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdowns at none against Countdown Days Since & Until's shown. Countdowns also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Countdown Days Since & Until's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 52) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 27). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Countdown Days Since & Until sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Countdowns sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Countdown Days Since & Until against 4.9 for Countdowns. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Days Since & Until has 2.5K ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Countdown Days Since & Until's written reviews are positive against 87% of Countdowns's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Days Since & Until ships an update fortnightly, Countdowns weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Countdown Days Since & Until versus Countdowns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown Days Since & UntilCountdowns
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.5K ratings)4.9 (52 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews86.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.5K — better52
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better27
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph SferrazzaIgor Rusinov

Customer experience

Countdown Days Since & Until

All ratings2,545 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews509 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative13.4%

Countdowns

All ratings52 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

Bugs and requests

Countdown Days Since & Until

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Widget won't unlock
  • Countdowns not updating
  • Widget isn't working
  • The 'Day' Bar isn't scaled right
  • New update and still crashes
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  • Occasional glitches
  • Can't see Months and Days in widget
  • Date and Data Disappearance
  • Entries disappeared
  • All my events disappeared

Requested features

6 requests
  • One request
  • ADD More features please
  • Include start date
  • Duration function for events
  • Dark mode option
Show 1 more
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Countdowns

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Countdown Days Since & Until

One-time5
  • Let it Snow$1.99
  • Falling Object Pack$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
Show 2 more
  • Color and Effect Pack$2.99
  • Unlock All$4.99
1 purchases

Countdowns

One-time1
  • Unlock App$4.99

Questions

Is Countdown Days Since & Until free?
Countdown Days Since & Until is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdowns free?
Countdowns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Days Since & Until or Countdowns?
Countdowns is rated higher. Countdown Days Since & Until averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while Countdowns averages 4.9 from 52 ratings.
Do Countdown Days Since & Until or Countdowns have ads?
Countdown Days Since & Until shows ads; Countdowns does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Days Since & Until or Countdowns?
Countdown Days Since & Until ships an update fortnightly, and Countdowns weekly. Most recently, Countdown Days Since & Until was updated on November 6, 2026 and Countdowns on November 7, 2026.

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