Countdown Days Since & Until vs Countdowns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Days Since & Until
Track important dates by counting down or up in various time units. Customize events with photos and icons, and receive timely reminders. Sync across devices and share your countdowns easily.
- Unlimited event tracking
- Customizable event visuals
- Calendar event import
- Customizable alerts
- Cross-device synchronization
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
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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.
Countdowns
Easily track upcoming events with customizable countdown timers. Set reminders for important dates and personalize the look of each countdown with different colors and fonts. Organize events by proximity or alphabetically, with support for dark mode and notifications.
- Customizable colors and fonts
- Unlimited event creation
- Event sorting options
- Dark Mode support
- Event notifications
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Countdowns is a free, super easy to use countdown timer and reminder for the important events & dates in your life. Features: * Choose the colors and fonts for each event * Create as many events as you'd like * Sort your events from the closest to the most distant or alphabetically * Dark Mode * Notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdowns at none against Countdown Days Since & Until's 5. Countdowns also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Countdown Days Since & Until's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 6) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and update cadence 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. Countdown Days Since & Until sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Countdowns asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdowns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Days Since & Until has 2.5K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Countdown Days Since & Until's written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdowns's.
Countdown Days Since & Until ships an update fortnightly, Countdowns every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Days Since & Until | Countdowns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.5K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Sferrazza | Chris Stayte |
Customer experience
Countdown Days Since & Until
Countdowns
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
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- Advanced analytics dashboard
Countdowns
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown Days Since & Until
- Let it Snow$1.99
- Falling Object Pack$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- Color and Effect Pack$2.99
- Unlock All$4.99
Countdowns
No in-app purchases
Questions
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