Comparison

Countdown vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Countdown

Track the time remaining until important dates with a visually appealing countdown timer. Set reminders for birthdays, holidays, and other significant events, and personalize your experience with custom backgrounds. Share your excitement with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Countdown in seconds, minutes, hours, and days
  • Support for multiple countdowns
  • Reminder alerts
  • Personalized event backgrounds
  • Share events via social media
Features
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Countdown is a must-have app that helps you count down in seconds, minutes, hours and days to any particular moment or event. So you won't forget any urgent or exciting events! Just add an event that you have been looking forward to: birthday, anniversary, wedding, graduation, Christmas or holidays. Then the timer begins to count down until the alert rings to remind you. What else it can do: The app provides a set of gorgeous designs, from which, you can pick one as your background image. Besides, you can personalize your event image by using your own photo. After finishing an exciting event or things you plan to do, you could share your exicitement with your friends via Facebook or Twitter. TOO CONVENIENT: + Shows days, hours, minutes and even seconds + Support multiple countdowns + Reminder alerts are provided + Personalize your own event backgrounds + Share events via Facebook or Twitter

About

Countdown

Never miss an important date again. This app helps you track days, hours, and minutes until your special events with beautiful home screen widgets and timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Countdown to events
  • Track days, hours, minutes
  • Add unlimited events
  • Home screen widgets
  • Event reminders
  • Notifications for upcoming dates
Features
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Never forget an important date again. Countdown shows you exactly how many days, hours and minutes are left until the moments that matter — birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, weddings, exams, trips or any special event. Create a countdown in seconds, give it an emoji and a color, and let a notification remind you when the big day arrives. Your countdowns stay in sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud, so they're always with you. Features: • Count down to any date — days, hours, minutes and seconds • Birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, vacations, exams and more • A personal emoji and color for every countdown • Reminders with notifications, so you never miss the day • Yearly events repeat automatically • Share your countdowns with friends and family • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac • Clean, colorful and simple to use Download Countdown and start looking forward to what matters most. Unlock all Countdown features by choosing the plan that best fits your needs: Auto-Renewing Subscriptions • Monthly: Full access with a 3-day free trial. • Yearly: Full access with a 3-day free trial. Subscription Details: • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. One-Time Purchase • Lifetime Access: A one-time payment for lifetime access to all Pro features of Countdown. No recurring fees. Legal Information • Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/site/privacycoldat/ • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdown at none against Countdown's shown. Countdown also leads on ratings volume (127 vs 30) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 18 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On price, review sentiment, 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. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 127 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 80% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 18 months, Countdown every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countdown versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (127 ratings)4.7 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings127 — better30
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer惠英 印Emanuele Floris

Customer experience

Countdown

All ratings127 ratings
Positive80.3%
Neutral10.2%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews139 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral4.3%
Negative20.9%

Countdown

All ratings30 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Countdown sometimes counts up instead of down
  • Alarm does not always go off when time is up
  • Background images disappear in landscape mode

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to set custom titles
  • Implement landscape mode support
  • Provide option to disable ads
  • Allow countdown to be used as a live wallpaper

Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Pro Version$0.99
3 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime Access$12.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.3 out of 5 from 127 ratings, while Countdown averages 4.7 from 30 ratings.
Do Countdown or Countdown have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Countdown?
Countdown ships an update every 18 months, and Countdown every 2 months. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 2, 2026 and Countdown on October 4, 2026.