Comparison

iReadItNow HD vs Countdown #

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

Head to head
About

iReadItNow HD

This app helps you meticulously track your reading journey, archiving books, noting your progress, and capturing personal reflections. Visualize your reading habits with insightful graphs and timelines, and share your literary discoveries with friends.

Highlights
  • Archive books (read, unread, want to read)
  • Barcode scanner for easy book addition
  • Custom book collections
  • Track reading check-in/out dates
  • Attach notes, excerpts, reviews, and snapshots
  • Visualize reading life with graphs and timelines
  • Discover new books
Features
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Welcome to iReadItNow HD. Much loved reading log app got even more powerful features. iReadItNow is not just an book-archive app. iReadItNow focuses on recording your reading life in rich context. When you read it, how you read it, every proses that touched your heart, and so on, you can keep all these records in a simple and organized way. Don't forget anything about what you read. This is your own history. With iReadItNow HD, you can : - Archive books you read, not read, or want to read - Add new books with easy to use barcode scanner - Create your own custom book collections - Check in/out the date when you read a book - Attach excerpts, notes, review, even snapshots on each book - Enjoy beautiful graphs and timeline that shows your reading life - Discover new books from various sources - Automatically share with friends what you read over Twitter, Facebook - Synchronize data over multiple devices (*) - Manage separate accounts for your family, friends in a single app (* iPad only for now) (*) requires Premium Membership, which is free for 3 months and $2.99/year after You need to sign up at least Free Membership to use this app. Membership is a mandatory because iReadItNow app automatically sync your data to iReadItNow server to backup your data safely. If you think privacy means keeping all data in your local device only, this is not the app for you.

About

Countdown #

Keep track of important dates with a stylish countdown. Never miss a vacation, anniversary, or birthday again with customizable reminders and alerts. Features a clean design and useful widgets for easy event management.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns
  • Customizable widgets
  • Event sorting
  • Reminders and alerts
  • Clean UI/UX design
  • Icon customization
Features
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Never miss upcoming events again Count down to your next events: vacations, anniversaries, birthdays and more - in style! Features: - Beautiful and useful Widget - Clean UI/UX design - Sort events - Reminders - Main daily event alerts - Customize date settings - Beautiful icon event.

Screenshots

iReadItNow HD3 screens
Countdown #4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iReadItNow HD at Free against Countdown #'s $0.99. iReadItNow HD also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Countdown #'s advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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

iReadItNow HD is free to download; Countdown # costs $0.99 up front. iReadItNow HD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown # asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown # holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown # has 45 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of iReadItNow HD's written reviews are positive against 67% of Countdown #'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iReadItNow HD ships an update monthly, Countdown # weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
iReadItNow HD versus Countdown #: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriReadItNow HDCountdown #
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.4 (5 ratings)4.6 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.5% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings545 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWonjae ChoiKhang Le

Customer experience

iReadItNow HD

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive39.5%
Neutral10.5%
Negative50.0%

Countdown #

All ratings45 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iReadItNow HD

One-time1
  • One Year Premium Membership$2.99
None

Countdown #

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iReadItNow HD free?
iReadItNow HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown # free?
Countdown # costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iReadItNow HD or Countdown #?
Countdown # is rated higher. iReadItNow HD averages 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Countdown # averages 4.6 from 45 ratings.
Do iReadItNow HD or Countdown # have ads?
Neither iReadItNow HD nor Countdown # shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iReadItNow HD or Countdown #?
iReadItNow HD ships an update monthly, and Countdown # weekly. Most recently, iReadItNow HD was updated on September 28, 2026 and Countdown # on October 11, 2026.

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