Comparison

Countdown Maps vs Mission Call

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Maps

Easily track missionaries, including family and friends, with detailed information like photos, service dates, and contact addresses. Visualize their progress on a map and share updates effortlessly. Sync your data across devices for safekeeping.

Highlights
  • Track multiple missionaries
  • View missionary photos and details
  • Visualize service progress on a map
  • Manage transfer information
  • Share missionary contact details
  • Sync data across devices
Features
Currently charting
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The Countdown Maps Mobile App is a fun and convenient way to keep track of your missionaries. Whether they are your children, parents, family, or friends, you can track as many Elders, Sisters, or Couples as you wish and incorporate as many details as you like. This is perfect for parents, families, bishops, and anyone who has friends or family serving missions. Here are some of the features: Missionaries Page – Shows all of the missionaries you are tracking and where they are serving. Photos can be inserted as a visual reminder. This list can be sorted alphabetically or by the date that they return home. Missionary Stats – If you tap on a missionary from the list, you can see all of the information about that missionary including their picture, the flag of the state or country where they are serving, days served, days remaining, percent complete, email address, mailing address, current companion(s), and a favorite scripture or quote. The email address is also a direct link to your email, so that you can start an email to them from this view. You can also put in a future departure date and it will countdown the days until they leave. Missionary Edit Page – Edit the missionary’s information to make updates to picture, area, departure and return dates, email address, and quotes. Transfers – If you click on the View Transfers button, you see a list of all the transfers that have been entered. From here you can add new transfers or companions or edit existing ones. On the Edit Transfer page, you can enter their current area, companion, date of the transfer, choose a color for the map, enter their mailing address, and add notes about that things that are going on in that area. Information from the most recent transfer is moved onto the Stats page. View Map – If you click on the View Map button, you will see an outline map of the country or state where that missionary is serving. This map is automatically filled in as the days go by to show their progress in the map. Colors coordinate with the Transfers list – you can changes colors based on areas, companion, by transfer, or whatever you would like. Have fun, be creative. Share – This button allows you to send the missionary’s email address, mailing address, and other information in a variety of formats (text, PDF, Link) using several sharing methods (message, email, Facebook, etc.). User can choose which information to send and in what format. This is a quick and easy way to send contact information to family or friends who want to write to them and keeps people updated in social media. Copy & Paste functionality is also enabled through the Share button. The PDF format also serves as a permanent record of the missionaries activities when their mission is completed. Sync – The sync feature provides the ability to save a copy of your data to a secure cloud account. From here, you can sync your data across multiple devices and protect against data loss when upgrading devices or in the event of a device failure. To use this feature, just create a Sync Account. This is the perfect app for keeping up on your missionaries on a daily basis and it brings all of the relevant information together in a fun and creative way.

About

Mission Call

Simulate the excitement of receiving a mission call and create guessing games with friends and family. Explore mission boundaries, regions, and languages worldwide. Includes a widget for daily mission updates.

Highlights
  • Simulate mission call opening
  • Create mission guessing games
  • Invite friends and family to guess
  • Explore mission boundaries and regions
  • Learn about mission languages
  • Daily mission update widget
Features
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This app will get you hyped for your mission, by simulating the excitement of opening a mission call and allow you to set up mission guessing games with your friends and family! Waiting for that mission call? Create a guessing game! Send out invitations to your friends and family so they can guess where you'll be assigned to labor! Will they guess correctly? Simulate the mission call opening by pressing a button and receiving a random mission! Whether you're getting ready to serve, want to reminisce, or are just curious about where missionaries are serving throughout the world, use this app to explore the boundaries, regions, and languages of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' missions. You can even add a widget to your phone screen to learn about new missions every day.

Screenshots

Countdown Maps4 screens
Mission Call4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mission Call at Free against Countdown Maps's $2.99. Mission Call also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Countdown Maps's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#16 vs unranked). On 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

Mission Call is free to download; Countdown Maps costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mission Call holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mission Call has 847 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Countdown Maps's written reviews are positive against 79% of Mission Call's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Maps ships an update every 4 months, Mission Call fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Countdown Maps versus Mission Call: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown MapsMission Call
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (22 ratings)4.9 (847 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews79.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22847 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid AllenMangumLabs LLC

Customer experience

Countdown Maps

All ratings22 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative15.4%

Mission Call

All ratings847 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral14.7%
Negative5.9%

Bugs and requests

Countdown Maps

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Mission Call

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when clicking on Georgia missions
  • Guesses not syncing between app and website
  • Randomly kicks users out when searching or clicking on map

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add worldwide service mission option
  • Allow editing/deleting of mission guesses
  • Update app with latest mission changes
  • Add historical sites missions

In-app purchases

None

Countdown Maps

No in-app purchases

None

Mission Call

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Maps free?
Countdown Maps costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mission Call free?
Mission Call is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Maps or Mission Call?
Mission Call is rated higher. Countdown Maps averages 4.3 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Mission Call averages 4.9 from 847 ratings.
Do Countdown Maps or Mission Call have ads?
Mission Call shows ads; Countdown Maps does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Maps or Mission Call?
Countdown Maps ships an update every 4 months, and Mission Call fortnightly. Most recently, Countdown Maps was updated on September 21, 2026 and Mission Call on September 29, 2026.

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