Comparison

Countdown Maps vs Howard County Sheriff's Office

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

Howard County Sheriff's Office

This app enhances communication between residents and the Sheriff's Office. It allows users to report non-emergency crimes, submit tips, and access public safety news. It is not for reporting emergencies; always call 911 for urgent situations.

Highlights
  • Report non-emergency crimes
  • Submit anonymous tips
  • Access public safety news
  • Interactive communication
  • Community outreach tool
Features
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The Howard County Sheriff’s Office mobile application is an interactive app developed to help improve communication with area residents. The Howard County Sheriff App allows residents to connect with the Howard County Sheriff’s Office by reporting crimes, submitting tips, and other interactive features, as well as providing the community the latest public safety news and information. The app is another public outreach effort developed by the Howard County Sheriff’s Office to improve communication with county residents and visitors. This app is not intended to be used to report emergency situations. Please call 911 in an emergency.

Screenshots

Countdown Maps4 screens
Howard County Sheriff's Office3 screens

Verdict

The call

Countdown Maps and Howard County Sheriff's Office both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 69% of Countdown Maps's written reviews are positive against 0% of Howard County Sheriff's Office's. Countdown Maps also leads on chart position (#19 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Howard County Sheriff's Office's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Howard County Sheriff's Office 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Countdown Maps against 4.3 for Howard County Sheriff's Office. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Countdown Maps's written reviews are positive against 0% of Howard County Sheriff's Office's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Maps ships an update every 4 months, Howard County Sheriff's Office every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Maps versus Howard County Sheriff's Office: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown MapsHoward County Sheriff's Office
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (22 ratings)4.3 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#19 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB68 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDavid AllenHoward County Sheriff's Office

Customer experience

Countdown Maps

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

Howard County Sheriff's Office

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Countdown Maps

No in-app purchases

None

Howard County Sheriff's Office

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Maps free?
Countdown Maps costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Howard County Sheriff's Office free?
Howard County Sheriff's Office is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Maps or Howard County Sheriff's Office?
Countdown Maps and Howard County Sheriff's Office are both rated 4.3 out of 5 on the App Store, from 22 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Countdown Maps or Howard County Sheriff's Office have ads?
Neither Countdown Maps nor Howard County Sheriff's Office shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Maps or Howard County Sheriff's Office?
Countdown Maps ships an update every 4 months, and Howard County Sheriff's Office every 6 months. Most recently, Countdown Maps was updated on September 21, 2026 and Howard County Sheriff's Office on June 26, 2026.

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