Comparison

Exam Countdown vs Exam Timer

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

Head to head
About

Exam Countdown

This app helps students, teachers, and schools keep track of important dates. It provides countdown timers for exams, tests, and coursework deadlines, with options for reminders and sharing progress with others. Users can organize their academic schedule and stay on top of their responsibilities.

Highlights
  • Countdown timers for exams and tests
  • Unlimited exam countdowns
  • Color-coded exams
  • Icon customization
  • Share countdowns with others
  • Add notes to exams
  • Basic and detailed notifications
Features
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Exam Countdown is the beautifully simple countdown, planner and widget app for every exam that matters. Counting down since 2015, rated 4.7 stars from over 30,000 ratings. The original exam countdown app, used by students, teachers and schools in over 100 countries. Count down to the ones that count: matric prelims, trials and NSC finals, GCSE and A Level papers, IB, SQA Highers, university finals, coursework and homework deadlines, driving theory, music grades and every test in between. CALENDAR VIEW See your whole semester on a month grid, color coded, with every exam a tap away. LIVE COUNTDOWN WIDGETS A Home Screen widget that ticks every second, plus Next Exam, Next 4 Exams and Lock Screen widgets. LIVE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Live Activities put your next exam on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island as it approaches. MAKE IT YOURS Hundreds of icons, every color, categories to group your subjects, and notes on any exam. Free version: • Unlimited exam countdowns, all in one place • Count down in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds • Color code your exams • Choose from 400 icons • Add notes to any exam • Invite friends and family to count down with you • Notifications before every exam Premium version: • Ad free • The full widget collection, including the second by second Live Countdown • Live Activities on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Calendar View • Categories to group your subjects • Detailed alerts, with your choice of alert sound • Record and review your exam results • Sync across all your Apple devices • All 400 color icons and 70 colors Exam Countdown is free to download and use. Premium is available as a yearly subscription or as a one off lifetime purchase. Terms of Use - https://www.root38.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy - https://www.root38.com/privacy-policy/

About

Exam Timer

This app helps you manage your exam preparation time effectively. Input the total number of questions and exam duration, and it calculates the time per question, displaying it graphically to minimize distractions. Practice effectively and aim for high scores.

Highlights
  • Calculates time per question
  • Graphical time display
  • Tracks solved questions
  • Simple interface
  • Customizable exam settings
Features
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Do you want to get high scores on exams? To achieve this, one of the most important issues is to evaluate the exam period very well. Plenty of practice before the exam is very important. Race against time. It is very important to solve many tests and be able to do them during the exam period. You can follow the exam times with this application during your practice. Simply, select the total number of questions and the total time. The application calculates the amount of time per question. You just tap the Start button, the time required for each question will start to count down. To avoid distractions, the time is shown graphically instead of counting in seconds, the classic method. A green bar graph shows the number of questions you solved in the exam. That's all, that's simple. We wish you success in your exams.

Screenshots

Exam Countdown4 screens
Exam Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Exam Countdown at 82% against Exam Timer's 25%. Exam Countdown also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 11 months). Exam Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Exam Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months. Exam Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Exam Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exam Countdown has 1.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Exam Countdown's written reviews are positive against 25% of Exam Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Exam Countdown ships an update every 5 weeks, Exam Timer every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Exam Countdown versus Exam Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExam CountdownExam Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better3.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews82.1% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB23 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperROOT38 LIMITEDAlparslan Topbas

Customer experience

Exam Countdown

All ratings1,636 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral8.2%
Negative9.7%

Exam Timer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Bugs and requests

Exam Countdown

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues after device change
  • Subscription not working as expected
  • Loading screen freezes
  • Incompatibility with newer devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Calendar view
  • Sync with device calendar
  • Customizable exam reminders
  • Widget support
  • More icons and color options

Exam Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Exam Countdown

Subscriptions4
  • Premium 3 Months$2.993 Months
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
  • Premium Access1 Year trial$4.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly Subscription$5.491 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99
None

Exam Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Exam Countdown free?
Exam Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Exam Timer free?
Exam Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Exam Countdown or Exam Timer?
Exam Countdown is rated higher. Exam Countdown averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Exam Timer averages 3.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Exam Countdown or Exam Timer have ads?
Both Exam Countdown and Exam Timer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Exam Countdown or Exam Timer?
Exam Countdown ships an update every 5 weeks, and Exam Timer every 11 months. Most recently, Exam Countdown was updated on September 28, 2026 and Exam Timer on September 11, 2026.

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