Countout vs shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countout
This app provides a customizable, full-screen countdown timer for events and livestreams. Output the timer via VGA, HDMI, or AirPlay to a projector or large display for a professional look. Choose custom colors or background images to match branding and clearly display remaining time.
- Full-screen countdown timer
- VGA, HDMI, and AirPlay output
- Customizable colors and backgrounds
- Queue multiple timers
- Scheduled countdowns
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Countout is a customisable countdown timer that outputs a full screen image over VGA, HDMI or AirPlay to a projector, large format display or television. The output is a clean image without any overlays giving your event or livestream a professional look. Pick colours to match your event’s branding, or choose an image as a background and clearly inform your audience or presenters how much time they have remaining. Queue up multiple timers, or count down to a specific time using a scheduled timer. Countout is a pixlwave creation
shift
Easily view and edit patch information on your EOS family devices directly from your iOS device. Features include auto console discovery, channel/address viewing, and quick patching capabilities. Monitor streaming channel levels live with filtering options.
- Auto console discovery
- View patch information by channel or address
- Quickly jump to desired channel/address
- DimCheck for address flashing and patching
- Flash out channels and repatch
- View streaming channel levels live
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View and edit the patch information on your eos family devices quickly and easily from your iOS device - Auto console discovery - View patch information by channel or by address - quickly jump to a desired channel or address - Use "DimCheck" to quickly flash through addresses, jumping to the next empty address if required. Once an address is identified quickly patch it to the required address straight from your device - Flash out channels, repatch and move as required, all directly from your device - View streaming channel levels live, filter by group, keyword or active channels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countout at 5.0 against shift's 3.0. Countout also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). shift's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. shift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countout asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countout holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Countout ships an update every 6 months, shift every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countout | shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Douglas Earnshaw | Richard Williamson |
Customer experience
Countout
shift
In-app purchases
Countout
No in-app purchases
shift
- Full Access$10.99
