Countout vs Segment Timer
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
Segment Timer
This app controls a multi-purpose LED segment timer with programmable segments and adjustable display. It allows users to preset timers, synchronize with the device, and customize display modes and fonts via Bluetooth.
- Programmable segments (1 sec to 99 min 59 sec)
- Remote or app control via Bluetooth
- Preset timer functionality
- Synchronize app with timer
- Control 4 display modes
- Change font style
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The SEGMENT AND MULTI-PURPOSE TIMER has four digit LED segment timer viewable up to 300 feet away. It can program up to 99 segments between 1 second and 99 minutes, 59 seconds by the remote or this free Smartphone app via Bluetooth. This app can preset the timer and synchronize to it. And the app can control 4 modes and change the font.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countout at 5.0 against Segment Timer's 3.0. Segment Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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, Segment Timer every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Countout | Segment Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Douglas Earnshaw | 天俊 刘 |
In-app purchases
Countout
No in-app purchases
Segment Timer
No in-app purchases
