Countout vs piXedid
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
piXedid
This utility tool helps professionals generate optimized EDID files for displays. It includes an integrated calculator for CVT 1.2 standards, supporting resolutions up to 4096x2160@60Hz.
- EDID file generation
- Integrated CVT 1.2 calculator
- Supports 4096x2160@60Hz
- Optimized for professional use
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Easily generate an EDID file optimized for professional use with the integrated CVT 1.2 calculator Up to 4096x2160@60Hz
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countout at 5.0 against piXedid's 3.5. Countout also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). piXedid's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countout | piXedid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Douglas Earnshaw | piXap |
Customer experience
Countout
piXedid
In-app purchases
Countout
No in-app purchases
piXedid
No in-app purchases
