Comparison

Countdowns vs How Many Days Until

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

Head to head
About

Countdowns

Track upcoming events or past milestones with customizable countdowns and count-ups. Visualize your time with beautiful widgets and sync across all your Apple devices. Organize events with lists and receive custom notifications.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown and count-up timers
  • Gorgeous, colorful widgets
  • Unlimited number of timers
  • Repeating timers
  • Calendar event import
  • iCloud sync
  • Custom notifications
Features
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Countdowns helps you count down to something you're looking forward to, whether that's a wedding, birthday, or new iPhone! Need to count up from it instead? No problem! Designed to be more than a timer app, Countdowns is great for keeping tabs on how long it is until something, or how long it is since it happened. Count up from the last time you had a cigarette and down to your next cookie — if it happened in the past or is happening in the future, Countdowns keeps track of the time so you don't need to. Countdowns can keep your timers running no matter where you are. Available for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, Countdowns can sync your timers between your devices so you're always up to speed. As a free download, Countdowns offers the following features: - Gorgeous, colorful widgets on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. - An unlimited number of countdowns. - Repeating timers which are perfect for birthdays and similar events. - Siri & Shortcuts integrations. - Support for importing events from calendars, reminders, and contacts. - Multiple unit options (days, weeks, etc.) and icons to make your countdown your very own. - Dark mode. - And more! An optional monthly, annual, or one-time in-app purchase unlocks additional features, including: - iCloud support to keep all of your timers in sync across iPhones, iPads, and Macs. - A compact display mode so you can see more timers at once. - Lists so you can more easily organize your timers — put all of your birthday timers in a list, for example. - Directional indicators so you always know whether a timer is counting up or down. - Custom notifications and sounds so you'll never miss a timer again. - Archive function that saves old timers. Countdowns subscriptions can be canceled at any time, but will renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the next payment is due. For more information, see our privacy policy & terms of use: https://www.countdowns-app.com/policies

About

How Many Days Until

Easily track upcoming special occasions with this app. Set reminders for important dates and personalize your countdowns with beautiful backgrounds. Its simple interface makes managing your events straightforward.

Highlights
  • Create and save special days
  • Event reminders
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Simple user interface
Features
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Count down to the days ahead, and count up from the days you never want to forget. Trusted by 465,000+ people since 2016. COUNT DOWN OR COUNT UP • Days until your next trip, birthday, wedding or big exam • Days since your anniversary, your first day, any memory that keeps counting SEE IT EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets with your own photos • Lock Screen widgets for a glance at your big day • Live countdown that ticks down to the very second NEVER MISS A BIG DAY • Reminders before the day: 100, 30, 7 days and more • A celebration on the day itself • Anniversary milestones at 100, 365 and 1,000 days MAKE IT YOURS • Your photos as full-screen backgrounds • Beautiful built-in themes • Calendar view of your whole year SAFE IN ICLOUD • Your events back up automatically • New phone? Sign in and they come right back Free to start. Premium unlocks the live countdown, photo widgets and custom photo backgrounds, with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Download How Many Days Until and never lose count of what matters. Privacy Policy: https://whiteoj.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Countdowns4 screens
How Many Days Until4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdowns at 78% against How Many Days Until's 23%. Countdowns also leads on device support (4 vs 2). How Many Days Until's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Countdowns sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and How Many Days Until sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdowns ships an update every 4 weeks, How Many Days Until every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdowns versus How Many Days Until: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownsHow Many Days Until
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews — better22.7% of reviews
Number of ratings9.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShayes Apps LLCAtthaporn Chanprakon

Customer experience

Countdowns

All ratings9,382 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews803 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral7.0%
Negative14.7%

How Many Days Until

Written reviews22 reviews
Positive22.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative72.7%

Bugs and requests

Countdowns

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Countdowns not displaying correctly
  • Sync issues between devices
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow reordering of countdowns
  • Improve recurring event handling
  • Add more customization options
  • Provide full-screen countdown view
  • Implement more notification options

How Many Days Until

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Countdowns

Subscriptions2
  • Countdowns Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Countdowns Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
Show 1 more
  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99
1 purchases

How Many Days Until

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Countdowns free?
Countdowns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is How Many Days Until free?
How Many Days Until is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdowns or How Many Days Until have ads?
Both Countdowns and How Many Days Until show ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdowns or How Many Days Until?
Countdowns ships an update every 4 weeks, and How Many Days Until every 5 weeks. Most recently, Countdowns was updated on September 28, 2026 and How Many Days Until on September 27, 2026.

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