Countdowns vs How Many Days Until
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable countdown and count-up timers
- Gorgeous, colorful widgets
- Unlimited number of timers
- Repeating timers
- Calendar event import
- iCloud sync
- Custom notifications
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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
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.
- Create and save special days
- Event reminders
- Customizable backgrounds
- Simple user interface
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Countdowns | How Many Days Until |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better | 22.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shayes Apps LLC | Atthaporn Chanprakon |
Customer experience
Countdowns
How Many Days Until
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
Countdowns
- Countdowns Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Countdowns Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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- Lifetime Unlock$19.99
How Many Days Until
- Remove Ads$3.99
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