Comparison

Countdowns vs Day Countdown & Event Counter

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

Day Countdown & Event Counter

Track important upcoming events and plan ahead with a customizable countdown tool. Personalize your events with icons and backgrounds, and set reminders to stay on schedule. Share your countdowns with friends and protect your privacy with a password.

Highlights
  • Customizable event categories
  • Prioritize important events
  • Quickly add festivals
  • Password protection
  • Share events
  • Time reminders
  • Notification bar styles
Features
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Day Counter & Event Countdown is a useful tool for you to record the important events of schedule and draw up plans in advance. There are many event icons and background images to select according to different situation like parents birthday, final examination, etc. Day Counter & Event Countdown application has a lot of usages. Scenarios: 1.Date, love, marry countdown 2.Birthday, party, travel countdown 3.Examination countdown of final, college entrance, postgraduate 4.Days countdown of Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween 5.Event, task, project countdown ... Features: 1.Event category by yourself 2.Top an event which is most important 3.Quickly add usual festivals 4.Privacy protection by password 5.Share events with your friends Subscription : - After subscribing you will be able to use : Turn on time reminders and unlock all cover and category icon,notification bar style - The subscriptions provide three period:One Month,Three Months(trial period for three days in Three months) and One Year . - The subscriptions are $ 1.49 per month, $ 3.99 per quarter and $ 13.49 per year (US) - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews ,After the subscription expires, the payment account will be renewed automatically,unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication - You can read our privacy policy at(long press) https://www.camoryapps.com/netpower/privacy_policy/daycountdown_en.html - You can read our terms of services at(long press) https://www.camoryapps.com/netpower/service/daycountdown_en.html - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication Price are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines is the equivalent of the subscription price in $USD.

Screenshots

Countdowns4 screens
Day Countdown & Event Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

Countdowns and Day Countdown & Event Counter both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of Countdowns's written reviews are positive against 30% of Day Countdown & Event Counter's. Countdowns also leads on ratings volume (9.3K vs 39). Day Countdown & Event Counter's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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 Day Countdown & Event Counter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Countdowns against 4.7 for Day Countdown & Event Counter. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdowns has 9.3K ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Countdowns's written reviews are positive against 30% of Day Countdown & Event Counter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdowns ships an update every 4 weeks, Day Countdown & Event Counter weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdowns versus Day Countdown & Event Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownsDay Countdown & Event Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.3K ratings)4.7 (39 ratings)
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews — better30.3% of reviews
Number of ratings9.3K — better39
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShayes Apps LLCWuhan Net Power Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Countdowns

All ratings9,340 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews803 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral7.0%
Negative14.7%

Day Countdown & Event Counter

All ratings39 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive30.3%
Neutral15.7%
Negative53.9%

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

Day Countdown & Event Counter

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
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  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99
3 purchases

Day Countdown & Event Counter

Subscriptions3
  • Unlock all materials$1.991 Month
  • Unlock all materials3 Days trial$3.993 Months
  • Unlock resource & reminder$15.991 Year

Questions

Is Countdowns free?
Countdowns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Day Countdown & Event Counter free?
Day Countdown & Event Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdowns or Day Countdown & Event Counter?
Countdowns and Day Countdown & Event Counter are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9.3K and 39 ratings respectively.
Do Countdowns or Day Countdown & Event Counter have ads?
Both Countdowns and Day Countdown & Event Counter show ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdowns or Day Countdown & Event Counter?
Countdowns ships an update every 4 weeks, and Day Countdown & Event Counter weekly. Most recently, Countdowns was updated on September 23, 2026 and Day Countdown & Event Counter on September 8, 2026.

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