Comparison

Countdowns vs Countdown Days

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

Countdown Days

Easily track important dates like birthdays and anniversaries. Get timely reminders and count down the time remaining until your events. Organize events with notes and custom categories.

Highlights
  • Countdown time in years, months, weeks, and days
  • Event notification scheduling
  • Track time since past events
  • Add notes to events
  • Categorize events
  • Customize themes
Read full description

Countdown Days is an App that can help you remember events, anniversaries, and big days and send alerts or reminders according to your time setting. You can effortlessly track your time and this App can count down the years, months, weeks, and days for you. Current features: Countdown time (including years, months, weeks, and days) until your events. Schedule notification to remind you days before your events. Track years, months, weeks, and days since the events you created, Write notes on your events. Categorize your events based on your needs. Customize your themes.

Screenshots

Countdowns4 screens
Countdown Days4 screens

Verdict

The call

Countdowns and Countdown Days both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of Countdowns's written reviews are positive against 25% of Countdown Days's. Countdowns also leads on ratings volume (9.4K vs 26). Countdown Days's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 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 Countdown Days sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.8 for Countdown Days. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdowns has 9.4K ratings behind it against 26, 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 25% of Countdown Days's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdowns ships an update every 4 weeks, Countdown Days every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdowns versus Countdown Days: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownsCountdown Days
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.4K ratings)4.8 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9.4K — better26
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShayes Apps LLCBanghua Zhao

Customer experience

Countdowns

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

Countdown Days

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

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

Countdown Days

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

Countdown Days

One-time1
  • Remove Ads forever$0.99

Questions

Is Countdowns free?
Countdowns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Days free?
Countdown Days is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdowns or Countdown Days?
Countdown Days is rated higher. Countdowns averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9.4K ratings, while Countdown Days averages 4.8 from 26 ratings.
Do Countdowns or Countdown Days have ads?
Both Countdowns and Countdown Days show ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdowns or Countdown Days?
Countdowns ships an update every 4 weeks, and Countdown Days every 8 days. Most recently, Countdowns was updated on September 28, 2026 and Countdown Days on September 22, 2026.

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