Comparison

Countdown & Count Up Timer vs Time Arrow

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

Head to head
About

Countdown & Count Up Timer

Easily track important dates with customizable countdowns and count-ups. Never miss an anniversary, event, or milestone with home screen widgets and timely notifications. Personalize your tracking with custom backgrounds and text.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event tracking
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Customizable notifications
  • iCloud backup and restore
  • Precise moment tracking
  • Custom backgrounds and text
  • Social sharing
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How long until the day you’re waiting for? How long has it been since a moment worth remembering? Countdown & Count Up Timer makes important dates easy to follow. Count down to something you’re looking forward to, or see how much time has passed since a meaningful day. Add a birthday, anniversary, vacation, wedding, concert, exam, deadline, due date, seasonal event or personal milestone and let the app keep track of the time for you. You can also add a date from the past to see how long it has been since an important moment. Track the time since an anniversary, the day you got married, the start of a personal goal or any date you want to remember. Whether you are counting down to the future or counting up from the past, your most important dates stay together in one simple place. Create as many events as you like and choose how you want to see the time: years, months, weeks, days or hours. PERFECT FOR • Birthdays and anniversaries • Weddings and vacations • Trips and holidays • Concerts and special events • Exams and important deadlines • Pregnancy due dates • Personal goals and milestones • Seasonal events and special occasions • Remembering how long it has been since an important day KEY FEATURES • Countdown to future dates See exactly how much time is left until something you are waiting for. • Count up from past dates Track the time that has passed since a memorable moment. • Unlimited events Create as many countdowns and count-ups as you need. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets Keep your most important events visible without opening the app. • Daily notifications Get a daily notification at the time you choose showing the remaining or elapsed time. • Exact date and time Choose a specific time when a simple day count is not enough. • Flexible time display View the result in years, months, weeks, days or hours. • Custom photo backgrounds Use your own photos to make birthdays, weddings, trips and anniversaries feel more personal. • Adjustable text Customize the color and position of the text to suit your background. • Recurring events Set birthdays, anniversaries and other repeating dates to come back automatically. • Easy organization Use tags and date sorting to keep your events easy to find. • iCloud backup and restore Keep a backup of your important events and restore them when needed. • Sharing and Dark Mode Share your events easily and use the app comfortably in dark environments. Some dates are exciting because they are getting closer. Others matter because of how much time has already passed. Keep both kinds of moments close, and check them whenever you want.

About

Time Arrow

Track important dates with a countdown and count-up tool. Never forget anniversaries, birthdays, or payment deadlines again. Offers quick recording, sharing, and customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up modes
  • Quick event recording
  • Card sharing
  • Multiple widget options
  • Annual/monthly anniversary display
  • Cloud backup (Premium)
  • Daily reminders (Premium)
Features
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■ Apple Today Recommendation ■ App Introduction Time Arrow is a count down day recording tool to help you manage important days such as anniversaries, birthdays, repayment days and so on. There are always days in life that you want to record: - Do you remember your mom's and dad's birthday? - How many days have you been born? - What's the date do you have to pay back your credit card every month? - How many days to get paid? - Will the rent be paid next month? - Do you need a physical examination once a year? - Don't forget to take medicine at night? - Did you walk the dog today? Did you shovel shit? - Don't forget to punch in at night? - Did you pay the tuition fee? - What's the date of this month? You must have more important days to record... ■ Function Introduction - Cycle design: a more intuitive display of the annual monthly anniversary. - Count down & Count up: one mode supporting two counting ways. - Quick Recording: No tedious steps, quick preset 1 step to complete. - Card Sharing: One-click Sharing Exquisite Countdown Days Cards to Friends. - Widget: multiple widgets for your choice, quick Preview. - Back up: Keep important information in the cloud without fear of loss (Premium) - Daily Reminder: Date approaching, timely reminder (Premium) - Add to Calendar: Export to system calendar and reminder (Premium) - Secure Access: Password needed when open app each time (Premium) - Hidden Page: flexible display, minimalism to the end (Premium) ■ About Me - Personal Works Apple Recommend App: Time Arrow, Flaaash, Easy Period, Lover List, Sun & Moon - Contact Information My Email: hanchongzan@icloud.com If you have any suggestions and ideas, you can send messages me at any time. I will continue to develop more good applications. Thanks for aurwiz's support to Russian Thanks for Nantadech's support for Thai ■ Terms of Use Time Arrow Premium Subscription is a subscription-based paid-up service, which means that you will pay in advance for future use of the service. You can currently choose to pay the service on an annual basis. At the end of each subscription cycle, your subscription is automatically renewed by default unless you explicitly cancel the automatic renewal or cancelled by Time Arrow. - Fees: Now Premium is set a standard fee as $0.99 per year. This price may be changed during promotion period. If the price is adjusted, the new price will take effect for the next subscription cycle. - Refund: After the trial period, you shall never be refunded the fee. Please voluntarily cancel your payment of service. - Unsubscribe: If you want to unsubscribe, please cancel it at least 24 hours in advance. You can cancel it as follow steps: Enter Into The System Settings - Click Apple ID - Click Subscription - Select Time Arrow Premium - unsubscribe. Terms of Use: https://shimo.im/docs/tGwwvxCvj8KxjyvX Privacy Policy: https://shimo.im/docs/CCDjcWytvwWRvxkt

Screenshots

Countdown & Count Up Timer4 screens
Time Arrow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown & Count Up Timer at none against Time Arrow's 2. Countdown & Count Up Timer also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 88). Time Arrow's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 63%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Time Arrow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Countdown & Count Up Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Countdown & Count Up Timer against 4.7 for Time Arrow. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown & Count Up Timer has 2.3K ratings behind it against 88, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Countdown & Count Up Timer's written reviews are positive against 77% of Time Arrow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown & Count Up Timer ships an update every 10 days, Time Arrow every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Countdown & Count Up Timer versus Time Arrow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown & Count Up TimerTime Arrow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.3K ratings)4.7 (88 ratings)
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews76.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.3K — better88
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoji Shimobayashi重赞 韩

Customer experience

Countdown & Count Up Timer

All ratings2,313 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews326 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral12.3%
Negative24.2%

Time Arrow

All ratings88 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive76.8%
Neutral10.7%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

Countdown & Count Up Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Countdown display issues after updates
  • App crashes when trying to access settings
  • Widget functionality not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to exclude weekends from countdowns
  • Option to pause/resume countdowns
  • Customizable notification settings for each event
  • Sync across devices

Time Arrow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Countdown & Count Up Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Time Arrow

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - Yearly Subscription$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Countdown & Count Up Timer free?
Countdown & Count Up Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time Arrow free?
Time Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown & Count Up Timer or Time Arrow?
Countdown & Count Up Timer and Time Arrow are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2.3K and 88 ratings respectively.
Do Countdown & Count Up Timer or Time Arrow have ads?
Both Countdown & Count Up Timer and Time Arrow show ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown & Count Up Timer or Time Arrow?
Countdown & Count Up Timer ships an update every 10 days, and Time Arrow every 5 weeks. Most recently, Countdown & Count Up Timer was updated on September 23, 2026 and Time Arrow on September 23, 2026.

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