Comparison

Countdown & Count Up Timer vs Pinning

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

Pinning

Track important dates and milestones with a visually appealing countdown and calendar app. Organize events with notebooks, add custom icons, and display them on your home or lock screen with widgets. Share events with others via iCloud collaboration.

Highlights
  • Event countdown and count-up
  • Calendar event syncing
  • Birthday and anniversary tracking
  • Event organization with notebooks
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • iCloud collaboration
  • Recurring event notifications
Features
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Pinning is a more powerful countdown app and a simple calendar viewer. It’s a tool to help you record life stories or track project milestones. It’s easy to create events and organize them with notebooks. Pinning also comes with built-in lists for birthdays and anniversaries. Events will be shown in timeline with self-selected icons or emojis. You can put the most important events on Home Screen or Lock Screen with beautiful widgets. Pinning supports iCloud collaboration so that you can easily share important events with family and friends. ## Features - Event countdown and count-up. - Sync upcoming calendar events and scheduled reminders. - Keep track of birthdays and anniversaries. - Organize with notebooks and tags. - Create recurring events and receive notifications. - Home Screen widgets for single event and event timeline. Lock Screen widgets for the most important events. - iCloud collaboration. - Siri Shortcuts support. - Save single event or list of events as images. - Import birthdays from birthday calendar. - Create events from calendars. Privacy Policy: https://pinning.app/privacy-policy Terms of Services: https://pinning.app/terms

Screenshots

Countdown & Count Up Timer4 screens
Pinning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown & Count Up Timer at none against Pinning's 6. Countdown & Count Up Timer also leads on ratings volume (2.3K vs 51) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Pinning's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 63%). On price, rating, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. Pinning sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. 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 Pinning. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown & Count Up Timer has 2.3K ratings behind it against 51, 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 75% of Pinning's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown & Count Up Timer ships an update every 10 days, Pinning every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countdown & Count Up Timer versus Pinning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown & Count Up TimerPinning
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.3K ratings)4.7 (51 ratings)
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.3K — better51
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoji ShimobayashiAnybox LTD

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%

Pinning

All ratings51 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative15.0%

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

Pinning

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Countdown & Count Up Timer

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Pinning

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Monthly (Family Sharing)$2.491 Month
  • Yearly$11.991 Year
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  • Yearly (Family Sharing)$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$19.99
  • Lifetime (Family Sharing)$31.99

Questions

Is Countdown & Count Up Timer free?
Countdown & Count Up Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pinning free?
Pinning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown & Count Up Timer or Pinning?
Countdown & Count Up Timer and Pinning are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2.3K and 51 ratings respectively.
Do Countdown & Count Up Timer or Pinning have ads?
Countdown & Count Up Timer shows ads; Pinning does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown & Count Up Timer or Pinning?
Countdown & Count Up Timer ships an update every 10 days, and Pinning every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown & Count Up Timer was updated on September 23, 2026 and Pinning on September 22, 2026.

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