Countdown & Count Up Timer vs Yosuga
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Yosuga
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Read later, for real. Yosuga brings your saved links back on the day you pick. The articles, videos, and places you meant to get to come back that day, instead of disappearing into a read-later pile. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add from the share sheet Works with Safari and any other app. Tap Share, then Yosuga. The title and site name fill in automatically. You can also copy a link and paste it in the app. 2. Pick a day Today, tomorrow, the weekend, next week. It shows up in that day’s Up Next. You can also decide later. 3. One notification, on that day On days with something scheduled, you get one notification. It names the item, so you know what’s up without opening the app. Set the time in Settings. Nothing scheduled, no notification. 4. Mark it done Open it in the app, then tap Read. The button matches the type: Read, Watched, Visited, Bought, Made. There’s no confirmation dialog. Tapped by mistake? Just undo. EVERY DAY - Swipe for Read, Another day, or Not for me - Overdue items show a plain count, like “+2 days,” with no nagging - Arrange spreads undated saves over this week’s open days - See and search everything you’ve saved in Queue - A Home Screen widget shows today’s Up Next, with a done button on each item - Done items clear automatically after 30 days No folders, no tags. For everything on today’s list, there are three choices: finish it, move it to another day, or let it go. YOSUGA PRO Adding, dates, notifications, and the widget are free, with no limit on saves. Pro adds tools that help you actually finish what you save. - Reader: just the text, without ads or menus - Listen: hear it read aloud, with each sentence highlighted as it goes - Resume: pick up where you left off - Detailed notifications: separate times for weekdays, days off, and each type - Stats: 12 weeks of history, plus when you tend to actually get to things - Offline and backup: read without a connection, and export your data Pro is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID, and it renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. PRIVACY - No account needed. There’s no Yosuga server; what you save stays on your device. - No behavior tracking and no ad networks. - Syncs across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through your own iCloud, at no extra cost. Terms of Service: https://rinro.jp/yosuga/legal/terms-of-service/index.en.html Privacy Policy: https://rinro.jp/yosuga/legal/privacy-policy/index.en.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown & Count Up Timer at none against Yosuga's 3. Countdown & Count Up Timer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Yosuga's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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
Both are free to download. Yosuga sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Countdown & Count Up Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown & Count Up Timer ships an update weekly, Yosuga every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown & Count Up Timer | Yosuga |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yoji Shimobayashi | RINRO |
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
Yosuga
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown & Count Up Timer
No in-app purchases
Yosuga
- Yosuga Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yosuga Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
- Yosuga Pro$29.99
Questions
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