Comparison

Hindsight vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Hindsight

Track the time elapsed since significant life events, from daily habits to major milestones. Gain insights into your routines, set reminders, and visualize your progress. Your data is private and synced across devices.

Highlights
  • Privacy-focused, no account needed
  • Swipe to track events
  • Customizable time-based alerts
  • Habit statistics and histogram
  • Add notes for context
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Data export/import
  • Apple Watch companion app
Features
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Hindsight: Time, Tracked and Visualized Rediscover the past and optimize your future with Hindsight. This intuitive app keeps you informed about the time that has elapsed since life's events. Whether they're daily routines or once-in-a-lifetime milestones, Hindsight puts the answers to "How long has it been?" right at your fingertips. ** Make Every Moment Count ** With Hindsight, you don't just record events—you gain insights. Track the frequency of your habits, remind yourself of milestones, and break free from unwanted patterns. It's not just about counting time; it's about making time count. Features: * Privacy First: No accounts or sign-in required! Your data is securely stored in your iCloud account. * Swipe to Track: Capture every event with a swipe and revisit them in a detailed timeline. * Alerts: Set customizable notifications based on time intervals to stay on top of your activities. * Deep Insights: Delve into your habits with stats and a histogram view. * Notes for Context: Attach notes to each occurrence for context and memories. * Sync Across Devices: Keep your data in sync across all your devices with iCloud. * Data Export/Import: Enjoy the freedom to export your history to CSV for deeper analysis or sharing. * Watch Companion: Manage your events with a full-featured Apple Watch app. * Widget Convenience: Access quick updates from your home screen and lock screen widgets. * Siri and Shortcuts: Use Siri and Shortcuts to get event info or add occurrences Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdown

Easily track upcoming events, holidays, and important dates with custom photos and notifications. View your countdowns on your Apple Watch, Mac, or Lock Screen widgets. Share events and enjoy a private, ad-free experience with optional Pro features.

Highlights
  • Add, modify, and view countdowns
  • Customizable photos from library or web
  • Siri integration for easy access
  • Apple Watch and Mac support
  • Widgets for home and lock screens
  • Shareable countdown images
  • Customizable event notifications
Features
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Countdown is an easy, beautiful way to keep track of upcoming events, holidays and important dates. Features: • Upcoming Countdowns — Add, edit and view all your important events • Natural-Language Creation — Quickly create countdowns using phrases such as “Holiday next Friday at 6pm” • Past Countdowns — Revisit previous events and see how much time has passed • Repeat and Duplicate — Reuse archived countdowns for annual or similar events • Custom Images — Choose a photo, search the web, generate an image with Image Playground or select a colour • Siri Shortcuts — Create, find and interact with countdowns using Siri and the Shortcuts app • Apple Watch — View your countdowns directly from your wrist • Customisable Widgets — Display your latest countdowns or choose a specific countdown • Lock Screen Widgets — Keep your next countdown visible from the Lock Screen • Archive Widgets — View previous countdowns and memorable events • Control Centre — Open Countdown quickly from Control Centre • Flexible Reminders — Receive notifications at the event time, one day, one week or one month beforehand • Sharing — Share beautifully generated countdown images with friends or on social media • Full OS Support — Designed for Dark Mode, rotation, resizable layouts, Split View, Drag and Drop, VoiceOver and the latest Apple devices • Private by Design — Your countdowns are stored on your devices and synced securely through your personal iCloud account, with no tracking or analytics • Pay Once — No advertisements or subscriptions, with regular free updates for Countdown Pro Countdown Pro unlocks unlimited countdowns, archived countdowns, full widget support, alternative app icons and much more with one affordable in-app purchase. Available for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Also available on Mac with your purchase.

Screenshots

Hindsight4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Countdown at 17.0 against Hindsight's 26.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Hindsight sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Countdown 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 — 4.6 for Hindsight against 4.6 for Countdown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 396 and 162 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Hindsight's written reviews are positive against 70% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Hindsight versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHindsightCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (396 ratings)4.6 (162 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings396 — better162
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB39 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRogue Signal Inc. (Apps)Rob Sammons

Customer experience

Hindsight

All ratings395 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews230 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral10.0%
Negative17.8%

Countdown

All ratings162 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%

User reviews

Hindsight

From 396 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌹 Excellent app
  • 👍 Perfectly executed idea
  • 🌹 Indispensable
  • 👍 Unique functionality
  • 👍 Flawless

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Notifications/badges unreliable
  • 🐛 Notifications/badges unreliable
  • 🐛 Abandoned app? Notifications/badges unreliable
  • 🐛 Glitches getting progressively worse it seems
  • 🐛 Lock Screen time frozen

Countdown

From 162 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🖼️ Customizable background images
  • ✨ Clean and elegant design
  • 🚀 Fast and reliable performance
  • 💰 Good value for one-time purchase

Room to improve

  • 💰 App became paid/premium required
  • 🖼️ Widget customization limitations
  • ⏳ Date selector can be cumbersome
  • 📸 Photo cropping/zooming issues
  • 🚫 Limited free features

Bugs and requests

Hindsight

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Overdue events no longer show a red bell icon
  • Send feedback does not work
  • The new UI is dark and boring
  • It's a pain to switch between categories
  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
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  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
  • The new UI is more difficult and less pleasing to use
  • The new product update is very bad
  • The new product update is very bad
  • Lost all my data with the update
  • Lost all my data with the update
  • Lost all my data with the update
  • App crashes and I lost all my data

Requested features

3 requests
  • Could you allow user to pick category colors?
  • Want to add events that haven't happened yet
  • It would be nice if you could add a photo to an instance

Countdown

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • 🐛 Cannot add more than two countdowns
  • 🐛 Widget colors "washing out"
  • 🐛 Incorrect countdowns
  • 🐛 Countdown data disappeared
  • 🐛 Keyboard shows up and won't go away
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  • 🐛 Cannot add new photo from Camera Roll when editing
  • 🐛 Photos too zoomed in and blurry
  • 🐛 Widget not showing minutes/seconds
  • 🐛 Event title shows, but no countdown

Requested features

13 requests
  • Recurring event option
  • Ability to crop images
  • Import calendar events
  • Integration with Google/iCloud calendars
  • Option to show more than one goal in a large widget
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  • Pop-up alerts at event start
  • Pin to menu bar or screen
  • Use past countdowns to see days passed
  • Option to display time or just days
  • Year ticker
  • Jump ahead by years in date selector
  • Show full pictures within the app
  • Support for Apple Watch

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Hindsight

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Support$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Support$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • Candy Tip$0.99
  • Coffee Tip$2.99
  • Pizza Tip$5.99
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  • Ramen Tip$9.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Hindsight free?
Hindsight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hindsight or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. Hindsight averages 4.6 out of 5 from 396 ratings, while Countdown averages 4.6 from 162 ratings.
Do Hindsight or Countdown have ads?
Neither Hindsight nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hindsight or Countdown?
Hindsight ships an update weekly, and Countdown weekly. Most recently, Hindsight was updated on October 26, 2026 and Countdown on October 29, 2026.

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