Big Days vs Day Counter & Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Days
Easily track important dates with a stylish and lightweight countdown app. Set reminders for appointments, anniversaries, birthdays, and more. Customize with your own photos or find free images online, and receive notifications for upcoming events.
- Countdown to events
- Track days elapsed
- Customizable event images
- Online image search (Pixabay)
- Event notifications/alarms
- Favorite event display
- Share events
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For over 12 years, Big Days has helped millions of people look forward to life's most meaningful moments. Over 2 million downloads. NOW WITH ALL-NEW WIDGETS Keep your most important events front and center on your iPhone. With brand-new Home Screen and StandBy widgets, your countdown is always just a glance away. The fresh, modern look integrates smoothly into the iOS aesthetic. FIND THE PERFECT BACKGROUND Don't feel limited to your camera roll. Thanks to integrated Pixabay search, you can explore millions of free, high-resolution photos without ever leaving the app. Find the perfect backdrop for any occasion in seconds. REMINDERS & NOTIFICATIONS Never miss an important date again! Set custom alerts for any event and receive a notification right when it's time to celebrate or start packing. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE Tailor every countdown to match your personal taste with custom fonts, colors, themes, and backgrounds: • Choose from dozens of clean, modern typefaces. • Adjust text color, alignment, and position. • Days remaining & days since: track both upcoming events and how much time has passed. • Favorite event on startup: set your primary countdown to open instantly when launch the app. • Easy sharing: export your countdowns for social media or save them directly as wallpapers. Follow us and share your special moments: #bigdaysapp @bigdaysapp For support or feedback, please use the Support module inside the app's Info menu.
Day Counter & Countdown
Track important upcoming events with countdowns and count-ups. Set reminders for birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries. Personalize your experience with custom backgrounds and themes, and sync across all your devices.
- Countdown to events
- Count up from past events
- Customizable backgrounds and themes
- Event alerts and reminders
- Notes and sorting
- Multiple time units
- Cross-device synchronization
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DayCounted is the number one app that helps in reminding you with your most important Events. Countdown to birthdays, holidays, an upcoming vacation, a wedding, the New Year, parties, sporting events, concerts and more. Count up from anniversaries, the day you were born and other special events in the past. Features: - Choose background from your photo library - Select between our hand picked themes as the background - Set Up alerts for each individual Event or Streak - Add notes - Sort your Events - Sort your Streaks - Choose between Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years as the time unit - Adjust the visibility of the background - Share with your friends - Widget support - True synchronization between all your devices Countdown all of the important things that matter, and enjoy every special moment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Day Counter & Countdown at none against Big Days's shown. Day Counter & Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Big Days's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 70%) and ratings volume (593 vs 72). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Big Days sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Day Counter & Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Big Days against 4.6 for Day Counter & Countdown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Days has 593 ratings behind it against 72, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Big Days's written reviews are positive against 70% of Day Counter & Countdown's.
Big Days ships an update every 4 months, Day Counter & Countdown every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Days | Day Counter & Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (593 ratings) | 4.6 (72 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.4% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 593 — better | 72 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | astrovicApps | Paliverse Apps, LLC |
Customer experience
Big Days
Day Counter & Countdown
Bugs and requests
Big Days
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Images disappearing from events
- Constant ads interrupting usage
Requested features
5 requests- Unlimited free events
- Recurring event option
- Customizable countdown styles
- Ability to reorder events
- Sync across multiple devices
Day Counter & Countdown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Big Days
- Widget Pack$2.99
- Big Days Pro$3.99
Day Counter & Countdown
- Pro Upgrade$2.99
Questions
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