Comparison

Countdown vs Countdown to Everything

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

Head to head
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 way to keep track of upcoming events, holidays and important dates. Features: • View Countdowns - Add, modify and view countdowns • Past Countdowns - See countdowns from the past including how many days since • Custom Photos - Choose from your photo library or directly from the Web using Flickr • Add to Siri - Easily retrieve any countdown on any device • Apple Watch - View all of your countdowns on your wrist • Widgets - Add widgets to view up to 3 countdowns at once • Lock Screen Widgets - See the next widget directly on the Lock Screen (iOS 16 or later only) • Share - Countdowns can be shared as an image to any social media platform • Notifications - Receive notifications before the countdown with custom settings for how many days before • Full OS Support - Dark Mode, Drag & Drop, Split Screen, VoiceOver and much more • Privacy - No data is ever stored outside of your device and with no tracking or analytics • Pay Once - No ads or subscriptions, just regular free updates with Countdown Pro Countdown Pro unlocks the ability to add more than one countdown, archived countdowns, full widget support, app icons and much more for one low cost in app purchase. Available for iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch. Also available for Mac included with your purchase.

About

Countdown to Everything

Track important upcoming events with a customizable countdown. Create unlimited events, organize them with color-coded folders, and receive personalized alerts. Add widgets to your home screen and lock screen for quick access.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event creation
  • Color-coded event folders
  • Repeating event setup
  • Customizable countdown units
  • Personalized alerts
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Calendar event import
Features
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Countdown to Everything is a simple and customizable app to count down the days until any events in your life. Features: - Create unlimited events for any time in the past or future - Group events into color coded folders - Set up repeating events (yearly, monthly, weekly, daily) - Customize countdown units (years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes) - Customize alerts (yearly, monthly, weekly, daily) - Personalize each countdown and widget - Add widgets to your home screen and lock screen - Import events from your calendar

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Countdown to Everything3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown to Everything at none against Countdown's 1. Countdown to Everything also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Countdown's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (162 vs 6). On price, rating, ads 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. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown to Everything asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Countdown against 4.5 for Countdown to Everything. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 162 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdown to Everything's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update fortnightly, Countdown to Everything every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countdown versus Countdown to Everything: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownCountdown to Everything
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (162 ratings) — better4.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings162 — better6
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRob SammonsVictor Johnson

Customer experience

Countdown

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

Countdown to Everything

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Countdown to Everything

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$1.99
None

Countdown to Everything

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown to Everything free?
Countdown to Everything is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Countdown to Everything?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.6 out of 5 from 162 ratings, while Countdown to Everything averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Countdown or Countdown to Everything have ads?
Neither Countdown nor Countdown to Everything shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Countdown to Everything?
Countdown ships an update fortnightly, and Countdown to Everything every 4 months. Most recently, Countdown was updated on September 19, 2026 and Countdown to Everything on August 5, 2026.

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