Comparison

Countdown vs TimeCount+

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, 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.

About

TimeCount+

Track upcoming and past events with precise countdowns. Customize your events with backgrounds, icons, and choose your preferred time units. View your countdowns on Apple Watch and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Add custom events
  • Create event categories with icons
  • Customize event backgrounds/photos
  • Apple Watch support
  • Home screen widgets
  • Set exact event times
  • Choose time units
Features
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TimeCount+ is the most efficient way of counting all your favorite events. Whether those who are about to happen, or those who have passed away and left good memories. See how much time is left for birthdays, holidays, holidays, wedding, Christmas, New Year, parties, and anything else you want. Make a progressive count of birthdays, the day you were born, and other special events of the past. • How many hours, minutes, and seconds until your next birthday? • How many months since you were born? • How much time is left for the graduation exam? • How many days until your wedding? • How long until your vacation begins? • How many days are left for Christmas? Features: • Add your own events. • Create categories for your events, with icons of your choice. • Customize your events with your own background or photo of your choice. • View your events on Apple Watch. • Display your events in the Widget. • Complications for faster access to your events on Apple Watch. • Decide what you want to see on the Widget or Apple Watch. • Change the background and text colors of your events. • Set the exact time for each event. • Choose the time units of the selected event. • Filter your events by categories. • Includes 24 wallpapers. • Does not contain advertisements or purchases within the application.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
TimeCount+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown at 70% against TimeCount+'s 0%. Countdown also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 12 months). TimeCount+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

Countdown is free to download; TimeCount+ costs $2.99 up front. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TimeCount+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update weekly, TimeCount+ every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countdown versus TimeCount+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownTimeCount+
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (162 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings162 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB17 MB
Age rating17++4
DeveloperRob SammonsPaulo Correia

Customer experience

Countdown

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

TimeCount+

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

TimeCount+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$1.99
None

TimeCount+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeCount+ free?
TimeCount+ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown or TimeCount+ have ads?
Neither Countdown nor TimeCount+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or TimeCount+?
Countdown ships an update weekly, and TimeCount+ every 12 months. Most recently, Countdown was updated on November 6, 2026 and TimeCount+ on November 4, 2026.

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