Countdown vs Countdown°
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Countdown°
Easily track important dates and events with customizable reminders and notifications. Organize your schedules, share them with others, and utilize widgets for quick access. Offers advanced features like iCloud backup and a date calculator.
- Sort events
- Share events
- Custom categories
- Repeat event cycles
- Customize reminders
- Daily event alerts
- iCloud backup
- Date calculator
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“Countdown” is an app to remind you with your important schedules and events everyday. This is best countdown app available in the AppStore and is optimized for iOS14, with blur effects, vector images, and various features. Basic Functions: 1. Sort your events 2. Share your events 7. Custom categories 5. Repeat event cycles 4. Customize reminders 6. Main daily event alerts 3. Customize date settings 8. Display completion events on the icon. Special Functions: 1. iCloud backup 2. Date calculator (Swipe left from the main screen) 3. Use as a widget 4. Custom themes 5. Supports 3D Touch 6. Unlock using Touch ID 7. Pattern lock protection 8. Past event notifications 9. Lunar calendar settings (available only for Chinese Version) 10. Changeable date format (300 or 9M 25D) 11. Supports widget themes 12. Custom background images 13. One day pass the target function. 14. iOS calendar events import and export.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Countdown at none against Countdown°'s shown. Countdown also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Countdown°'s advantage is ratings volume (24K vs 162) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown° sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown° holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown° has 24K ratings behind it against 162, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 82% of Countdown°'s.
Countdown ships an update fortnightly, Countdown° every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | Countdown° |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (162 ratings) | 4.8 (24K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 82.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 162 | 24K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rob Sammons | rongsheng li |
Customer experience
Countdown
Countdown°
User reviews
Countdown
From 162 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Countdown°
From 24K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Functional and elegant design
- 👍 Customizable backgrounds
- 👍 Helpful for tracking important events
- 👍 Useful for project management and work priorities
Room to improve
- 🐛 Countdown not always accurate
- 🐛 Synchronization issues across devices
- 🔍 Limited repeat functionality
- 🔍 Inability to add images to events
- 🔍 Lack of portrait mode on iPad
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°
Reported bugs
2 issues- Countdown not updating correctly
- Widget not showing the next upcoming event
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to customize widget background color
- Implement repeat functionality for custom intervals (e.g., every 2 weeks)
- Integrate with Google Calendar and other calendar apps
- Add ability to display countdown in hours/minutes for events less than 1 day away
- Implement a delete multiple events option
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Pro$1.99
Countdown°
- Pro Version$0.99
Questions
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