Comparison

CountOnly vs Day Counter

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

Head to head
About

CountOnly

Easily track important upcoming events with a simple and beautiful interface. Customize your countdowns with icons and colors, and receive timely notifications. Access your events quickly via widgets and on your smartwatch.

Highlights
  • Simple and straightforward design
  • Progress tracking (%)
  • Today Widget for quick access
  • Countdown notifications
  • Customizable icons and colors
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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CountOnly is a simple and gorgeous countdown app. Real simple. It's the perfect companion for everything you want to count down to in life, such as birthdays, wedding, anniversaries, holiday trips and even your retirement. When you start using CountOnly, you'll be suprised at how simple and easy it is to keep track of all your important and exciting events. And with CountOnly's beautiful interface, counting down to the remaining days becomes a delight. Features: - Simple & Straight-forward app - Progress (%): Easy to see the progress of your countdown - Today Widget: Quick access to your countdown items at notification center - Notification: Receive notification when your countdown is near - Icons & Colors: Tons of icons and hand-picked pastel colors to customize every single countdown - Apple Watch: View all your countdowns from your Apple Watch! CountOnly is built by passionate human beings. We'd love to know how we can make it better, so get in touch with us.

About

Day Counter

Track important moments with customizable countdowns for goals, birthdays, and holidays. Visualize progress with home screen widgets and an intuitive interface. Never miss a special event again.

Highlights
  • Create countdowns for events
  • Track days remaining or passed
  • Home screen widgets
  • Clean and intuitive design
  • Motivation for goals and milestones
Features
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How many days until your next vacation? How long since you quit smoking? Day Counter keeps every important date in one simple, beautiful app — with home screen widgets so you never have to open the app to check. COUNT DOWN & COUNT UP • Count down to future events: birthdays, holidays, weddings, exams, retirement, pregnancy due dates, and more • Count up from past dates: track habits, sobriety, fitness streaks, anniversaries, or any milestone • Choose your display unit: years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds — or show all units at once HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Small widget: 1 event at a glance • Medium widget: 3 events • Large widget: 6 events • Turn widgets on or off per event from the edit screen • See your countdown without opening the app PERSONALIZE EVERY EVENT • Pick from a wide selection of colors and icons • Dark mode support • Clean, intuitive interface — no clutter, no learning curve ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN • Automatic anniversary tracking — see how many days until your next yearly milestone BACK UP & SYNC • Sign in with Apple or Google to save your dates in the cloud • Sync across iPhone and iPad • Export your records for backup ACCURATE DATE CALCULATIONS • Months and years change on the correct date — not days early like some other apps • Trusted by users worldwide for retirement, tax deadlines, garden planting schedules, and life events PRO — ONE PAYMENT, NO SUBSCRIPTION • Remove ads forever with a single purchase • No monthly fees, no auto-renewal, no surprises • Fair price compared to subscription-based countdown apps 33 LANGUAGES Fully localized in English, German, Turkish, French, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, and 26 more languages. PERFECT FOR: • Vacation and holiday countdowns • Birthday and wedding reminders • Retirement day tracking • Pregnancy and baby milestones • School exams and graduation • Fitness goals and habit tracking • Tax deadlines and important appointments • Remembering loved ones and special anniversaries Privacy Policy: https://gokselpirnal.com/saydim_privacy_policy.html

Screenshots

CountOnly4 screens
Day Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CountOnly at none against Day Counter's shown. CountOnly also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). 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. CountOnly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Day Counter 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 — 4.7 for CountOnly against 4.7 for Day Counter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 262 and 107 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of CountOnly's written reviews are positive against 71% of Day Counter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CountOnly ships an update every 5 weeks, Day Counter every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CountOnly versus Day Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountOnlyDay Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (262 ratings) — better4.7 (107 ratings)
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings262 — better107
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCotton.sg Pte. Ltd.Goksel Pirnal

Customer experience

CountOnly

All ratings261 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews290 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral10.7%
Negative14.5%

Day Counter

All ratings105 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral10.9%
Negative17.6%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CountOnly

One-time1
  • Ads Removal$1.99
1 purchases

Day Counter

One-time1
  • PRO$3.99

Questions

Is CountOnly free?
CountOnly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Day Counter free?
Day Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CountOnly or Day Counter?
CountOnly is rated higher. CountOnly averages 4.7 out of 5 from 262 ratings, while Day Counter averages 4.7 from 107 ratings.
Do CountOnly or Day Counter have ads?
Day Counter shows ads; CountOnly does not.
Which is updated more often, CountOnly or Day Counter?
CountOnly ships an update every 5 weeks, and Day Counter every 2 months. Most recently, CountOnly was updated on November 1, 2026 and Day Counter on November 2, 2026.

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