Comparison

Text Message Sounds + vs Countdown Bank

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

Head to head
About

Text Message Sounds +

Access a collection of over 65 popular and funny sound effects and ringtones. Easily set these sounds for text message notifications, alerts, or alarms. This app groups popular downloaded notification sounds into one convenient place.

Highlights
  • Over 65 funny ringtones
  • Sound effects for notifications
  • Alerts and alarms
  • Easy to use interface
  • Grouped popular sounds
Features
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Text message sounds includes some of the most popular text message sounds and ringtones at the tap of a button. Tap to listen to over 65 funny ringtones and sound effects perfect for a text message notification, alert, alarm and more. Text message sounds features some of the most downloaded funny text message notification sounds grouped together in one easy to use application. - text message sounds - easy to use - simple interface - new sounds

About

Countdown Bank

Features
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Every other countdown app watches your time quietly drain away. Countdown Bank doesn't. Your balance stays frozen — you earn the time that passes as a separate credit you can watch ticking up, then bank it yourself in a satisfying, animated moment. It's a countdown you deposit into, not one that leaks away in the background. Completely free. No ads, no subscriptions, no sign-in — ever. Set a countdown to the moments that matter — a wedding, a holiday, a new job, a retirement — and instead of watching the clock silently tick down, you decide when to bank the time you've earned. A COUNTDOWN THAT WORKS LIKE A BANK ACCOUNT - Your main balance is frozen — it shows exactly how long is left and never drops on its own - Time you've earned since your last visit accrues as a live credit balance, ticking up in real time while the app is open - When you're ready, tap Transfer to bank your credit — and only then does your main balance fall - Checking the app feels like collecting a reward, not a reminder of how long you have to wait A TRANSFER MOMENT MADE TO FEEL GOOD - Watch your balance roll down with a tumbling number animation - Real haptic feedback and a gold glow the instant you bank your time - A "Banked" badge and a small burst of celebration to mark the moment BUILT FOR LIFE'S BIG DATES - Track as many countdowns at once as you like — weddings, holidays, birthdays, job starts, retirements, anything you're counting down to - Choose the credit unit that fits — hours for something imminent, days or weeks for something further out - Drag to reorder your events and keep the one that matters most front and centre PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account and no sign-in — open the app and go - No ads, no personal data collected, and no cross-app tracking - Your events sync only to your own private iCloud account & we never see them or store them on any server of ours - Anonymous, aggregate usage stats only, so we can improve the app & never tied to you or your device A dark, premium interface with nothing between you and the date you're waiting for. Perfect for anyone with an important date on the horizon who wants a more rewarding relationship with anticipation.

Screenshots

Text Message Sounds +3 screens
Countdown Bank3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdown Bank at none against Text Message Sounds +'s shown. Text Message Sounds +'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Text Message Sounds + versus Countdown Bank: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText Message Sounds +Countdown Bank
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (318 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings318 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 19 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB1 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJason TorresDavid Weatherspoon

Bugs and requests

Text Message Sounds +

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Not Working ???
  • Literally, nothing happens.
  • All I saw was an ad for a game, closed the ad and got a blank screen
  • As soon as the app is opened it pops up with an add. Normally adds don’t bother me but when the x appears you can’t click on it, all is does is pop up with ‘copy’.
  • Goes straight to a solitaire game app
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  • There is no way to see apps in iTunes any more so instructions are useless. Unless the developer has a new way of downloading these this app does not work.

Requested features

3 requests
  • Provide clear instructions for downloading tones
  • Offer a way to download tones without a computer
  • Improve ad functionality (clickable 'x')

Countdown Bank

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Text Message Sounds +

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown Bank

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Message Sounds + free?
Text Message Sounds + is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Bank free?
Countdown Bank is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Text Message Sounds + or Countdown Bank have ads?
Text Message Sounds + shows ads; Countdown Bank does not.

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