Countdown vs MyDays
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown
Easily track important dates and events with a beautifully designed countdown timer and calendar. Set unlimited countdowns, customize with icons and colors, and receive basic reminders. Share your upcoming events with friends and family.
- Unlimited event countdowns
- Count up or down to events
- Customizable icons and colors
- Add notes to events
- Basic notifications and reminders
- Event sharing
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Event Countdown is the beautifully simple countdown, calendar and widget app for the important days in your life. Counting down since 2015, rated 4.7 stars from over 130,000 ratings worldwide. The original Event Countdown app, used by over a million people every month. Start straight away with unlimited countdowns. No account or sign-up needed. Count down to the days that matter: Birthday, Holiday, Party, Christmas, Halloween, Wedding, Anniversary, Baby Due Date, Graduation, New Home, Match Day, Concert, Film Release, Retirement, Bucket List and many more. NEW: CALENDAR VIEW See every event on a beautiful month grid, with your events colour-coded below. Swipe between months, tap a day, open any countdown. LIVE COUNTDOWN WIDGETS A Home Screen widget that ticks every second, plus Next Event, multi-event, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets. LIVE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Live Activities show your next event on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island as the moment approaches. MAKE IT YOURS, SHARE THE EXCITEMENT Hundreds of icons, every colour, repeats that show ages on birthdays. Then turn any countdown into a shareable video. Free version: - Unlimited event countdowns, all in one place - Next Event widget on your Home Screen - Count up or down in years, days, hours, minutes and seconds - Colour code events • choose from 450 icons - Share events with friends and family - Notes, notifications, and search Premium version: - Calendar View (NEW) - The full widget collection: Live Countdown, Lock Screen, StandBy, multi-event and choose-your-event widgets - Live Activities on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Ad free • Calendars • Detailed notifications - Sync events across all your Apple devices - Repeat events (with ages on birthdays and anniversaries) - 450 colour icons Event Countdown Premium is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-off lifetime purchase. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Use - https://www.root38.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy - https://www.root38.com/privacy-policy/
MyDays
Easily track and count down to important dates with this intuitive app. Set reminders for events, anniversaries, and personal goals. Customize your experience with colorful backgrounds and categories for better organization and security with a password lock.
- Record important days
- Countdown to events
- Event reminders
- Customizable backgrounds
- Day categorization
- Gesture password lock
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MyDays - Record and remind me of important days, important days are worth recording Why use MyDays: I believe you will have this idea: how to manage these important days for me, and calculate how long it will be before these good days arrive. MyDays widgets that can help you record important days in your life, such as: How many days are left on Lovers' Day? How many days remain to pay back the credit card? How many days remain to pay wages? How many days has it been since the baby was born? How many days are there before the end of the world... MyDays Features: 【Simple interface】 The page is concise, the operation is simple, the key content is clear at a glance, concise but not simple. 【Records, Reminders】 Schedule, to-do, birthday, punch... Meet a variety of recording habits and support various forms of viewing 【A little more color, a little more choice】 Different backgrounds have different colors, making our days more beautiful and colorful. 【Classification】 Add categories to manage days, and add custom categories based on different schedules and days. 【Safety】 Add a gesture password lock to protect your important anniversary. Believe me, this is one of the most beautiful date countdown software, not one! If you like Mydays, please consider leaving a review on the App Store, which is very important to us. Privacy Policy:http://static.rhinox.cn/html/privacy/mydays_ios_en.html?appName=Countdown
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown at weekly against MyDays's every 2 months. Countdown also leads on ratings volume (24K vs 23) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and MyDays sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 24K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 70% of MyDays's.
Countdown ships an update weekly, MyDays every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Countdown | MyDays |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (24K ratings) — better | 4.4 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 70.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24K — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ROOT38 LIMITED | Hangzhou boniu technology co. LTD |
Customer experience
Countdown
MyDays
Bugs and requests
Countdown
Reported bugs
3 issues- Premium subscription issues after updates
- Inconsistent font sizing and layout
- Countdown accuracy problems for distant events
Requested features
5 requests- Calendar view integration
- Repeat/recurring event options
- More customization for notifications
- Ability to view past event details
- Improved handling of long-term countdowns
MyDays
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium 3 Months7 Days trial$5.993 Months
- Premium1 Year trial$9.991 Year
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- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Premium Yearly (50% Off)1 Year trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
MyDays
- 永久会员$0.99
- Pro Version$1.99
- Premium Member$9.99
Questions
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