Comparison

Countdown vs Situ

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

Head to head
About

Countdown

Keep track of all your important upcoming events with this intuitive countdown and calendar application. Visualize your schedule with customizable widgets and live updates. Share your excitement with friends and family through shareable videos.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event countdowns
  • Live countdown widgets
  • Calendar view
  • Lock screen live activities
  • Customizable icons and colors
  • Shareable event videos
Features
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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/

About

Situ

Features
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In a world preoccupied with where you should be, Situ invites you to begin somewhere far more dignified - with yourself. Situ is a personal tool for tracking your own in-office presence — not to explain it, not to excuse it, and certainly not to apologise for it! Situ is here so you know when Hybrid Suddenly Becomes Complicated, your presence is not incidental. It is time. It is effort. And it counts. What Situ Does: * Personal Presence Tracking: A clear, private record of when you are in the office — maintained for you, not for performance theatre. * Situ Metrics: Calm, composed summaries of your physical attendance, presented without alarm or moral flourish. * Personal Records: Your data remains yours (and only yours) - a factual account of where you have been, should you ever need reminding… or substantiating. * Quiet Assurance: Situ does not prod, praise, or panic. It simply offers certainty in an environment that often trades in suggestion. Why Situ Exists: * Because expectations have a way of expanding. * Because memory is fallible. * Because policies change tone without changing wording. Situ gives you a steady point of reference — an unemotional counterweight to shifting narratives about presence, participation, and propriety. For Individuals Who: * Work in hybrid or office-based roles * Value clarity over conjecture * Prefer records to recollections * Understand that professionalism includes self-possession A Note on Intent: * Situ is NOT a productivity enhancement tool. * Situ is NOT a management dashboard. * Situ is NOT an implement of oversight. It is a personal ledger of presence — maintained with dignity, restraint, and excellent posture. “You can never be over-dressed, just under-SITUated.” — Jay

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Situ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Situ at none against Countdown's shown. Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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

Both are free to download. Countdown sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Situ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 5 days, Situ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Countdown versus Situ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownSitu
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (24K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings24K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROOT38 LIMITEDJAMES DAVID W BELL

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

Situ

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions5
  • 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
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$49.99
1 purchases

Situ

One-time1
  • Alternative Desk Dweller$1.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Situ free?
Situ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown or Situ have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Situ does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Situ?
Countdown ships an update every 5 days, and Situ every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown was updated on November 8, 2026 and Situ on October 25, 2026.

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