Comparison

Countdown vs Countward

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

Head to head
About

Countdown

Easily track important upcoming dates with a beautiful, simple countdown and calendar app. Visualize your events with customizable widgets, live lock screen updates, and shareable videos. Organize your life and never miss a moment.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event countdowns
  • Live countdown widgets
  • Lock screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • Customizable icons and colors
  • Shareable event videos
  • Calendar view
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

Countward

Features
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Some dates carry more weight than others. The trip you have been saving for. The wedding. The last day of a long project. A calendar tells you when they are. Countward tells you how close they are. START WITH A SINGLE DATE Type what you are counting toward, pick the day, save. That is the whole setup. Emoji, tags, notes, checklists and reminders are all there when you want them, and completely out of the way when you don't. SEE IT WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Small, medium and large Home Screen widgets, including a tile that holds two countdowns side by side. Lock Screen widgets that sit above the clock. A full StandBy view for the bedside. Add a countdown straight from Control Centre, the Action Button, or Siri. COUNT THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY THINK • Working days only, with a work week you define, so deadlines match how you work • Hours instead of days once the moment is close • Counting up after the event, for the days since that are worth keeping • Yearly and monthly countdowns that roll forward on their own ARRIVE PREPARED Reminders one week, three days and one day before, and on the morning itself, at a time you choose. The wording is human: "One week away." "Tomorrow." "Today is the day." KEEP EVERYTHING WITH THE DATE Notes and a checklist live inside each countdown, so the packing list sits with the trip and the guest list sits with the wedding. MAKE THE LIST YOURS Pin what matters to the top. Sort by soonest, newest or name. Filter to what is coming soon, and search once the list grows. Give each countdown an emoji or a cover photo so you recognise it instantly. SHARE THE MOMENT Send a countdown to family and it arrives in their list with the date, notes and repeat intact. Or export a share card for a message or a story. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No tracking, no third-party analytics. Your countdowns sync across your own devices through your private iCloud, and go nowhere else. DESIGNED FOR IPHONE Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support throughout, so the number stays readable however you read. Add one date. You will add the rest.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Countward4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countward at none against Countdown's 6. Countward also leads on ads (none vs shown). Countdown's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Countward asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown versus Countward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownCountward
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (24K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings24K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROOT38 LIMITEDJaneleven Ltd

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

Countward

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
None

Countward

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countward free?
Countward is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown or Countward have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Countward does not.

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