Countdown Reviews

by Shanalovereeeeee

Update #2: widget was fixed and functioned normally for about 3 weeks. It is once again dysfunctional, especially on the iPad version. The widget doesn’t update at all on the iPad. On the iPhone it updates but calculates the days incorrectly. THIS IS ABSURD!

Update: developer is unresponsive. The same problem with the widget has been reported by multiple reviewers and there is barely a comment in response. I tried emailing them but they don’t respond to that either. After all, if people are paying money for a widget whose only job is to count the number of days and it won’t do that, don’t we deserve a refund?

Countdown is fine and easy to use with a pleasant graphic interface. But the widget needs work. For whatever reason, it randomly quits actually counting down the days to an event. For example, the widget may show 402 days to the event but when I open Countdown it will say 397 days to the event (397 is accurate). Once I exit Countdown the widget will reset itself accurately. It then goes on to count down accurately for a few days before quitting again.

I paid extra for this widget but with this sort of bug I wonder why I bothered.

Using Countdown on both an iPhone 12 pro and iPad; similar problems with each.

by LaurynFann

I bought the plus thing to Countdown so I could put it on my home screen cause they have the widgets and my god the freaking widget when u put it on ur Home Screen is just black nothing on it ir anything I thought maybe it’s just my phone air you know maybe Countdown needs to process that I have the plus thing so I deleted it and the reinstalled it three times already and turned off my phone more times then that it’s was only three dollars but I still am very upset about this because it’s still money I had to work for and it was wasted on some app that can’t even get a widget right ugh. Everyone was recommended Countdown so I figured oh what the heck why not but here I am now. Save ur self the money don’t get it might as well just go buy u a calendar cause Countdown ain’t gonna help u. 😐

by Ellekitten05

Countdown is a fantastic concept. Especially for those who have ADHD or executive function challenges that cause time blindness. The execution has a couple flaws, the overview of timers reflects an inaccurate time; for instance, if you have a timer set for 1 hr and 4 minutes from now then on the overview with the display of all your timers, that time will say 2 hrs left… a bit of a design flaw for something that is a this app app to help people gauge time… it would be very beneficial for the developers to make the font for remaining time smaller and then more frequently update at shorter intervals or display and analog count down that reflects time remaining in red or whatever color theme you selected. Would also be nice to have the ability to create an organizational scheme such as: set a timer for 1 hour, break down the hour in various intervals (5, 10, 15), rather than individual intervals—enabling a cleaner UI and ability to create sub tasks is what I would consider a must.

by MaybeAfterLunch

Countdown Store page is up front about Add Widgets to Home Screen* being a *Premium Feature. It doesn’t specify that you are stuck with this format in the free version: “Pick a format” 0 years, 0 months, 15 days, 23 hours, 36 minufes, 29 seconds . Weeks are also available, but any changes require you to Upgrade for $2.99. Inside Countdown , the number of Days remaining is shown, so I’m guessing this format applies to the notifications, which can be at One Week and/or One day. Countdown with extremely basic functionality is ad. supported and wants to Track My Activity Across Apps and Web Pages (to sell my data, most likely) which alone should be worth access to all features. Perhaps in 2022, $2.99 is the new 0.99¢

by Prettyicecube

It’s a good app for counting down. Does exactly what it says it does. But you have to pay a one time fee of $5 to have it added to your widgets on your iPhone when other apps are just as great that do if for free. Ended up downloading another app that I can do that with for free and deleting this one. Would absolutely download again if that feature wasn’t something I had to pay for. $5 isn’t a lot of money, but definitely during a pandemic when money is important to be saved, and there are other apps like it that are free to add that widget feature (specifically why I downloaded it), it’s not worth it to me.

by Neah0030

So this is basically the perfect widget I was looking for to help me settle into this upgrade...and just that...BASICALLY. I love it, however it needs a little more “pizazz!” If that makes sense. I want to be able to change the background to a picture, or maneuver the widget so it stretches across the top of my Home Screen if I want. It needs some bedazzling for the most part, but overall, gets the job done. If you guys can’t take care of this teeny, tiny upgrade for me, I will gladly change my review to 5 beautiful stars! All in all, thank you so much for making Countdown! I really appreciate it! 👏🏾

by Seaofpapercups

For the most part, I enjoy Countdown. It’s very intuitive when it comes to adding countdowns and requires no guidance during using. The widget is simple and attractive, something very important to me. I also appreciate devs who release a free version to preview functionality. I chose to upgrade (very reasonable) whereas I likely would not have paid the same price simply for access.

A few existing features could use updating, but don’t impede overall functionality. The month and year occasionally reset to what’s current when choosing an end date. For picky people like me, saving colors or allowing Hex codes would be valuable. It’s frustratingly easy to move the color picker when trying to use the shade slider.

A few feature addition recommendations/asks: adjustable text size, customizable default for YMWDHMS display preference, categories.

by Gingeralecat@

I love Countdown! I’m using it to count down to the second for when The Falcon and The Winter Soldier comes out (lol, I’m such a geek). It’s a really good app!!! I have no complaints, but I do have a few suggestion that will make Countdown sooo much better!!!

. It would be amazing if you can change the fonts for your titles of your events your counting down. That would be great! Instead of just one font, there could be multiple, and make Countdown more fun!

. If where you put an emoji, you could put a photo instead! So instead of any emoji next to the title of your event, what if you could put a photo.

. And my last suggestion is when your this app ends, instead of just getting a notification that pops on ur screen, what if the notifications sent out fake confetti on your screen, or something fun to make it more appealing, fun, and more of a celebration to use!

These are my suggestions, I hope the maker of Countdown responds and I get at least one of these suggestions in Countdown, I would love it if it happened, and maybe even raise my review to 5 stars! But for now, it’s good enough of an app for 4 stars. Cute app that I recommend, but could use some add ins! Thanks!!!

by Jjh1054

Nice app. If I could specify event times to the second instead of to the minute, I’d gladly pay for the upgrade.

Countdown reports time to the nearest second, and mobile devices connected to communication networks know the time much better than that. But events in Countdown can only be specified to the nearest minute. That is a shame because quite often — such as the upcoming Winter solstice for example — watching the seconds tick off is kind of the fun part. As it stands, well, think of it like this. What fun would a New Year’s timer be if it told you very precisely, “midnight might have been a minute ago, or it might be a minute from now?” So much for popping the cork at just the right moment!

by Fmarlow1!

At first my mom downloaded Countdown for birthdays, holidays, etc. Then, I downloaded Countdown and I’m in love with it! I have not once forgotten a holiday or a family member’s birthday! And it’s not just for holidays, you can add countdowns for anything! (I have a this app for when my braces are expected to get off 🤪). For any this app that you add, you can program it to repeat yearly, so you don’t have to keep reentering the info in. It also allows you to organize the countdowns entered. You can have Countdown organize it from soonest, to furthest, or you can organize it yourself. Whether you want it to be holidays first, then birthdays, or birthdays then holidays.

Also, when you download Countdown , it will give you the option to have VIP subscription. I highly recommend purchasing that as well. It is a $4 fee, and you only have to pay once. If you have an Apple device, and you get the iOS 14 update, then you can unlock larger widgets on your phone, only with the VIP subscription.

I 100% recommend Countdown!!!

by D163

Update: Hats off the the Developer. Addressed the concerns and widgets are back. They are responsive and quick. Good job.

Update: The widget but has been fixed but the styles of widgets has been reduced from three choices to one. Oh well at least it works now.

There appears to be a major bug in this app for IOS 14 in which the widget does not reflect the change in days. The this app day stays the same after a day has passed. Thus the widget is useless at this point.

by Theo Drake

My original review is below, but I was so impressed by how quickly they fixed this problem I needed to post an update. Just after posting this, the developers contacted me to say they had released a fix. After waiting a couple days, I can confirm they fixed the bug mentioned in my original review.

Seriously, if you’re looking for a this app widget and app, this is it. Being picky, I’ve probably used almost all the others in Countdown store. This one is the cheapest, easiest to use, and most aesthetically pleasing.

Original review:
Definitely one of the better this app apps I’ve used! Custom colors, emojis, everything. I downloaded it to use the widget and I have to keep deleting and reinstalling the widget in order for it to update on my homepage. Once that gets fixed though, it’s a five star app for sure.

by Emmypearlgirl

It won’t automatically update the number of days left in the widget. It only updates once I click on the widget to open Countdown which completely defeats the purpose. I just needed it to display the correct number of days left when I swipe left..... like literally that’s the only reason I bought Countdown and it doesn’t do the thing. Wish I hadn’t bought it.

Edit: it started working right after the latest iOS update BUT it would be nice to have some other way to report a problem with Countdown within Countdown itself or some way to contact Countdown developers aside from writing a review. Either way I didn’t think they deserved a bad rating now that it’s working properly.

by Elena Swan

I’m not always patient when it comes to waiting for things that I’m excited for, such as the last day of school. This this app is super helpful because anytime I get stressed, I can look at my phone and remind myself that I don’t have long to go and I just need to hang on tight for a little while longer. It’s also good for counting down to things I enjoy, like family visits. The only con is that there are ads, but you can pay a small fee to remove them. I recommend it highly. :)

by Count54321

I've been looking for the perfect this app app for some time and after downloading many of them, I believe this is the one.
All the other apps I tried had at least one major flaw (if not more): hard to use, trying to force me into a subscription, limited amount of countdowns to add for free, plagued with ads, requesting a lot of weird permissions, etc.
This one has none of those, and:
- It's very intuitive and easy to use
- I was able to add as many events as I wanted without paying extra
- Has a nice widget, I'm able to set reminders, pick colors and an emoji icon for each event
The upgrade was a very reasonable one time payment of $2.99, to remove the ads that were a bit annoying, plus getting access to the widget.
I hope more apps were as straightforward as this one.
Keep up the good work!

by PeteInBayeux

I really like Countdown very colorful very simple to use and much better than what I was using before. The only thing I have against it is that I can’t find a way to share it on family sharing with my wife. When I download it on her phone through family sharing, it requires me to pay again to do away with the ads.

I want to update this review as I misunderstood Apple’s “Family Share” it let’s you share apps you pay for, but not apps with “In app purchase”

These folks are great and Countdown is even greater, I really like the way they reached out to me in response to my review and were willing to help out. I have refused that they adjust their sharing part as this is an Apple issue.

Two things make Countdown great, it works and the folks that made it are involved in customer service!!! Great job!!!

by MHNugget

Omg i can’t explain how much i love Countdown! I honestly don’t even mind the ads. It notifies you when the this app is over and i love that! I set one for Christmas and it’s especially helpful because i always loose track of how many days are left. Once you have created the this app you can click on it and it shows everything you need to know! You can even customize it with what color and emoji icon you want to be there. Overall i highly highly HIGHLY recommend Countdown if you are looking for a good this app app. Have a great day!!!!

by Ktcuisine

Countdown was just what I was looking for. I had tried to use this app apps to help me accomplish my goal. I needed to have the reminder in front of me constantly. But I always had to open up Countdown to see the this app clock. The other apps didn’t offer a widget option. But now with Countdown, I can immediately see the this app every time I open my phone. The one thing I would suggest is instead of a solid color background for the widget, perhaps making a feature that allows you to insert a picture for the background.

by Googlaholic

I’ve used this app to this app to and from my grandsons’ birth days and to and from a series of surgeries. Countdown is super easy to use and convenient—for both joyful and serious events.

One suggestion: I would love the option to change the unit of measure of the this app. At one point, I wanted to keep track of how many weeks, and then how many months old my grandsons are. Also, after my surgeries, I wanted to track weeks and then months post-op as well. I was able to lessen my restrictions at weekly intervals after my surgeries and, while I can do the math, 🙃 having it in black and white would have been nice.

Thanks developer!!

by Lmd06e

The cost of the premium upgrade is very reasonable compared to other this app apps. However one of the main features of premium is getting to change the date format. Unfortunately the date format you select does not apply to the widget. The widget will always be in days. For countdowns that are years away it will be thousands of days. Had I know this I would not have paid for premium.

Update: Thanks for the Dev reply. Looks like you can change the date format for the small single event widget. I use the large 7 event widget and it does not seem you can adjust the date format on that one.

by KTM

I love the simple, clean display of Countdown and how an emoji represents each event. A few suggestions: It would be nice if the date showed in the proper localized format in the widget, though. (“Dec 25, 2019” instead of “25 Dec 2019”) Also, when an event is all day, 12am shouldn’t be displayed. It’s not in the widget but it is in Countdown . It also needs more color choices. Overall Countdown is fantastic and well worth the $2.

by L.A 

i personally find Countdown very useful and it’s really good but i wish in the future they would have an option to download it on a macbook or something like that with widgets, i also wish there was an option to create an account because i changed my iCloud and i don’t want to pay again so i had to use my old iCloud for Countdown store.

by Kwasichick

First I want to say that Countdown is very useful but I just have 1 complaint.

Each time when I add weeks to any this app it always just goes away. If the week option/feature doesn’t work, then why is it even in Countdown ?!

The rest of Countdown was great I like that all of the this app are sorted.

by Brian Mikal

This is great, but I wish you could have the this app for individual countdowns have different this app styles rather than the “month, days, minutes, seconds” format. I was hoping for more of a “days until” or “minutes until” when you click on an individual this app. And being able to share a URL for others was more complicated than I thought.

If these improvements were made, this would be a five star. Simple and gets the job done. The in-app purchase is worth it.

by Alejandrogonsales

First time trying Countdown and I really love it. It’s simple and takes less than 30 seconds to fill out an event. I gave it 4 stars because as I was typing my event info I noticed there wasn’t a space for comments.
I have a baby shower I’m going to but there was no space to type in the address, or at least take a pic of the invitation and save it with the event. This would come in handy!
If I have an event in 40 days, I don’t want to go through my photos to find the invitation with the info. Still a good app and even paid for no adds.

by #1babygirl

I was using another this app app and it wasn’t bad but I found this one, tried it out and I like it so much better. Pretty simple and clean and I like that you can just pay a one time fee instead of doing a subscription. The one time payment is worth it. I love the no ads and I love that I can see it in my widget now. The only thing is I wish you could see more than just two event in the widget. If I could see 3 or 4 that would be amazing because I like looking at all my event at a glance and maybe add more colors in the future. Great app though!

by Call Me The Lebo

I have had a few apps to remind me of my family members birthdays and other occasions and is the easiest one I have used. It’s very accurate and simple to use. About time someone made one that works great and easy to use. I think I’ll keep this for a while unless another one comes out that can beat this one but I don’t see it in the near future!! Good job

by Esthergum

I was about to write a review. So I decided to. I have created mostly birthdays of my family and my 1 grandfather and grandmother. I actually have 2 of each grandparent. Best this app app ever. I’ve been using for approximately 6-3 days. And 0 months and years. So can you add a feature so you can add a custom color and you can add a custom font or a font that is not custom? Love Countdown.

by Doctasunshine

Just got Countdown and paid to remove the ads and get the widget. Definitely worth it. Used to use another app very similar to this one but it crashed and I lost all of my data so I’m giving this one a try now. So far it is very easy to use. The only recommendation I have is could you please add more colors for sorting events? Thank you!

by Mug Shot

Wanted to update my previous review. I upgraded and didn’t get the widget but when I updated my iOS the widget was there. I love Countdown.

I like Countdown . I upgraded to get rid of ads and get the widget. Unfortunately I still don’t get the widget so my upgrade fee just got rid of the ads. If the widget would have worked, it would have been 5 stars.

by Calypso23

This is the first this app app I’ve wanted to buy, and I did, today! I love that I can pick an emoji and represent how I feel about the reminder. I love that I can have this on my shortcut screen on my phone and see it next to my
schedule. I usually have a million ideas for apps but this is super awesome exactly as it is.

by SHSIDODISGSJDKSOSJ(READ)

Countdown is really easy and fun to use u can choose the years months weeks seconds and everything. You can also choose not to have years or months u can add an emjoi and change the color it’s really good

by JosieDuck

So simple and unlimited countdowns, was able to make a this app for New Year’s Day!!! Unlike the other this app apps, the other ones had just little weird backgrounds but Countdown brings simplicity to the game. Totally recommend Countdown for someone looking for a this app.

by Berry_25

I like Countdown because it’s simple it’s not hard to make one and also I like that it shows you an example before you get Countdown I saw another other one but it did show how it word but! It did have five stars but I didn’t trust it but all and all I like Countdown it’s not back a 10/10 good job for who ever made Countdown
-thanks for reading my review ( ◠‿◠ )