Countdown ‎ Reviews

(First of all, the “most helpful” review is 2 years old, and says they’ll update it up from 3 stars to 5 if Countdown can share a this app; it’s been doing that at least since July 2019, and it’s still 3 stars. Others are similar low reviews for no good reason.)

Bach to Apollo: If you use the Apollo in Real Time site and like following alone with NASA’s Apollo timelines, Countdown is critical. It’s the only one I found that lets you display in hours:minutes:seconds (with days turned off, so 3 days shows as 72 hours), before or after the event date. (And, you can set the font to Futura, the same one NASA used!) You can also download a copy of the mission patch from Wikipedia or NASA, view in Photos full-screen and screenshot it so it’s the right size, and use that as the background. If you need/want to, you can then generate a URL to share the image & time to another device (the only issue is placement of the time, but you can drag it back into position).

Everything I mentioned is in the free app - the only reason I’m paying for it is to support the author and hide the non-obtrusive banner ad at the top of the page.

I have been using Countdown for a while now, and me and my family always use Countdown as it is really nice to know how long it is until you get to go somewhere fun. I had no problems with Countdown , as other reviews have said, they had some major bugs. Those bugs must have been hit or miss because mine worked fine. Developers, please fix the bugs as quick as you can. They seem to be really bothering people. I will update when my current this app is over, which is in 2 weeks, and see if the notifications work, because I forget from the last time I used Countdown. Everyone, stay safe!

Edit: I have just found out that you can turn reminders on and off on Countdown . I think many of the reviews were saying that their reminder didn’t work. All of you that want to customize things tap at the top of your screen (right below that adds) then press that gears!

Can’t give Countdown more than three stars without the ability to share my this app. I have an important event coming up next year, one that is particularly special for me and a friend; I poured a couple hours into creating a dynamic this app, with personalized music and a slideshow containing dozens of edited photographs. I would not have spent so much time if I had known sharing my work with others, a feature that commonly comes with other (free) this app apps, is not possible with this one.

What a bummer. You guys have done so many other things right; but none of it matters if can’t share your creation with other people. A person typically starts a this app for an important event in their life, something they want to share with others; it’s such a fundamental feature on an app like this, I really am shocked you have not prioritized this fix above all else.

Please update your app with sharing capabilities and I will update my review to five stars.

Very nice graphics and look and options such as heartbeat. Great to use our music as option. 1 the slideshow option doesn’t hold the main picture selected. I sent via text and WhatsApp app and it only shows one frozen picture and no music. I selected the main pic. Several times and the same thing repeated. I noticed that selecting a picture for the main photo that it held other pictures in an outline frame as if also selected. 2. Add a tutorial on features. 3 it wasn’t clear how to keep the edits. I had to go back in several times cause my changes where t saved. Not intuitive. Must select the Done word, but not clear to do that. Very frustrating. 4 allow the names and birthdays to be selected by importing from contacts and to hold them until a card is sent. This what you will know that they are upcoming- like group them into Months ahead of “today”. Be I did buy the premium.

I’m not sure if it’s a feature of Countdown , but I HATE that whatever song you set for an event, it’ll play without opening Countdown . It’s NOT playing from your ITunes playlist or anything it just plays at random times!!?? For example, I made a this app till Christmas and set “I’ll be home for Christmas” to play when I open Countdown for the this app till Christmas. Somehow, whatever this app it’s on (in particular the Christmas one) the stupid song will play whenever it feels like it! I’ll be in the car driving and all of a sudden “I’ll be home for Christmas” will just play! Sometimes multiple times a day. I don’t understand this? This NEVER happened before I installed Countdown ! I also have a new phone! What the heck? Well I like Countdown besides this weird glitch. Without it, it would be better. It’s not so great when the theme song to Halloween goes off at 1am for your this app till Halloween.

Edit #2: Newest release seems to have fixed the problem with selecting and using pictures. Adjusted star rating to reflect satisfaction with the final issue resolution.

Edited to drop stars due to lack of responsiveness from developer. I sent an email about the issue below. In return, I was asked to provide some additional information about my hardware and operating system version, etc., along with some screen shots. I responded with eveything asked of me. Received nothing in return. About a week or so later, I sent a follow up email to see if they received all the information I sent, as required. Here it is over yet another week or so later and again still nothing since the first response they sent. Now I'm really mad that I lost money on this.

Original review:

All of my pictures I've used for past events have disappeared. I'm trying to create a new event and Countdown crashes as soon as I try to open my camera roll. I made sure Countdown still has permission to access my pictures. I even purchased the premium app in case using your own pics became a paid feature. Same problem. Now I can't use my pictures and I'm out $2.99. I'd dump it if I didn't invest so much effort into it so far.

I purchased the premium app so that I could add my own music and photos. Everything worked fine until it came time to share the this app. When I share to FB or message or email it is just showing one photo, no song. I have tried everything and still not working. I have sent an email to support and have gotten no response. I paid for this?? UNINSTALLED
I have contacted Apple and put in a request for a refund. There is no reason on earth to pay a premium for the ability to add your own images and your own music only to find out that you can't share your custom this app by text, email or social media. It only provides you with a link that gives a logo graphic from developer and when you click on the link, it is only one of your 10 allowed photos and no sound. I appreciate that the developer answered my email but there seems to be no solution offered. All the reviews that complain of the sharing issue go pretty far back and yet nothing has improved.

I’ve had Countdown on my phone now for a little over 6 years. When I moved away from home for school, I was so homesick. Countdown kept me going and counting down the days (even if it was over 140 days) until I was on a plane heading home again. Then, my boyfriend and I went long distance and Countdown once again kept me going until we could see each other again. Finally, with both of us back in one place and done with school, I am
no longer in need of a this app. Feeling a little sad and nostalgic deleting Countdown today, but just wanted to write a review to say thank you for getting me through ❤️ Hopefully will get to re-download soon to this app a wedding?? 😏🙏🏼 Thanks this app!!

It’s a this app app that does just that, provide a count down. I have the free version. I have 4 different count downs going to remind myself how many days my wedding, parties, and other important dates are away—and if I really need that chick-fil-a or piece of office cake 😬.

I like that I can choose a personal photo for my background and I can change the fonts, colors, details of the this app clock banner. I don’t really have any complaints about Countdown so far. I gave it 4 stars because it doesn’t have that “lagniappe” that makes me say “you know what app you should download? It’s fantastic because ...”. If asked by a friend if I like Countdown , I would respond with “yes, it’s worth the free app.” ☺️

Great app! I love how I can add my own backgrounds and music! However, one thing. So there is an app called Christmas this app and it counts the days, months, seconds, minutes, hours, and even breaths and heartbeats until Christmas. I have Countdown and I love how it says the exact numbers of hours, seconds, etc. Countdown says “ 4 months 23 days, 7 hours, 6 minutes, 39 seconds.” Ummm I want it to say “ 4 months, 163 days, 1,165 hours,” etc.
So at least have an option to change it to exact instead of the hours and days until the next month. Okay? Other than that I would give it a 100%!

Some of the settings and how to change things are not the most intuitive but aren’t hard to figure out (my mom would struggle with it though). The amount of ads are annoying but can be put up with since it is free. I wish I could reorganize the order my countdowns are displayed in though. Overall it is a nice app that does what you expect it to. I enjoy the different features that it has like the choice of units to count down using (heartbeats is clever/cute). And I like being able to add my own pictures as this app backgrounds.

Love Countdown , awesome concept of being able to customize the background and setting a widget. Also love that you can put music to your this app when Countdown is open; with that being said the only thing that I do not like is that my app randomly will play the music set to my count down without me opening Countdown . If I have music playing it stops my music and please the music from Countdown . If I’m on a phone call it will randomly play the music as well. Both of which are extremely annoying because you have to open Countdown to close it for the music to shut off. I hope that this can be fixed, I think this is definitely one of the better count down apps available.

I used to use Countdown to have some countdowns. Mostly for friends birthdays, my own birthday, and special events I had on going on the year prior. Now, I can’t even use it. Unless you buy the premium, you can’t have more than one this app, or choose events already in your apple calendar. I used to be able to have up to three free ones and choose any day I wish. Now I can’t even do that. I’m extremely upset and will be undownloading Countdown until something changes.

Not worth the space unless you want to fish out some extra cash, which I think is ridiculous cause these features should be basic and free. Adding slideshow and stuff like that I can understand that you need premium but otherwise, unnecessary.

This is such a good app! It helps me with all my planning ( especially so I don’t forget birthdays ) and it is fun to make too! I got the premium access because there’s 7 things that come in the package for just 2.99$! My friend recommended Countdown for planning and just for fun, and I recommend Countdown to everyone who is reading this that has a hard time remembering things or just thinks that their life could be a little more organized...( like me ) But anyways anyone should get Countdown I love it so much and it just makes me more excited on whatever it is to come! ( Mexico )

Awesome app, just some ideas for improvement. Would like to be able to add more images. Also more templates added to use. We are buying a new home and there wasn’t an image for it. Not sure if something neat will happen at the end of the this app. I hope so. It would be nice if that happens and maybe even choose what you see. Maybe balloons releasing, confetti everywhere, fireworks, big Congratulations sign. I love the slide show aspect, it’s awesome!
Also would love if it could somehow be added to my phone as a screen saver so I didn’t have to click on Countdown to see it.

I really loved this this app app previously. I could add whatever background picture, style font, color for font, et cetera... I could be as creative as I wanted to be with the placement of the this app. I could do slideshows and add it to my widgets on my Apple iPhone. Now it makes me watch an ad every time I try to change the font size. Or charge me $$ to add a widget. I can’t even edit a previous this app without it repeatedly making me watch an ad. Key word - repeatedly. Select the settings for anything and I have to watch a 30 second game as for nothing I will ever download. I will be deleting Countdown.

I wish I could insert the 42 second video of what it was like to wait for the ad to finish for me to edit anything. I recorded it via the new record screen iPhone update.

I’ve been using Countdown in five years, I know that Countdown has changed the icon and the free stuff. I can’t believe that from “change your own phrase” to “get Premium to change Phrase” and the one you could add another this app. I wish that Countdown can let people (us) make their own this app events as many as they want and the phrases when they are FREE. I don’t understand why Countdown wants us to spend our money to buy premium to make our this app events.

I have been using Countdown for a while now, downloading it and re downloading it again when I have a new event, but the last time I used it the this app was completely wrong! I have a this app for the next day at 12 for going to my friends house to have lunch and I was really excited. I put in the day and time and I thought the number was a little high, so I asked Siri how long it was until my date and she said a totally different number. I tried to see if I put the date in wrong but it was right, Countdown was good at first but has a major bug that effects the whole app so I can’t use it anymore. You can use Countdown for a little while but don’t trust it completely.

So I paid for the premium version to have the ability to rearrange my countdowns with being able to bring the most important to the forefront. Can’t figure out how to do it. There seems to be no option and I’ve checked everything in Countdown . Still like Countdown because of the this app aspect of it and being able to use your own pics, but disappointed that I can’t rearrange. I didn’t need to pay for the premium version if I can’t access that feature.

I was creating my this app and received a phone call so the this app completed itself with the information that it had; which was very little and the only edit that I could make was the font. I deleted Countdown and downloaded it so I’m going to try again, but that’s irritating and should be corrected.

Edit:

Countdown is garbage! You can post it on social networks, but it doesn’t show the this app -it provides a link to the this app; which no one is going to click on. How do I know that no one will click it? Because I wouldn’t even click on it. I just wanted to post a cute little this app on my Facebook, but that’s clearly too much to ask for...

To the developer:

No need to email - I told you what the issue is above: I received a phone call while filling in the info for the this app and it finalized itself and wouldn’t allow me the ability to finish setting up the date etc. I deleted it and reinstalled and was able to create a this app; however, it doesn’t do what I’m looking for, so the endeavor was an all around waste of time.

I’ve tried every single this app app available in Countdown Store and I find this one to look and feel best, but the font in the widget is white and it’s hard to see unless you have a darker wallpaper installed. That’s a bit irritating. Is there a way to change the color or could you make this feature viable? Thank you!

I love Countdown! We have been to Disney World and other destinations and I love to use this this app app. You can use their photos or even upload your own for the background, plus the count down is also customizable as well. Another really cool thing is that you can add a song that you own to play every time you open Countdown . We have “The Mickey Mouse March” come on with a pic of Disney for our this app, the kids absolutely LOVE it. If you’re on the fence, I say get Countdown .

Countdown is really very good. I see a lot of people’s ratings, saying they don’t like Countdown because they paid for premium and it didn’t work out how they wanted. I did not (and have no plan to) get premium, but from other people’s experiences I do not recommend it. I do not have premium which is not a problem, and whenever I need a this app this is always Countdown I use! If you are looking for a reliable, fun and simple this app I highly recommend Countdown.

I like the graphics of Countdown and all the details and photos you can use, and I can handle all the ads because that’s what comes with a free app often enough, but my main issue is that the reason for downloading a this app app was to have a sort of Widget or badge on my phone main screen with a this app, however you can only get that option if you PAY for it, which for me defeats the purpose. If I wanted to open an app to see how long I have until an event, I can just open my calendar. If you don’t mind that, more power to you, but for me Countdown didn’t do what I needed it to do.

Countdown is ok, it’s not bad, but it only lets me make one event then I have to delete it and reinstall it😤 I don’t like how you have can’t share it with anyone and that it gives you only limited options for a background I think we should be able to pick our own background! Also there are weird adds that always show up! LESS ADDS PLEASE!!! and then I once you’ve reached your event it should go on, it should just be over. These things really need to be fixed!!!😩
Other than that Countdown was pretty good! It wasn’t all that bad but still needs TONES of fixing