Countdown
Home Screen widgets Premium
Put your next events anywhere on the Home Screen, at the size that fits, so the days left are the first thing you see.
Free on the App Store · iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch
Count down to everything that matters.
The holiday, the birthday, the deadline, the concert, the day you finally get on the plane. Countdown is a day counter that keeps the days until each one in front of you — on your Home Screen, on your Lock Screen, on your wrist.
4.8★Average App Store rating
400K+Ratings worldwide
30Languages
FreeUnlimited countdowns
Features
Everything you need to keep track of a date.
Simple enough to count the days until something in five seconds. Deep enough to run your whole year.
Premium Premium unlocks all Widgets and Alarms, plus automatic calendar imports, every countdown display format, and auto-archiving. It also removes ads.No subscription—ever.
Lock Screen & StandBy Premium
Glance at a countdown without unlocking anything — under the clock on the Lock Screen, or across the room in StandBy.
Notifications and reminders
Get a notification when the day arrives, and a heads-up the day before if you want the warning.
Alarms Premium
For the dates you cannot miss, set an alarm. It rings like the Clock app, even on silent. Needs iOS 26.1 or later.
Auto Import Premium
Connect your calendars and new events become countdowns on their own. Birthdays, holidays and trips arrive already added.
Share with anyone
Send a countdown to friends and family with a link. They see the same days left, whether or not they have the app.
iCloud sync
Your countdowns follow you across iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. No account to create.
Apple Watch
Your events come to your wrist. Raise it, look, done.
Any color, any emoji
Pick the background color of every countdown and the emoji that goes with it. Dark Mode included.
Tags
Have a lot of events? Group them into tags and filter the list down to the ones you care about right now.
Repeats and count-ups
Repeat a countdown yearly, monthly, weekly or daily, and it resets itself at zero. Past dates count up instead — days sober, days together.
Working days and notes
Count only working days when a deadline is what matters, and keep notes on the countdown itself.
A look inside
The app, exactly as it comes.
Reviews
400,000+ ratings. 4.8 stars.
A few of the ones people left on the App Store, word for word.
★★★★★
Fantabulous App!!!
“A fabulous app for keeping track of your deadlines or past events! Well worth the $$$ to get rid of the ads & functionality limits. […] This app keeps me focused on long term and short term events & goals!”
★★★★★
LOVE THIS!!
“If u are thinking about getting this app, definitely do!! It not only lived up to my expectations but it is literally what I was hoping for!!! I have so many exciting event coming up and this app helps me get ready by giving me reminders […]”
★★★★★
I LOVE IT
“I love how you can put the widget on your Home Screen so you can see all of your reminders. I get to keep track of all of my trips, chores, hobby’s, and so much more.”
★★★★★
Countdown review
“I can just go on the app and see when or how many days left till the deadline to that special day of yours instead of going to the calendar everyday and finding the date and counting how many days left”
★★★★★
Great App!
“The Company that developed the app contacted me after I posted about the problem I was having and gave me a solution, and wham, the problem was fixed. The App works great and I use it every day.”
★★★★★
Organized
“It’s very helpful in keeping myself organized and motivated. Very easy to use, and I bought the $6.99 version so it looks really cool as a widget on my Home Screen.”
★★★★★
I love countdown!!
“I absolutely love countdown because it lets me know how long until special events and makes me feel like I am able to keep track on special and important dates!!”
★★★★★
Does the job
“Great app I’ve used for over 3 years to track and update the important events in my life :)”
Ratings and reviews from the App Store, updated October 2026. The rating figures are the total across the 163 App Store countries where Countdown is rated. Reviews are shown in the language they were written in. Read every review on the App Store →
Web app
No iPhone at hand? Count down in the browser.
Countdown also runs as a small web app, right here on thecountdown.app. Open it on a laptop, a work machine or an Android phone — nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
- Add, edit and watch countdowns in any modern browser
- Everything is stored on your own device — no account, no server
- Works offline once the page has loaded
- Add it to your Home Screen and it opens like an app
Add your first countdown in about five seconds. It is free, and there is no account to create.
Make the next date yours.
Find an upcoming event or learn how to keep your own dates close. Guides and the public event directory are currently in English.
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