Version 3.0 is here — a complete rewrite with iCloud Sync, Home Screen widgets, and celebration animations when your countdown reaches zero.
Countdown Star is the best way to countdown to — and count up from — all of your favorite events.
Countdown to birthdays, holidays, an upcoming vacation, a wedding, the New Year, parties, sporting events, concerts and more.
Count up from anniversaries, the day you were born, and other special events in the past.
* How many seconds until your next birthday?
* How many months since you were born?
* How many days until you graduate from college?
* How many hours until your anniversary?
* How much time is left until your vacation starts?
* How many days until Christmas?
* How many minutes until your party begins?
* How much time is left until your baby's due date?
Countdown Star is the countdown app that lets you choose which events to add, then keeps them in sync across all of your devices.
Features:
* iCloud Sync — events and wallpapers sync automatically across all your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch devices
* Celebration Animations — choose Confetti, Fireworks, Balloons, Stars, or Lasers when your countdown reaches zero
* Repeating Events — annual events automatically advance to the next year so you never have to update them
* Home Screen Widgets — Small, Medium, and Large widgets let you glance at your countdowns without opening the app
* Apple Watch — view your events right on your wrist
* Add Your Own Events — add as many events as you like
* Custom Wallpapers — choose from 15+ built-in wallpapers or use your own photos
* Time Zone Support — set each event in any time zone with localized city names
* Sort and Search — sort by date, title, or your own custom order; events are sectioned into Countdown and Count Up groups
* Favorites and Notifications — mark events as favorites to receive a notification when their countdown reaches zero
* Interactive Slider — instantly switch between seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years to see your countdown exactly how you want it
* Customizable Timer — choose timer position (Top, Middle, or Bottom), show or hide weeks, and toggle the leading zero
* Multiple App Icons — personalize the app icon on your Home Screen
Note: Countdown Star is available as a free version (with ads and an optional Remove Ads purchase) and as a paid ad-free version.
Countdown Star is the countdown app I was always looking for. I think I look at the notification center widget to see my upcoming events more than my bank account 😅 it's so useful. I’ve been using this app for a few years now and somehow never purchased the free version. When I did, that’s when I ran into issues. I would love to see iCloud sync or import/export or account login - this would make it easier to backup and restore events. Currently, I’m painstakingly moving all of my events over manually to the paid app. It would be cool to be able to delete wallpapers and have desktop access too.
Now works as it should
Kjs062500
Update: as stated in the developer's response, the latest update corrected the custom wallpaper and time zone issues, so the app now works as it should. Well that was a waste of money. I bought the ad-free version and that was a mistake. Supposedly you can select your own photo for the wallpaper, which it let me do, but close the app and open again and the custom photo disappears. It also looks like you can select the event time zone, since it shows in blue that it's using the default time, but there's no way to change it. Very disappointing.
Developer Response
Hello Kjs062500, A recent update (2.6.3) should correct the wallpaper and time zone issues. The photos you’ve tried to add should reappear in the updated version. I apologize for these bugs. Best Regards, Joe
The basics with room to grow
Perrymedik
It’s your basic count up/down timer. It has a nice feature (paid version) that allows you to add custom photos to your events. However if I may offer some recommendations to the creators of the program that would greatly improve it in my personal opinion:1: Allow an option for recurring events. It’s nice to know how long ago a birthday or anniversary or other special occasion was, but even better to know when it is coming around again each year.2: Instead of, or in addition to, having a favorite that pops up, have an option that automatically changes the event that is displayed when you open the app to the most recent upcoming event. This would give a rolling screen as time progresses so that when you view the app you can see what major events are coming up and be able to use the countdown timer to help plan or anticipate those events even better.Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if the ideas I am describing don’t make any sense and I would be happy to better describe them for you! Thanks for putting out a product that I can use!
Okay app. Could be way better
RewardsGuy
Basic app function is to countdown to events. If you're pathetic like me, you'd rather focus on the future than today. So without complaint, the app works as advertised. You set up an event, customize the background and the app will show you how many months, days, mins etc. until the event. (Not even I need to count down mins to an event btw.). But here's the thing. That's it. Want to scroll between events. Nope. Want to quickly see what happens if you change the event date and compare to the old. Nope. Want to have a video or gif for a background. Uh uh. The one that really irks me is not being able to scroll between events. I should be able to swipe left or right and see the next event I'm tracking.
Version 3.0 is a complete rewrite — faster, more reliable, and built for the latest iOS and watchOS.
What's new:
* iCloud Sync — events and wallpapers now sync automatically across all your devices
* Celebration Animations — Confetti, Fireworks, Balloons, Stars, and Lasers when your countdown hits zero
* Repeating Events — annual events advance automatically each year
* Home Screen Widgets — Small, Medium, and Large sizes
* Customizable Timer — position, weeks display, and leading zero options
* Time Zone Support — set any event to any time zone
* Multiple App Icons — choose your favorite look
* watchOS 10 support
If you used Countdown Star on more than one device, you might see a few events twice after updating — just delete the duplicates and they'll sync away.
Version 3.0.1 fixes a crash that affected some devices after the Version 3.0 update, plus other reliability improvements. Thanks for your patience!
Thank you for using Countdown Star!
Version 3.0.1
The developer, Joseph Merrill, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
Joseph Merrill
Size
54.1 MB
Category
Entertainment
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
