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 favourite events.
Countdown to birthdays, holidays, an upcoming trip, 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 university?
* How many hours until your anniversary?
* How much time is left until your trip 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 localised city names
* Sort and Search — sort by date, title, or your own custom order; events are sectioned into Countdown and Count Up groups
* Favourites and Notifications — mark events as favourites 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
* Customisable Timer — choose timer position (Top, Middle, or Bottom), show or hide weeks, and toggle the leading zero
* Multiple App Icons — personalise 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.
I’ve tried a few countdown apps and this has by far been the best one simply because you can have more than one countdown and it’s free to do so. You can put your own pictures as the background and the ads are non-obtrusive and minimal. I love how you can slide to change from hours to mins etc. There is only one thing I would suggest to improve it, which is to add weeks. That way people can see how many weeks are left as well as days or months etc.
The app is a good one
McLare92
This app is pretty good to keep the upcoming events in already but the developers could make it even better if they could let the app sync with the calendar app and so it’s easy to set this up
Great little app
Carlcarlcarl
Works well and does exactly what you’d expect. The ad free version is very unobtrusive so I decided not to upgrade to ad free. But the 99c upgrade is very fair I think. I’d pay it for a couple of extra features, but there are none. For example, I’d like to be able to see all my countdown events on one screen. I’d also like to be able to reorder the list into shortest countdown first. I have 4 at the moment and they appear in no particular order on the settings screen. Great app though
Good App but one problem...
N0 Captlon
It is a great app. But i would love if this app gives notifications... i’ve downloaded a bunch of countdown apps and all of them gave notifications except this one... i even went to settings to check if the notifications was ON and it was but yet it still doesn’t give me any... But i would definitely recommend this app👍
Thanks for all your feedback — this update brings back the classic timer look:
* Classic timer by default — lighter, thinner numbers and a clean, compact panel, with more of your wallpaper showing through again
* Your timer, your way — choose Light or Regular digits and a Glass, Frosted, or Solid background (Settings → Timer Options)
* More reliable — fixes for crashes on launch, widget improvements, and better support for older iOS versions
Thank you for using Countdown Star!
Version 3.0.3
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 .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
Location
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Location
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based, for example, on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Size
56.5 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.
