Count down to birthdays, trips, weddings and reunions. Share events, add beautiful widgets, keep the memories—and now tidy them up in just a few taps.
Waiting is better together. Turn every date you can't wait for—weddings, trips, birthdays, reunions—into a countdown you share, with widgets you'll both smile at every day.
Use Outside for trips, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, reunions, concerts and every date worth looking forward to.
CREATE AND SHARE
Create a countdown, send an invite and let friends, family or your partner join the same moment.
WIDGETS AT A GLANCE
Keep your next countdown on your Home Screen, Lock Screen or in StandBy.
PLAN TOGETHER
Add the date, place and details so everyone knows what is happening.
FREE TO START
The free plan includes creating, sharing and joining countdowns, plus Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets.
OUTSIDE PRO
Outside Pro is optional and adds custom reminders, calendar sync, recurring events, attachments, camera-roll wallpapers, group chat, custom app icons, photo uploads and search, premium countdown styles, links and checklists.
Available plans, prices and introductory trial eligibility are shown before purchase.
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When my partner and I decided to take the kids on a vacation, we were looking for an app where we could get a countdown and also share the dates with the kids so they could request the days off work and see the countdown too. During my search, I found a Reddit post where this guy (Blake) said he created an app called Outside. So I downloaded it and it was exactly what I was looking for! Even better really. If you’re looking for a countdown app of any kind, or want to be able to share important dates with friends or family, I really recommend Outside. It’s designed really well and has lots of options for creating your events. Being able to share it with my family is so much better than just putting it on a calendar. The background photos and countdown makes the events that much more exciting.
Developer Response
Thanks a lot for your kind review. It's fantastic to hear how Outside's helping you and your family stay organized. Glad you found us and we'll keep making Outside better with your support!
Great app with free widgets, but minor bug recently
tlott06
Outside has been a great app for countdowns, and since I started using it at the start of this summer it’s been great! Even with just the free features there is a great amount of customization, and it’s been a great app. However, a few days ago I started seeing a bug I’d never had before. I like to put my countdowns in days and turn on detailed units, which in the past has been great. However, recently my countdowns have all been a day off. I have one for tomorrow that should be less than 24h away, but it currently says 1 day 20 hours instead of just 20 hours. Similarly, for something I have two weeks from today, it says 14 days 15 hours etc instead of 13 days 15 hours. This does not completely break functionality, since if I turn off detailed units it still effectively counts the right number of days, just rounding up rather than down. Still, this was not something I experienced on countdowns even a week ago.
Developer Response
Thank you for the kind words and for such a clear, detailed report — you diagnosed it perfectly. That off-by-a-day rounding with detailed units was a timing bug on our end, and it's now fixed in the latest update (0.88.5). Please update and your countdowns should read correctly again. Really glad you've enjoyed Outside this summer, and thank you for helping us make it better.
Seriously the best!
Aimers0820
I really can’t believe this app is free and you won’t believe it either. And no I’m honestly not paid to say this but I would say it for free and I guess I am. You can put your own picture in there you can have a live countdown I have five in there so far and I haven’t seen anything telling me I can’t have more. There are widgets although I can’t seem to get the one on my watch to work I don’t know why. But they have really cool widgets on your phone. I do wish you could put two events on there instead of one or multiple if you have multiple but I’m fine with the way it is. And you can share it to Facebook or other social media. Even to groups. I got on here originally because of my high school reunion but now I’m going to use this for everything!
Developer Response
Wow what an incredible review! You've made our day!Glad to know you're enjoying the app. Completely agree showing more events on the widget would be great, we'll look at adding this in an upcoming update. Also to make events easier to share, thanks a lot for this feedback and feel free to message anytime if you have more!Thanks a lot!
This is the one
JR33279
Don’t even bother with other countdown apps. Your search is over. I don’t normally leave app reviews, but because of the exceptional service I received I had to make it known. I’ve tried a handful of other countdown widget apps. Most of the others are cluttered full of ads or just downright hard to use. This one is simple. The free version has an incredible amount of functionality. And it does exactly what I needed to and more. When I had an issue I couldn’t solve and thought I would have to abandon this app and find a different one. Their support team was able to help me by issuing a fix on their end within a few minutes. No review is going to do this app or its team justice so just try it out.
Developer Response
What an amazing review, thank you!
What's new in 0.88.9:
- Sharing an event is now one tap after you create it, and your invite goes out with the event card
- Fixed sign-up skipping the rest of setup, so you no longer miss reminders and finishing touches
- Fixed the black screen when taking a photo for an event
- Automatic Live Activities stay free
Version 0.88.9
The developer, Outside HQ LTD, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Contact Info
Contacts
User Content
Identifiers
Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Color Alone
Sufficient Contrast
Information
Seller
Outside HQ Ltd
Size
133.1 MB
Category
Lifestyle
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
