# Countdown to an Event

> Utilities

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id363735527](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id363735527)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id363735527`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Philip Bevan
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (45 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27
- **First published:** 2010-03-27
- **Size:** 5.54 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/countdown-to-an-event/id363735527)
- **Website:** [http://event-countdown.blogspot.com/](http://event-countdown.blogspot.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://event-countdown.blogspot.com/2018/11/countdown-to-event-privacy.html](https://event-countdown.blogspot.com/2018/11/countdown-to-event-privacy.html)

## Description

This application displays a countdown to an event in days, hours, minutes and seconds.
On entry of the Event Title, Date & Time the main screen displays the Event Title and a countdown updated every second.

A background picture for the Event may be chosen from the device picture roll or added from the Camera. Each event can have it's own Picture.

## Rankings

- #183,841 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for being easy to use, versatile in countdown formats, and customizable. However, crashes after updates, data loss during upgrades, purchase restoration and cross-device syncing issues, problems adding new events, and occasional calculation inaccuracies are recurring concerns.

### Pros

- Easy to use and intuitive interface.
- Versatile countdown options (days/weeks/months/hours) with automatic time-since tracking after an event.
- Personalization options like custom backgrounds and alerts.
- Simple, no-frills design that keeps workflow straightforward.
- Generally reliable performance with responsive developer support.

### Cons

- Crashes frequently on launch after updates.
- Upgrades can cause countdowns to disappear or data loss.
- Issues restoring purchases and lack of cloud sync across devices.
- Difficulty adding new events (typing disabled) and occasional editing freezes.
- Inaccurate remaining time calculations after updates (months/weeks vs. days).

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