# Countdown Star (Ad-Free)

> Countdowns for Every Event

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id569371565](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id569371565)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id569371565`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Joseph Merrill
- **Category:** Entertainment
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (3,675 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.10
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-21
- **First published:** 2012-11-20
- **Size:** 53 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/countdown-star-ad-free/id569371565)
- **Website:** [https://www.joemerrill.com](https://www.joemerrill.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.joemerrill.com/privacy-policy](https://www.joemerrill.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

**Countdown Star (Ad-Free)** helps you count down to birthdays, holidays, vacations, weddings, concerts, sporting events, due dates, and other important occasions—or count up from anniversaries and past milestones. Add unlimited events, customize them with wallpapers and multiple time zones, and view countdowns in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years.

Events sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch with iCloud. Home Screen widgets, repeating events, favorites, notifications, search, sorting, custom app icons, and celebration animations—including confetti, fireworks, balloons, stars, and lasers—make it easy to stay connected to every special date without ads.

## Rankings

- #30,162 — Overall
- #43 — countdown
- #62 — ad

## Review summary

Users praise Countdown Star for its ease of use and for supporting both count-downs and count-ups across various events. However, repeated complaints focus on missing or broken widgets, lack of data backups/import/export, and limited widget capability (one event only). Time zone inaccuracies and counting limitations (“days between events” not supported) also appear. Some reports mention poor support or upgrade-related data loss. Overall, strong simplicity and versatility are offset by critical widget/data-management gaps and inconsistent behavior. A fix-heavy update could restore broad usefulness.

### Pros

- Easy to use with a simple, intuitive interface for creating countdowns.
- Long-standing, trusted tool used for years for vacations, milestones, and other events.
- Flexible: supports both counting up (time since) and counting down (time until).
- Ad-free version provides a clean experience at a reasonable price.

### Cons

- Widget is missing, non-functional, or not supported on current iOS versions; no reliable home screen widget.
- No iCloud backups or easy data import/export between devices; risk of losing events when upgrading or switching devices.
- Widget limitations: even when available, only a single event can be shown; cannot display multiple countdowns on the home screen.
- Time zone/countdown accuracy issues (days/weeks) and some reviews noting it doesn’t count days between events as described.
- Support responsiveness issues and migration problems (upgrading to ad-free can remove access to existing events/wallpapers)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id569371565)