Countdown: Event Countdown5.29.0 - App Store

Event Countdown is the beautifully simple countdown, calendar and widget app for the important days in your life. Counting down since 2015, rated 4.7 stars from over 130,000 ratings worldwide.

The original Event Countdown app, used by over a million people every month. Start straight away with unlimited countdowns. No account or sign-up needed.

Count down to the days that matter: Birthday, Holiday, Party, Christmas, Halloween, Wedding, Anniversary, Baby Due Date, Graduation, New Home, Match Day, Concert, Film Release, Retirement, Bucket List and many more.

NEW: CALENDAR VIEW
See every event on a beautiful month grid, with your events colour-coded below. Swipe between months, tap a day, open any countdown.

LIVE COUNTDOWN WIDGETS
A Home Screen widget that ticks every second, plus Next Event, multi-event, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets.

LIVE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN
Live Activities show your next event on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island as the moment approaches.

MAKE IT YOURS, SHARE THE EXCITEMENT
Hundreds of icons, every colour, repeats that show ages on birthdays. Then turn any countdown into a shareable video.

Free version:
- Unlimited event countdowns, all in one place
- Next Event widget on your Home Screen
- Count up or down in years, days, hours, minutes and seconds
- Colour code events . choose from 450 icons
- Share events with friends and family
- Notes, notifications, and search

Premium version:
- Calendar View (NEW)
- The full widget collection: Live Countdown, Lock Screen, StandBy, multi-event and choose-your-event widgets
- Live Activities on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
- Ad free . Calendars . Detailed notifications
- Sync events across all your Apple devices
- Repeat events (with ages on birthdays and anniversaries)
- 450 colour icons

Event Countdown Premium is available as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-off lifetime purchase.

Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

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Version History Ready for iOS 27, with a bigger widget and a couple of visual fixes. Upcoming Events, the widget that used to be called Next 4 Events, now comes in the new extra-large size and shows up to eight events. It works at extra-large on iPad too.

Alerts now stay in your notification list until you dismiss them. Opening the app used to clear them, so an alert could look as though it never arrived. The app icon also shows how many alerts you have not seen yet.

Event order fix for customers in the US.

There is a help button on the sign in screen for anyone who cannot get into their account, with help articles, support, and a diagnostic report you can send us.

Premium purchases that had lost touch with your account now reconnect on their own.

Thanks for counting down with us! 5.29.0 Sep 25 NEW: Calendar View

See all your events laid out month by month. Tap the calendar icon at the top of your events list to open it, tap any day to see what is on, and tap the month name to jump around. Your list view is always one tap away.

Also in this update:
• New: Widget guide in Settings (Add a Widget)
• Single Event and Live Countdown default to your next event.
• Live Countdown DST hour drift fixed.
• Fixed a crash on devices set to Japanese or Buddhist calendars
• Fixed alert times for all-day events on those devices
• Syncing is faster and lighter on battery
• Lots of small fixes and improvements 5.28.6 Aug 26 NEW: Calendar View

See all your events laid out month by month. Tap the calendar icon at the top of your events list to open it, tap any day to see what is on, and tap the month name to jump around. Your list view is always one tap away.

Also in this update:
• New: Widget guide in Settings (Add a Widget)
• Single Event and Live Countdown default to your next event.
• Live Countdown DST hour drift fixed.
• Fixed a crash on devices set to Japanese or Buddhist calendars
• Fixed alert times for all-day events on those devices
• Syncing is faster and lighter on battery
• Lots of small fixes and improvements 5.28.5 Aug 15 NEW: Calendar View

See all your events laid out month by month. Tap the calendar icon at the top of your events list to open it, tap any day to see what is on, and tap the month name to jump around. Your list view is always one tap away.

Also in this update:

• Fixed a crash on devices set to Japanese or Buddhist calendars
• Fixed alert times for all-day events on those devices
• Syncing is faster and lighter on battery
• Lots of small fixes and improvements 5.28.4 Aug 10 NEW: Calendar View

See all your events laid out month by month. Tap the calendar icon at the top of your events list to open it, tap any day to see what is on, and tap the month name to jump around. Your list view is always one tap away.

Also in this update:

• Fixed a crash on devices set to Japanese or Buddhist calendars
• Fixed alert times for all-day events on those devices
• Syncing is faster and lighter on battery
• Lots of small fixes and improvements 5.28.3 Aug 6 NEW: Calendar View

See all your events laid out month by month. Tap the calendar icon at the top of your events list to open it, tap any day to see what is on, and tap the month name to jump around. Your list view is always one tap away.

Also in this update:

• Fixed a crash on devices set to Japanese or Buddhist calendars
• Fixed alert times for all-day events on those devices
• Syncing is faster and lighter on battery
• Lots of small fixes and improvements 5.28.2 Aug 5 NEW: Calendar View

See all your events laid out month by month. Tap the calendar icon at the top of your events list to open it, tap any day to see what is on, and tap the month name to jump around. Your list view is always one tap away.

Also in this update:

• Fixed a crash on devices set to Japanese or Buddhist calendars
• Fixed alert times for all-day events on those devices
• Syncing is faster and lighter on battery
• Lots of small fixes and improvements 5.28.1 Aug 3 NEW: Calendar View. See every event on a beautiful month grid. Tap a day to see what's coming, swipe between months, and open any countdown straight from the calendar. Find it from the icon at the top of your events list (Premium).

Thanks for counting down with us! 5.28.0 Jul 29 New Home & Lock Screen widgets — your next event, always in view.
Live Activities / Live Countdown — watch the final 12 hours tick down right on your Lock Screen.
Create a Video — turn any countdown into a shareable clip for Stories, TikTok & more.

Minor bug fixes and performance updates.

Thanks for counting down with us! 5.27.1 Jul 26 New Home & Lock Screen widgets — your next event, always in view.
Live Activities / Live Countdown — watch the final 12 hours tick down right on your Lock Screen.
Create a Video — turn any countdown into a shareable clip for Stories, TikTok & more.

Thanks for counting down with us! 5.27.0 Jul 14 Bug fixes:
- Sync reliability: we'll warn you if changes aren't reaching your account.
- Stability and performance improvements.

Thank you to everyone who’s rated and reviewed the app, your feedback genuinely shapes these updates. 5.25.2 Jun 23 In this release:

- Bug fixes: date text size increased, day of week added to date picker, repeat dates, widgets not updating and crash on deleting specific events all fixed.

- New: alert sounds and default alert time
- New: filter to multiple calendars
- New: filter to unassigned events
- New: high contrast text
- New: calendar view date picker
- New: languages Italian, Japanese, Korean + more
- New: time zone support
- New: icon categories
- New: change password in app

- Improved: renamed categories to calendars
- Improved: settings screen and filter events screen redesign
- Improved: iPad optimisation

Thank you to everyone who’s rated and reviewed the app — your feedback genuinely shapes these updates. 5.25.1 May 7 In this release:

- New: alert sounds and default alert time
- New: filter to multiple calendars
- New: filter to unassigned events
- New: high contrast text
- New: calendar view date picker
- New: languages Italian, Japanese, Korean + more
- New: time zone support
- New: icon categories
- New: change password in app

- Improved: renamed categories to calendars
- Improved: settings screen and filter events screen redesign
- Improved: iPad optimisation

- Bug fixes: repeat dates, widgets not updating and crash on deleting specific events all fixed.

Thank you to everyone who’s rated and reviewed the app — your feedback genuinely shapes these updates. 5.25 Apr 29 In this release:

- New: alert sounds and default alert time
- New: filter to multiple calendars
- New: filter to unassigned events
- New: high contrast text
- New: calendar view date picker
- New: languages Italian, Japanese, Korean + more
- New: time zone support
- New: icon categories
- New: change password in app

- Improved: renamed categories to calendars
- Improved: settings screen and filter events screen redesign
- Improved: iPad optimisation

- Bug fixes: repeat dates, widgets not updating and crash on deleting specific events all fixed.

Thank you to everyone who’s rated and reviewed the app — your feedback genuinely shapes these updates. 5.24 Apr 29 In this release:

- New: alert sounds and default alert time
- New: filter to multiple calendars
- New: filter to unassigned events
- New: high contrast text
- New: calendar view date picker
- New: languages Italian, Japanese, Korean + more
- New: time zone support
- New: icon categories
- New: change password in app

- Improved: renamed categories to calendars
- Improved: settings screen and filter events screen redesign
- Improved: iPad optimisation

- Bug fixes: repeat dates and widgets not updating fixed

Thank you to everyone who’s rated and reviewed the app — your feedback genuinely shapes these updates. 5.23 Apr 27 In this release:

- New: alert sounds and default alert time
- New: filter to multiple calendars
- New: filter to unassigned events
- New: high contrast text
- New: calendar view date picker
- New: languages Italian, Japanese, Korean + more
- New: time zone support
- New: icon categories
- New: change password in app

- Improved: renamed categories to calendars
- Improved: settings screen and filter events screen redesign
- Improved: iPad optimisation

- Bug fixes: repeat dates and widgets not updating fixed

Thank you to everyone who’s rated and reviewed the app — your feedback genuinely shapes these updates. 5.22 Apr 16 Updated for iOS 26:

- New: end date & time support, including multi-day events
- New: yearly repeats now show age / repeat count (perfect for birthdays & anniversaries)
- New: events happening now stay visible until they actually end

- Fixed: notifications for users who disabled them on first install
- Fixed: countdown minutes for events under one hour
- Fixed: event list scrolling back to the top after editing or viewing
- Fixed: icon selection issues in German and other languages
- Improved UI, performance improvements & bug fixes

Thank you to everyone who’s rated and reviewed the app — your feedback genuinely shapes these updates. 5.21 Feb 17 Updated for iOS 26:

- New: end date & time support, including multi-day events
- New: yearly repeats now show age / repeat count (perfect for birthdays & anniversaries)
- New: events happening now stay visible until they actually end

- Fixed: notifications for users who disabled them on first install
- Fixed: countdown minutes for events under one hour
- Fixed: event list scrolling back to the top after editing or viewing
- Fixed: icon selection issues in German and other languages
- Improved UI, performance improvements & bug fixes

Thank you to everyone who’s rated and reviewed the app — your feedback genuinely shapes these updates. 5.20 Feb 15 In this release, updated for iOS 26, new animated icon category, new multi-event widget, improved UI, bug fixes and performance improvements.

Thank you so much to the thousands of you who have taken the time to rate and review our app. We really do appreciate your support and have listened to your feedback. 5.19 10/30/2025 In this release, updated for iOS 26, improved UI, bug fixes and performance improvements.

Thank you so much to the thousands of you who have taken the time to rate and review our app. We really do appreciate your support and have listened to your feedback. 5.18 10/13/2025 In this release, bug fixes and performance improvements.

Thank you so much to the thousands of you who have taken the time to rate and review our app. We really do appreciate your support and have listened to your feedback. 5.17 06/18/2025 In this release, bug fixes and performance improvements.

Thank you so much to the thousands of you who have taken the time to rate and review our app. We really do appreciate your support and have listened to your feedback. 5.16 06/11/2025 In this release, fixed widget refresh issues, auto switching to next event and ability to choose past events.

Thank you so much to the thousands of you who have taken the time to rate and review our app. We really do appreciate your support and have listened to your feedback. 5.15 01/30/2025 In this release, updated event screen design, search events, new icons, icon search, repeat Intervals, bug fixes and performance improvements.

Thank you so much to the thousands of you who have taken the time to rate and review our app. We really do appreciate your support and have listened to your feedback. 5.14 12/14/2024 In this release, updated event screen design, search events, new icons, icon search, repeat Intervals, bug fixes and performance improvements.

Thank you so much to the thousands of you who have taken the time to rate and review our app. We really do appreciate your support and have listened to your feedback. 5.13 12/10/2024