Countdowns - Track Events Reviews

Good with an odd caveat

Slithy Toves

I currently use a different countdown app. I liked the look of this app, and the watch complication is very well done (and even supports the new Infograph watch face), so I downloaded it to try. Unfortunately, when counting down by days (as opposed to days+hours+minutes) there is a weird off-by-one design in the countdowns from this app. For example, if you have a countdown to your birthday, you'd reasonably expect the count to be "2" when it is two days before your birthday, "1" on the day before your birthday and "0" on your birthday itself. That makes sense and matches how people talk about the concept of "how many days until". This app is different: "2" in this app is *three* days before your birthday, "1" is two days before your birthday, and "0" is the day before your birthday. On your birthday itself, the counter reads "364" days, using the logic that it's now 364 days until your *next* birthday. I think I understand why the app was written this way: strictly speaking, on the day before your birthday, it's less than 24 hours to go, so it's not one full "day", and so this app shows it as "0" days to go. The problem is that this is not how people think of and speak about countdowns (or how other countdown apps work). To humans, the rocket launches at zero, not at negative 1. I love the rest of the features, but this sort of breaks it for me.

Complications bug

RafikkiPotter

Complications don’t work with “keep counting after date” switch is on

Days are off by one, developer needs to fix

Phil Ament

Another reviewer mentioned the off-by-one design flaw when using days, and it is still present in the app as of this review. The developer needs to change how they account for days until an event, or at least give users the option to consider how many days until an event as the way humans actually think about it. Two days before your birthday, the app should not return “1” for the number of days until then. From midnight to 11:59 pm two days before your birthday, it should report “2”. On the day of your birthday, it should return “0” just like the other reviewer described (or even better, return “Now” or “Today” or user-supplied custom text, instead). This design flaw seems to be due to basing the remaining days count on the number of hours divided by 24. Easy fix: add an option to consider days-until as *calendar* days. Otherwise a great app, with watch infograph complications!

Improvement

EQ747

I think this app has very good potential,in my opinion I can use some improvement;such as allowing people to insert their own images,have different fonts to choose from, letters and time fonts. Looking forward to see these changes. Q

Better than most

Katze Kranz

I really like this app especially since it comes with the widget which was primarily why I downloaded it. It’s simple and easy to use. I like that you can have multiple countdowns as mine are a count down until my closing day on my house, Christmas, and New Years. Most of the icons are odd icons for a countdown, but I wish some were more holiday oriented like for Christmas perhaps a Santa or a tree not just a present. I like your not bombarded with ads. Most apps you click on one thing and BOOM 30 second ad you have to watch but this app seems to be pretty good about that. Overall I love the app and will continue to use it!

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Good with an odd caveat

Complications bug

Days are off by one, developer needs to fix

Improvement

Better than most

I really like it

Excellent

Fake reviews

Amazing, though one problem

Exactly what I want