Countdown vs GOV.UK ID Check
Countdown
Find Appiness LLC
App Store
$1.32M/mo
~$15.83M/yr · 26.4M installs
VS
GOV.UK ID Check
Government Digital Service
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 402K installs
Revenue winner
Countdown wins
+131902900% vs other
Installs winner
Countdown wins
+6458% vs other
MAU winner
Countdown wins
+4804% vs other
Rating winner
Countdown wins
+1% vs other
Why Countdown is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Countdown earns roughly 1319029× more per month than GOV.UK ID Check - $1.32M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Countdown runs a $17.34/mo subscription that compounds; GOV.UK ID Check relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Countdown has ~26.4M lifetime installs vs GOV.UK ID Check's ~402K - 65.6× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Countdown
vs
GOV.UK ID Check
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$1.32M
◀
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$15.83M
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$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
26.4M
◀
402K
Monthly active users (est.)?
2.3M
◀
48K
App Store rating
4.81★
◀
4.75★
Total ratings
176K
◀
5K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$17.34
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Utilities
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 11, 2018
- Last updated
- Jun 27, 2026
- File size
- 37.8 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 6.4.7
- Languages
- Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +18 more
- Category
- Utilities
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 1, 2022
- Last updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- File size
- 27.6 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.55.0
- Languages
- English, CY
Countdown trajectory
GOV.UK ID Check trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Countdown or GOV.UK ID Check? v
Countdown earns about $1.32M per month, while GOV.UK ID Check earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$1.32M more per month for Countdown). Annual revenue: Countdown ≈ $15.83M/year, GOV.UK ID Check ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Countdown or GOV.UK ID Check? v
Countdown leads with about 26.4M estimated downloads vs 402K for GOV.UK ID Check - a 65.6× gap. Countdown's App Store downloads are estimated from 176K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. GOV.UK ID Check's App Store downloads are estimated from 5K ratings.
Are Countdown and GOV.UK ID Check in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Utilities category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Countdown and GOV.UK ID Check offer? v
Countdown: IAP range 2 tiers detected. GOV.UK ID Check: no IAP detected on the public listing. Countdown runs a "Subscription (~$17.34/mo)" monetization model; GOV.UK ID Check runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Countdown or GOV.UK ID Check? v
Countdown edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Countdown 176K ratings, GOV.UK ID Check 5K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Countdown vs GOV.UK ID Check revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $1.32M for Countdown and $0 for GOV.UK ID Check are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Utilities) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Countdown or GOV.UK ID Check to a different App Store app? v
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