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Countdown: Event Countdown
ROOT38 LIMITED · 23,407 ratings · ★ 4.7
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Top complaints - extracted from 13 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"premium"
4 negative reviews mention this · 31% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The UPDATE was just ADS!. Ive had this app for several years now & enjoyed it just fine without issue. However RECENTLY, I just Updated the App which CLAIMED to have bug fixes. THE ONLY CHANGE WAS NOW INCESSANT ADS BLOCKING MY VIEWS! I am told I must buy the Premiu…" - LeftyRN
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"widget"
4 negative reviews mention this · 31% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Only One Event Widget. Because can only choose one event for the widget - Not worth the money to me. Too bad. Rest of app looks good" - z77r
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"without"
3 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Deleted my account. They deleted my account without my permission" - Grandillusion1970s
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Deleted my account
They deleted my account without my permission
Watch out for your data
When I upgraded my iPhone all of my events were permanently erased
The UPDATE was just ADS!
Ive had this app for several years now & enjoyed it just fine without issue. However RECENTLY, I just Updated the App which CLAIMED to have bug fixes.
THE ONLY CHANGE WAS NOW INCESSANT ADS BLOCKING MY VIEWS! I am told I must buy the Premium Version to rid myself of this annoying harassment.
I am furious & will no longer use this app!
Furthermore the icons were changed to smaller images & changed my original settings to images I had not selected in order to restrict use for which I must again BUY PREMIUM to get use of these images back.
This is EXTORTION & Blackmail techniques to force customers to buy Premium.
You will lose customers as you have lost me.
This former 4-5 star app now is only worth 1-2 stars for being deceptive & false. Im disgusted.
THE ONLY CHANGE WAS NOW INCESSANT ADS BLOCKING MY VIEWS! I am told I must buy the Premium Version to rid myself of this annoying harassment.
I am furious & will no longer use this app!
Furthermore the icons were changed to smaller images & changed my original settings to images I had not selected in order to restrict use for which I must again BUY PREMIUM to get use of these images back.
This is EXTORTION & Blackmail techniques to force customers to buy Premium.
You will lose customers as you have lost me.
This former 4-5 star app now is only worth 1-2 stars for being deceptive & false. Im disgusted.
Bug
For some reason it won’t ever load
7 DAYS FREE, then it costs
Screw that! And you need an account?!?! I just want a countdown timer!
What…..
All the cool stuff is premium and all reminders have to be set on never bc otherwise u have to go to premium.
Adds in the list?
Removes any value to this product. Find something better.
Only One Event Widget
Because can only choose one event for the widget - Not worth the money to me.
Too bad. Rest of app looks good
Too bad. Rest of app looks good
This app fixed my manic spending
it really wants to me to pay to have the widget on my phone screen. Siri can just tell me when I’m curious. I’ll use construction paper and make my own. And I make dumb purchases all the time
What is this awful app
Everything is premium and when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING the colorful icons, pretty colors, putting at widget on your Home Screen, when it alerts you, and when it repeats. That is so stupid to me find a different app if you want an app like this.
Falsely advertised as free.
Advertised as a free widget but the feature requires payment.
BAD
So the fact that I can’t have vip is stupid and I am constantly watch in adds they need to step up there game 🤬
More Obnoxious With Each Update
I have used this app for years. It used to be an easy, simplistic design with the option to go Premium to remove unobtrusive ads. Recently, each update makes the app more and more obnoxious. I can’t even open the app without closing two pages asking me to update. Now they’ve introduced ads within the timeline. I assume their goal was to make the app so annoying that more people will pay for Premium. It’s backfired for me, as it simply makes it so I don’t want to use it at all.
Sentiment summary
95%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
2%
Negative (1-2★)
