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Countdown
Find Appiness LLC · 167,243 ratings · ★ 4.8
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Top complaints - extracted from 14 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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"widget"
6 negative reviews mention this · 43% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Basic features locked behind paywall. Can’t create a widget to display a countdown without paying, this was not clearly advertised and is kind of ridiculous. All I want is a simple timer that ticks down by 1 every day, is that really so much to ask for??" - pandalikesbamboo
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"premium"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Premium required to make it good. No way am I paying for a utility app that’s ridiculous 💀" - Lannanl
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"paying"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Premium required to make it good. No way am I paying for a utility app that’s ridiculous 💀" - Lannanl
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"countdown"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Basic features locked behind paywall. Can’t create a widget to display a countdown without paying, this was not clearly advertised and is kind of ridiculous. All I want is a simple timer that ticks down by 1 every day, is that really so much to ask for??" - pandalikesbamboo
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"ridiculous"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Premium required to make it good. No way am I paying for a utility app that’s ridiculous 💀" - Lannanl
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"upgrade"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Nope. “Upgrade to unlock this widget” GET COUNTDOWN BUDDY ITS FREE Any other countdown app is better than this one however." - OMG OMG BOSS POWERS ACTIVATE
📋 All 14 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Premium required to make it good
No way am I paying for a utility app that’s ridiculous 💀
virus’s
I love the app, but starting yesterday when i open the app it’s trying to put a virus on my phone by telling me i have a virus and to click “okay” to fix it
only one star for ads
so. many. ads!!!
Basic features locked behind paywall
Can’t create a widget to display a countdown without paying, this was not clearly advertised and is kind of ridiculous. All I want is a simple timer that ticks down by 1 every day, is that really so much to ask for??
Pay to see the date in widgets? Lol
Trash app. For widgets, it will have a star where the date should be and you can only see the date if you pay their stupid premium fee. Get real. Deleted so fast.
Why would I pay for this
FYI if you want it as a widget you have to pay for “premium” and there’s a million other apps where you don’t have to do that Lol just annoying don’t waste your time
Nope
“Upgrade to unlock this widget”
GET COUNTDOWN BUDDY ITS FREE
Any other countdown app is better than this one however.
GET COUNTDOWN BUDDY ITS FREE
Any other countdown app is better than this one however.
Have to Pay $6 to have a countdown.
i Know its not alot. BUT GREED IS GREED. it only tracks a countdown why would i pay to have so ething i can have for free elsewhere
Paid features not working
I made the in app purchase for the widget feature, I’m trying to add a widget and it’s prompting me to repurchase the premium version… I just paid for it. I love how simple and straightforward the app is but the fact that paying for it doesn’t do anything is ridiculous and upsetting.
Can’t use as widget unless you pay
Works.. until you try to make it an actual widget to view on your screen and then it won’t show the actual countdown unless you “upgrade” and pay 🙄😫
Needs Work
Needs ability to automatically populate chosen holidays that don’t have set dates, such as Easter, Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving, etc. without giving app access to my calendar.
Ads are annoying
Ads are annoying
nags you!
App is decent but it constantly nags you to upgrade to a paid version. Seriously? Deleted it thirty minutes after installing. Total crapware
Widget for pay
Paying for widget of an app is crazy
Sentiment summary
96%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
2%
Negative (1-2★)