A countdown calendar, not just a list
Plenty of apps count down one date. Calendar View turns your own events into a month grid with days-to-go under every date, which is the view people searching for a countdown calendar actually want.
Event CountdownPress kit
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The one-line version
Event Countdown is a countdown calendar, widget and reminder app for iPhone, iPad and Android that has counted down to the dates that matter, birthdays, holidays, weddings and trips, since 2015.
Boilerplate
Event Countdown puts every date that matters in one place and keeps the days ticking down everywhere you look: in a colour-coded list, on a countdown calendar, on Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and through an event's final hours as a Live Activity on iPhone. Any countdown can be shared as a video or as a live invite that stays in step on a friend's phone. The core app is free with unlimited countdowns and no account needed. Event Countdown is made by Root38, an independent two-person team in the United Kingdom, and is rated 4.7 from more than 132,000 ratings across the App Store and Google Play.
Key numbers
- 2015
- counting down since
- 5.9M+
- downloads
- 4.7★
- from 132,000+ ratings
- 1M+
- monthly users
Fast facts
- Event Countdown is a countdown app for iPhone, iPad and Android, counting down since 2015.
- Calendar View is a countdown calendar: your own events on a month grid, colour-coded, with the days remaining under each one.
- Widgets cover the Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy, including a Live Countdown widget that ticks in real time.
- On iPhone, a Live Activity counts through an event's final hours on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with no setup.
- Any countdown can become a short shareable video, or be shared as a live countdown that stays in step on everyone's phone.
- The free tier includes unlimited countdowns with no account needed. Premium is a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-off lifetime purchase, on both stores.
- It is rated 4.7 from more than 132,000 ratings across the App Store and Google Play, with over a million people using it every month.
- It is made by Root38, an independent two-person team in the United Kingdom.
What makes it different
Countdowns where you already look
Five Home Screen widget types including a live ticking countdown, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets, and Live Activities in the final hours. The app is built to be seen without being opened.
Made for sharing the wait
Countdown videos for the group chat, and invite links that put the same live countdown in a friend's app, staying in step if the date changes.
Built to last
Countdowns are long-lived, so the app has to be. The same independent team has run Event Countdown since 2015, through eleven years of iOS and Android releases.
The company
Event Countdown is built by Root38 Ltd, a company registered in England & Wales: Ben Sheehan on iOS and Hugh Kirke on Android. Two people, one app on both platforms, since 2015.
Assets
Download the press kit (zip, 3 MB): the app icon at 1024px and the current App Store screenshots as PNG.
Icon only: 1024px PNG. Please do not alter the icon.
Links and contact
- App Store: apps.apple.com/app/id983258067
- Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/details
- Press enquiries, interviews and Premium review codes: ben.sheehan@root38.com