Shared Countdown support
Questions about pairing, widgets or Premium? Email the developer directly.
It helps to include:
- Your iPhone or iPad model and iOS version
- What you tried and what happened
- A screenshot, if it shows the problem
Pairing with your person
One of you opens Settings › Partner and taps Invite my person, then shares the 8-character code. The other taps Enter a code, signs in with Apple and connects. An invite code is valid for 7 days.
If a shared event won’t save
Creating, editing or deleting a shared event needs an internet connection. Your own events work offline, and shared events stay visible until you’re back online.
Adding a widget
Widgets are part of Premium. Touch and hold an empty spot on your Home Screen, tap Edit › Add Widget, search Countdown and pick Small or Medium. Then tap the widget while editing to choose your event.
Disconnecting
Settings › Partner › Manage connection › Disconnect. You each keep a private copy of your shared events. Premium you were getting through your partner’s subscription ends.
A birthday on February 29
Choose the Birthday category and turn on Repeat yearly. The app asks whether years without February 29 should use February 28 or March 1.
Guides
- How to put a countdown widget on your iPhone Home ScreeniOS doesn’t include a countdown widget. Here’s what Apple’s widgets can do, and how to put the days left until a date on your Home Screen.
- How to count the days until a date on iPhoneFind out how many days are left until a date on iPhone, what Calendar and Shortcuts can and can’t tell you, and a free countdown that does the counting.
- How to share a countdown with your partner on iPhoneShare a countdown with your partner, a friend or family on iPhone, with a shared iCloud calendar or by pairing in Shared Countdown to see the same days left.
- How to make a wedding countdown on iPhoneCount down to your wedding on iPhone, down to the ceremony time in the venue’s time zone, shared with your partner and on your Home Screen.
- How to make a vacation countdown on iPhoneCount down to a trip on iPhone with the departure time in the right time zone, share it with whoever’s coming along, and get reminders as it gets close.
- How to make a birthday countdown on iPhoneShow birthdays from Contacts in Calendar with an alert beforehand, or count down to a birthday every year on iPhone, including birthdays on February 29.
- How to never forget an anniversary on iPhoneGet reminded before your anniversary every year on iPhone with a repeating reminder in Reminders, or a yearly countdown with reminders 30, 7 and 1 day before.
- Long-distance relationship countdown to your next visitCount down to the next visit when you live apart, with one shared event you can both edit and the arrival time set in the right time zone.
Purchases and subscriptions
Purchases are handled by Apple. To manage or cancel a subscription, open Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, then tap Subscriptions. To ask Apple for a refund, go to reportaproblem.apple.com.