One countdown app for every date that matters

A day counter with real streak tracking

Point a countdown at a past date and it counts up — the classic "days since" counter. For habits, Rouse goes further: opt any count-up into streak tracking and it surfaces a trophy badge with your longest run and a tally of your resets. Reset and the count starts over from now; beat your previous best and the trophy updates. It's built for the counts people actually keep:

• Sobriety milestones — days since, best streak, and an honest reset history.
• No-spend days, no-social-media days — streaks for anything you're quitting.
• Exercise and habit streaks — days since you started, not just days until.
• Memorials and anniversaries — time since a loved one passed, time since you met.

Recurring dates roll themselves forward

Set a countdown to weekly, monthly, or yearly recurrence and it silently advances to the next occurrence whenever the target passes — a billing date, a weekly deadline, a birthday. Rouse also ships 31 one-tap holiday templates across 7 categories (Christmas, Easter, Eid al-Fitr, Hanukkah, Lunar New Year, Thanksgiving, the solstices, and more), each dated correctly — including movable holidays — and recurring yearly by default.

Alerts, widgets, and formats that fit

• Up to 5 alerts per countdown — at the moment, 1 day before, 1 week before, or any custom offset. On recurring countdowns, alerts can re-aim at each new occurrence automatically.
• Lock Screen widget — your pinned (or next) countdown, visible without opening the app.
• Tap to cycle formats — "100 hours", "4d 4h", "2y 3mo 1w 4d", precise to the second, or raw seconds. Each countdown remembers its own preference.
• Color, emoji, and pinning — make the important one unmistakable.

Common questions

Can I count down to a birthday, retirement, or due date?

Yes. Point a Rouse countdown at any future date — a birthday, retirement day, wedding, due date, exam, or vacation — and watch the time shrink toward it, live to the second. When the moment arrives, the countdown auto-flips into an elapsed-time counter: the due-date countdown becomes the baby's age, the wedding countdown becomes the anniversary counter.

Does Rouse work as a sobriety day counter?

Yes. Point a countdown at your sobriety date and it counts up from that moment. Turn on streak tracking and Rouse shows a trophy badge with your longest run and counts your resets — resetting starts a new streak, and a personal best becomes the new high-water mark. The same mechanic works for no-spend days, no-social-media days, and exercise streaks.

Can countdowns repeat every week, month, or year?

Yes. Set a countdown to weekly, monthly, or yearly recurrence and Rouse rolls it forward to the next occurrence automatically when the target passes. Alerts on a recurring countdown can re-aim at each new occurrence, so a reminder like "1 day before" keeps firing year after year. 31 one-tap holiday templates ship with yearly recurrence built in.

Can I get reminders before the date?

Yes. Each countdown carries up to 5 alerts — at the moment itself, 10 minutes before, 1 hour before, 1 day before, 1 week before, or any custom offset in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years.

Is there a countdown widget for the Lock Screen?

Yes. A Lock Screen widget shows your pinned (or next) countdown so your most important date is visible without opening the app. Rectangular, inline, circular, small, and medium widget families are supported.

Is the countdown feature free?

The free tier includes 2 countdowns with everything: all 31 holiday templates, recurrence, streak tracking, alerts, widgets, and display-format cycling. Premium unlocks unlimited countdowns.

Related reading

• Live holiday countdowns — days until all 31 built-in holiday templates.
• The alarm that works in Silent Mode — the same app wakes you up reliably.
• The private alarm clock — countdowns and streaks stay on your device, like everything else.