In short: Kounts puts your own photo on the countdown card and keeps a full-screen photo gallery for every event — grouped by year for birthdays and other recurring dates — and it can show your pictures on Home and Lock Screen widgets too. It's free, with no ads.
Your photos, counting down with you
Your photo as the card
Set any picture from your library as a full-screen countdown card. The day count sits over your photo, so a trip counts down over the place and a birthday over a favourite face.
A gallery for every event
Each countdown keeps its own photo gallery — add as many shots as you like and swipe through them full-screen. The collection grows as the day gets closer.
Memories grouped by year
For birthdays and recurring events, photos are grouped by year, so each occasion builds up a little history you can scroll back through — last year's party right beside this one.
Photo widgets
Your event's photo can sit behind the day count on the Home and Lock Screen widgets, in several styles and sizes — a picture you glance at every day.
Export to share
Save a countdown card as a high-resolution image to post or send, in story (9:16), square (1:1) and portrait (4:5) sizes — ready for Stories, a square post or a feed.
A shared album
On a shared countdown, everyone you invite can add their own photos to one shared album, so the gallery fills up from every side.
A photo countdown full-screen, card styles, and photo widgets on the Home Screen.
How to build a photo countdown
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Create an event
Download Kounts free and add the countdown you want — a trip, a birthday, a wedding, a deadline.
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Add a photo as its card
Pick a picture from your library to set as the card background, and watch the day count sit full-screen over your own photo.
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Keep adding to the gallery
Drop more photos into the event's gallery over time — for birthdays and recurring dates they're grouped by year, building up a history.
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Add a widget or export to share
Put a photo widget on your Home or Lock Screen, or export the card as a high-resolution image to post or send to friends.
Frequently asked questions
Can I put my own photo on a countdown?
Yes. With Kounts you set any photo from your library as the background of a countdown card, full-screen. The day count sits over your picture, so a trip counts down over a shot of the place and a birthday over a favourite portrait. You can swap the photo whenever you like, and the same image can dress the matching Home and Lock Screen widgets.
Does Kounts keep a photo gallery per event?
Yes. Every event has its own gallery, so you can add as many photos as you want and swipe through them full-screen. For birthdays and other recurring events the memories are grouped by year, so each occasion builds a little history you can scroll back through as the next date approaches.
Are there photo widgets?
Yes. Kounts widgets can show your event's photo behind the day count on both the Home Screen and the Lock Screen, in several styles and sizes. Pin one event or let a widget auto-follow whatever is next, and your picture comes along with the countdown.
Can I share or export a photo countdown?
Yes. You can export any countdown card as a high-resolution image to post or send — in story (9:16), square (1:1) and portrait (4:5) sizes — and on a shared event everyone you invite can add their own photos to one shared album, so the gallery fills up from every side.
Is the photo countdown app free?
Yes. Putting your own photo on a countdown, keeping a gallery per event and adding photo widgets are all part of the free Kounts experience, with no ads. An optional Kounts Premium adds extra card styles and customization, as a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.
Put your photos on the countdown
Free, ad-free photo countdowns for your iPhone and Apple Watch — your card, your gallery, your widgets.
See also: Birthday countdown · Shared countdowns · Wedding countdown