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Exam Countdown - School & Uni
Exam & Test Timetable Calendar
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Exam season? Count down to matric prelims, trials and NSC finals — plus GCSE mocks, A Levels and uni deadlines. Good luck, Class of 2026!
Exam Countdown is the beautifully simple countdown, planner and widget app for every exam that matters. Counting down since 2015, rated 4.7 stars from over 30,000 ratings.
The original exam countdown app, used by students, teachers and schools in over 100 countries.
Count down to the ones that count: AP exams, the SAT and ACT, midterms and finals, IB, college finals, assignment and homework deadlines, the driving permit test, music grades and every test in between.
CALENDAR VIEW
See your whole semester on a month grid, colour coded, with every exam a tap away.
LIVE COUNTDOWN WIDGETS
A Home Screen widget that ticks every second, plus Next Exam, Next 4 Exams and Lock Screen widgets.
LIVE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN
Live Activities put your next exam on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island as it approaches.
MAKE IT YOURS
Hundreds of icons, every colour, categories to group your subjects, and notes on any exam.
Free version:
• Unlimited exam countdowns, all in one place
• Count down in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds
• Colour code your exams
• Choose from 400 icons
• Add notes to any exam
• Invite friends and family to count down with you
• Notifications before every exam
Premium version:
• Ad free
• The full widget collection, including the second by second Live Countdown
• Live Activities on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
• Calendar View
• Categories to group your subjects
• Detailed alerts, with your choice of alert sound
• Record and review your exam results
• Sync across all your Apple devices
• All 400 colour icons and 70 colours
Exam Countdown is free to download and use. Premium is available as a yearly subscription or as a one off lifetime purchase.
Terms of Use - https://www.root38.com/terms-and-conditions/
Privacy Policy - https://www.root38.com/privacy-policy/
Ratings & Reviews
Exam Countdown has been completely redesigned, every screen rebuilt for iOS 26.
New Calendar View shows the term ahead at a glance. Three new widgets, including a live countdown that ticks every second. Your next exam on the Lock Screen. And a new date picker, so you can choose dates by wheel or calendar.
Plus improved search, clearer alerts, a smoother sign-in, notifications fixes and shared exam fixes.
The developer, ROOT38 LIMITED, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- ROOT38 LIMITED
- Size
- 104 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 11 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Premium Yearly USD 5.99
- Premium Access USD 5.99
- Lifetime Premium USD 11.99
- Premium 3 Months USD 3.99
- Premium Yearly Subscription USD 6.49
- Copyright
- © Root38 Limited 2026