Your whole timetable, one screen
Every paper, prelim, mock, test, coursework hand-in and results day in one list, sorted by what is closest. School, college or university. Unlimited exams, free, with no account needed to start.
Exam CountdownAll your exams. One clear view.
Keep every deadline in one place, colour-coded and counting down, so you always know what’s next and how long you have to prepare.
Free to download. No sign-up needed to start.
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Built for every deadline
Know what is next, without thinking about it.
Exam Countdown does one job properly: it holds your timetable of exams, tests, coursework hand-ins and school, college and uni deadlines, and keeps the next date in front of you. No revision guilt, no study streaks to keep up, just the dates, counting down.
Widgets that keep the date in front of you
The free Next Exam widget puts your closest paper on the Home Screen. Premium adds a live countdown that ticks every second, a four-exam summary, per-subject widgets and Lock Screen and StandBy sizes.
Your term at a glance
Calendar View lays the whole term out on a month grid, colour-coded by subject, so you can see where the crunch weeks are (a matric finals run, a fortnight of A Level papers, three assignments due the same week) before you plan revision around them.
Reminders that do the remembering
Alerts before every exam so nothing creeps up on you. Premium adds detailed alerts, so you can be told a week out, the night before and an hour before the paper.
Colour-code every subject
Give each subject its own colour and pick from over 400 icons, from beakers to calculators to a Roman helmet. Your timetable should be readable at a glance, not a wall of grey text.
Record how it went
Log your mark against each paper once it is done, so the whole season is in one place when results day arrives. Create a free account and the whole lot is backed up, ready to restore on your next phone.
Up and running in seconds
Your first countdown is a few taps away.
- 1
Add your first exam
Subject, paper and the date and time it starts, or a coursework deadline. Add the rest of the season in a few minutes.
- 2
Colour-code it
Pick a colour and an icon for each subject so your timetable reads at a glance.
- 3
Watch it count down
See every paper in your list, full screen down to the second, or as a widget on your Home and Lock Screen.
Wherever you are studying
It fits your exam system, because you name it.
There is no country version to pick and no curriculum to set up. You type in what you are actually sitting, so the app works the same whether that is an NSC final, a Higher, or a dissertation deadline.
South Africa
Grade 10, 11 and 12, on the DBE or IEB timetable. New accounts in South Africa start with Prelims, Trials, June Exams, Finals, Orals and Tests already set up.
- June exams
- Prelims
- Trials
- NSC matric finals
- Orals
- Matric results
United Kingdom & Ireland
Every board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA and SQA. Plus mocks, and the resit and results days on either side of them.
- GCSEs
- AS & A Levels
- Mocks
- BTECs
- National 5s
- Highers
- Leaving Cert
College & university
The deadlines that are not sat in a hall: coursework, assignments, dissertations, and the semester tests and supps around them.
- Semester tests
- Finals
- Supplementary exams
- Coursework
- Dissertations
Inside the app
Built to be read at a glance.
Your timetable
Every paper and deadline, closest first
Calendar View
Your whole month at a glance
Widgets
Countdowns that tick every second
Icons and colours
400+ icons, a colour per subject
Widgets
Six ways to keep the next exam in sight.
The one you will use most is free. The rest come with Premium.
Next Exam
FreeSmall & Medium
Your closest paper, always on the Home Screen.
Countdown
PremiumSmall & Medium
Pick any exam and pin it. Choose the subject it shows.
Live Countdown
PremiumMedium
Days, hours, minutes and seconds, ticking in real time.
Next 4 Exams
PremiumLarge
The week ahead in one tile, colour-coded by subject.
Category Countdown
PremiumSmall & Medium
Count down to a whole group: Finals, Mocks, Orals.
Lock Screen & StandBy
PremiumAccessory
Your next exam without unlocking your phone.
Loved by students
Millions of exams, counted down.
GCSE’s
Would really recommend for GCSE’s. Very easy to use and motivated me to work because it was easily enough laid out to see when things are. The colours and icons make it super easy to see what subject is what as well.
13Jessy16
App Store, UK
Love the personalisation
All your exam dates in one place. Personalise each subject by choosing a different colour and icon. Great way to get organised!
MissHelB
App Store, UK
Fantastic app
I really love this app, it’s so simple yet so effective in helping you keep things in track! It reminds me everyday on how many days left till an exam and it immediately makes me feel the need to study.
ziphozonke_mk07
App Store, South Africa
Go Premium
Unlock the full Exam Countdown.
Premium clears the ads and unlocks every feature, so your whole season is colour-coded and on every screen you own. It starts with a free trial.
- Calendar View
- Live Countdown widget, ticking every second
- Next 4 Exams and Category widgets
- Lock Screen and StandBy widgets
- Live Activities on your Lock Screen (iPhone)
- Detailed alerts before every paper
- Categories to group and filter exams
- Record your results
- No ads, ever
Chemistry
3 days
Geography
18 days
Mathematics
84 days
Results Day
121 days
History
23 days
English Lit
42 days
What’s New
Redesigned top to bottom, with Calendar View and widgets that tick
Exam Countdown 5.6 is the big one: the app is redesigned from the exam list up, Calendar View shows the whole term on a month grid, and new widgets count down to the second on your Home and Lock Screen.
Frequently asked
Everything you might want to know.
- What is Exam Countdown?
- Exam Countdown is a free exam timetable and countdown app for iPhone, iPad and Android. Add every paper, prelim, mock, test, coursework hand-in and results day, at school, college or university. Colour-code them by subject, and watch live counters tick down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until each one.
- Is Exam Countdown free?
- Yes. Exam Countdown is free on the App Store and Google Play, with unlimited exams and no time limit. Creating an account is free too, and backs your exams up. Premium is an optional upgrade that adds Calendar View, the full widget collection, detailed alerts, categories and results tracking, and removes ads.
- Which exams does it work for?
- Any of them. In South Africa it is used for Grade 10, 11 and 12 exams: June exams, prelims, trials and the NSC matric finals, on both the DBE and IEB timetables. In the UK it is used for GCSEs, AS and A Levels, BTECs, National 5s, Highers and Advanced Highers, and mocks. Elsewhere, the Leaving Certificate, SATs and APs. At college and university it is used for semester tests, supplementary exams, dissertation and assignment deadlines. You name each exam yourself, so it fits whatever you are sitting.
- Can I put a countdown to my next exam on my Home Screen?
- Yes, and it is free. The Next Exam widget shows your closest paper on the Home Screen in small or medium size. Premium adds a configurable Countdown widget for any exam you choose, a Live Countdown that ticks every second, a Next 4 Exams summary, per-category widgets, and Lock Screen and StandBy widgets.
- Will it remind me before an exam?
- Yes. Set an alert before any exam and Exam Countdown will notify you. Premium adds detailed alerts, so you can be reminded a week before, the night before and an hour before the same paper.
- Do my exams sync if I change phone?
- Yes, and creating an account is free. Sign up and your exams, subjects, colours and results are backed up, then restored on any device you sign in on. It is worth doing as soon as you start: without an account your exams live on the device itself, so a lost, reset or replaced phone takes them with it.
- What does Premium cost?
- Premium is an in-app subscription with a free trial so you can try everything first. Current pricing is shown in the app before you commit, and it varies by country.
- Is Exam Countdown on Android?
- Yes. Exam Countdown is free on Google Play, and the Android app has the same features, the same Premium upgrade and the same releases as the iPhone and iPad app. Everything described on this page works on both.
Live countdowns
How many days until…?
Live countdowns to the dates every student is watching. Tap one to see it tick down to the second.
Support
Here to help.
Suggest an improvement or get in touch if something is not working as expected.
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