Countdown

Remembering someone's birthday might be a real chore, especially if you have a lot of close friends and acquaintances. The smartest thing to do in this situation is to mark down the dates and set up reminders that would remind you about them. Countdown is a neat tool that can help you stay updated with everybody's anniversary, but on top of that, it can be used to create notes and prop up reminders about any subject.

First things first, you have to create new anniversaries, or simply put notes. To do that, use the pane that pops up after you click the New anniversary button. While inside the note creator, one can choose a title, a trigger date, and give it a bit of context. Once added, the reminder will create an entry within both the Home and the Anniversary menus.

Checking the notes can easily be done from the Home or Anniversary panes, if you want to interact with them. Also, each menu has a different way of displaying the items. While in Home, you can only view the title, the number of remaining days, and the end date.

Anniversary on the other side, present the notes as flashcards, as they can be turned over in order to expose the text information. Besides, this is the only place where the notes can be deleted.

As the sidebar has a low number of items, the settings menu cannot be ignored. This is marked as Set Up, but upon accessing it, no options or tweaks seem to be available. It is not clear if the utility is still under development, but having an empty settings menu cannot be a good sign.

In conclusion, Countdown is advertised as an anniversary-related reminder, but that is not the case, as you are free to jot down notes about any aspect of your life.