Shortcuts (Quick Open) vs Countdown Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
Access your most used applications instantly from various convenient locations. Launch apps directly from your lock screen, a dedicated widget, or through a long-press on their icons. Supports a wide range of system and third-party applications for rapid access.
- Launch apps from lock screen
- Today View widget shortcuts
- Haptic touch app icon shortcuts
- System app shortcuts
- Third-party app shortcuts
- Quick call to contacts
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Quickly open your favorite apps using Shortcuts! Open apps directly from the lock screen, the Today View widget, or via Haptic touch on the app icon Currently featuring shortcuts to: (System) -App Store -Calendar -iBooks -Mail -Maps -Music -Notes -Phone (choose a contact to quick call) -Photos -Podcasts -Safari (3rd Party) -Amazon -Amazon Music -Audible -Box -Dropbox -Evernote -Facebook -Facebook Messenger -Fitbit -Google -Google Calendar -Google Chrome -Google Drive -Google Gmail -Google Hangouts -Google Maps -Google Photos -HBO GO -Instagram -KakaoTalk -Kindle -Line -LinkedIn -Lyft -Netflix -Outlook -Pinterest -Pokemon Go -Reddit -Skype -Slack -Snapchat -SoundCloud -Spotify -Square Cash -Telegram -TikTok -Tinder -Twitter -Uber -Venmo -Waze -WeChat -WhatsApp -Yahoo Finance -Yahoo Weather -Yelp -Youtube -YouTube Music -Zoom
Countdown Widget
Organize and beautify your mobile desktop with customizable widgets. Choose from various templates, fonts, colors, and backgrounds to create a unique and functional home screen experience.
- Customizable widgets
- To-do lists
- Step counter
- Digital clock
- Calendar integration
- Countdown timers
- Personalized backgrounds and fonts
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A content-rich, powerful desktop widget APP, which is very good to organize and beautify the mobile phone desktop. The software is simple to operate. The use of widgets makes the use of various software functions in the mobile phone more convenient. The widget APP is rich in built-in content. You can use it to easily create custom widgets to make your desktop unique. This software can meet both the appearance requirements and the practical requirements of users. Really high quality and low price. -To-do list, step count, digital clock, calendar, system information, countdown day anniversary and other functional component templates. There are many types of templates for each component. -Each part is divided into large, medium and small form, according to your own hobbies, you can be creative and free to combine -Personalized widget settings, multiple text colors, multiple font forms, multiple widget background images, and rich resources. You can create widget display forms freely. -There are a large number of wallpapers built in the widget, with wallpapers in solid colors, gradient colors and patterns, which are classified clearly and beautify the phone. We will also continue to update and optimize the product. If you have any questions, feedback is welcome. Contact: KJTechnology@163.com Terms of Use: https://littlewhiterabbitkj.github.io/resumemaker/TermsofService/ Privacy Policy: https://littlewhiterabbitkj.github.io/resumemaker/PrivacyPolicy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown Widget at 100% against Shortcuts (Quick Open)'s 16%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Shortcuts (Quick Open) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shortcuts (Quick Open) ships an update every 4 months, Countdown Widget every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shortcuts (Quick Open) | Countdown Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Fang | 技 柯 |
Customer experience
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
Countdown Widget
Bugs and requests
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incompatible with latest iOS version
- Google Maps shortcut keeps crashing
- Can't add shortcuts to home screen
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to create custom app shortcuts
- Improve instructions and tutorials
- Integrate with more third-party apps
- Allow adding widgets to home screen
Countdown Widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shortcuts (Quick Open)
- Upgrade$0.99
Countdown Widget
- Unlock all functions$1.99
Questions
Is Shortcuts (Quick Open) free?
Is Countdown Widget free?
Do Shortcuts (Quick Open) or Countdown Widget have ads?
Which is updated more often, Shortcuts (Quick Open) or Countdown Widget?
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