Countdowns ※ vs Countdown Widget & Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdowns ※
Create stylish countdowns to important events like vacations, birthdays, or concerts. Customize units from years to seconds and use your own photos as backgrounds. Receive notifications and share your countdowns easily.
- Customizable countdown units (years to seconds)
- Personalized photo backgrounds
- Event notifications
- Screenshot sharing
- Multiple sharing platforms
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Countdown to your next event - your up coming vacation, your spouse's birthday, your favorite band’s concert, the next movie premiere, your child's graduation, your anniversary, and more - with style! FEATURES • Customizable Unit for Countdowns: Years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds. • Use your own photo as the background. • Notification for your events. • Share screenshots of your countdown with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Email, Whatsapp and ohters.
Countdown Widget & Counter
Create customizable widgets to track upcoming events directly on your home screen. Visualize your countdowns with beautiful designs, icons, and color gradients. Receive real-time notifications for important dates.
- Live countdown widgets
- Customizable widget templates
- Event editor with live preview
- Color gradients
- Over 50 icons
- Real-time push notifications
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Keep an eye on your upcoming events - directly on your Home Screen! Create minimalistic widgets that countdown to the big day. The widgets in Widget Studio are highly customizable and clean-designed, so that nothing distracts your focus from the concert, your best friend‘s birthday or whatever you‘re currently looking forward to! It‘s quick, easy, and looks awesome. Welcome to Widget Studio. So, what do we have here? - Powerful event editor with live preview - Multiple customizable widget templates for iPhone & iPad - Beautiful color gradients for your Home Screen - Over 50 different icons to choose from - Real time push notifications for your events - Full support for Voice Over and Dynamic Type - Live countdown widgets Info: Most of the app's content is free. Some selected features require the purchase of a full version in the app (recurring annual subscription). We rely on your support to make development possible. Thank you for your understanding! :) Terms of Use (EULA) & Privacy Policy: https://cranberry.app/legal We have put a lot of love into the development of Widget Studio and hope you enjoy it. However, if you have something to complain about, or an exciting idea for future updates or additional apps of Widget Studio, please feel free to contact us at any time via support@cranberry.app. We are looking forward to your message. Take care!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown Widget & Counter at fortnightly against Countdowns ※'s every 27 months. Countdown Widget & Counter also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 23). Countdowns ※'s advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Countdowns ※ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget & Counter sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Countdowns ※ against 4.6 for Countdown Widget & Counter. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget & Counter has 2.4K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Countdowns ※'s written reviews are positive against 76% of Countdown Widget & Counter's.
Countdowns ※ ships an update every 27 months, Countdown Widget & Counter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdowns ※ | Countdown Widget & Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (23 ratings) | 4.6 (2.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 75.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iReka Soft | The Good App Company, Limited Liability Company |
Customer experience
Countdowns ※
Countdown Widget & Counter
Bugs and requests
Countdowns ※
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Countdown Widget & Counter
Reported bugs
7 issues- Time calculation isn't correct
- Widget and in-app display show different days remaining
- Widget goes blank after phone restart
- Countdowns freeze or count up unexpectedly
- Paid version still shows ads
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- Widgets disappear after iOS updates
- App loses all user data after updates
Requested features
11 requests- Better integration with calendar and reminder API
- Ability to rearrange events in the countdown list
- Option to default 'What's Next' to user's choice
- Larger photo frame in widget
- Ability to group events into categories
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- Option to change font
- Ability to select an emoji for icons
- Notification times for events
- Ability to select the countdown unit (weeks/months)
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
In-app purchases
Countdowns ※
- Extras Awesomeness$1.99
Countdown Widget & Counter
- Widget Studio PRO$1.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
- Widget Studio PRO$4.991 Year
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- Widget Studio PRO$5.991 Year
- Widget Studio PRO2 variants$7.991 Year
- Widget Studio PRO$8.991 Year
- Annual Subscription3 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Widget Studio PRO$12.991 Year
- Widget Studio Pro Lifetime$9.99
- Widget Studio Pro Lifetime$14.99
Questions
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