Countdowns ※ vs Countdown Widget Timer
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 Timer
Easily track important dates and events with a customizable countdown timer. Set reminders for birthdays, holidays, or personal goals, and view remaining time in days, hours, minutes, and seconds directly on your home screen.
- Unlimited event timers
- Customizable backgrounds and colors
- Home screen widget display
- Flexible notification settings
- Annual recurrence options
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It's time to get acquainted with a cool countdown timer that will remind you of important events and dates! Birthdays of friends and relatives, a month without sweets, training at a strictly allocated time, approaching New Year and Valentine's Day - now you will not forget anything, you will have time everywhere and prepare for important events in advance! The app allows you to create a countdown clock that will show how much time in days, hours, minutes and seconds is left until the desired event. App Features: - Create timers in unlimited quantities, of any duration, whether it's 9 months of pregnancy or 2 weeks before your long-awaited vacation; - Pick up ready-made backgrounds, different colors, or place your own photos on the event screen; - Place the widget anywhere on your Iphone home screen so you can count down important dates at all times; - Receive notifications when an event is nearing completion by setting flexible settings; - Set annual recurrences and more. Legal information Privacy Policy: https://appboxgroup.com/countdown/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://appboxgroup.com/countdown/terms.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Countdowns ※ and Countdown Widget Timer both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Countdowns ※'s written reviews are positive against 43% of Countdown Widget Timer's. Countdowns ※ also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Countdown Widget Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (484 vs 23). On price, rating 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. Countdowns ※ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget Timer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. 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 Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget Timer has 484 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 43% of Countdown Widget Timer's.
Countdowns ※ ships an update every 27 months, Countdown Widget Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdowns ※ | Countdown Widget Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (23 ratings) | 4.6 (484 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 484 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iReka Soft | App Box |
Customer experience
Countdowns ※
Countdown Widget Timer
Bugs and requests
Countdowns ※
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Countdown Widget Timer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Widgets not showing up on home screen
- Purchased features not working as expected
- App crashing after updates
- Countdown dates not accurate
Requested features
4 requests- Add repeat weekly/monthly option
- Allow more than one countdown for free
- Add option to show weeks in widget
- Improve widget customization
In-app purchases
Countdowns ※
- Extras Awesomeness$1.99
Countdown Widget Timer
- Full access for one week$3.997 Days
- Full access for one month$6.491 Month
- Full access for three months$11.993 Months
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- Full access for one year7 Days trial$13.491 Year
- Lifetime Full Access$3.99
- Premium access forever$3.99
- Access to premium Lifetimeme$3.99
Questions
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