Couple Widget vs Outside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Couple Widget
Track your relationship milestones with a beautiful widget. This app helps you count the days together, reminds you of special anniversaries, and allows you to capture and share your love story with your partner.
- Days Together counter
- Anniversary reminders
- Shared Love Story diary
- First Moments capture
- Couple Connect features
- Personalizable widgets
- Couple Calendar
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Looking for the perfect love app? Couple Widget lets you see your Days Together at a glance and automatically reminds you of special anniversaries. Capture your Love Story and first moments, then share them with your partner to stay connected and close. With Couple Widget, you can: • Keep every moment A real-time Days Together counter — from the very first day to today. • Never miss an anniversary Get reminders for 10/100 days, the day before, and other important dates. • Love Story diary Record your memories with photos in a shared couple’s diary. • First Moments Save your first experiences together and express the emotion with emojis. • Couple Connect Stay close by commenting on and liking each other’s posts. • Personalize your widget Create your own Home Screen with themes and couple photos. • Simple & intuitive Anyone can add and edit widgets with ease. • Couple Calendar View anniversaries at a glance and add notes freely. Download Couple Widget and make every day a little more special!
Outside
Plan, share, and remember important moments with loved ones. Ideal for long-distance relationships, trip planning, and creating a visual diary of your year. Features live widgets and offline access.
- Shared countdowns for long-distance couples
- Trip planning with group coordination
- Yearly memory archive and profile
- Live widgets for home and lock screens
- Calendar sync (Apple & Google)
- Offline functionality
- Photo sharing for Lock Screen
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Waiting is better together. Turn every date you can't wait for—weddings, trips, birthdays, reunions—into a countdown you share, with widgets you'll both smile at every day. Use Outside for trips, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, reunions, concerts and every date worth looking forward to. CREATE AND SHARE Create a countdown, send an invite and let friends, family or your partner join the same moment. WIDGETS AT A GLANCE Keep your next countdown on your Home Screen, Lock Screen or in StandBy. PLAN TOGETHER Add the date, place and details so everyone knows what is happening. FREE TO START The free plan includes creating, sharing and joining countdowns, plus Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets. OUTSIDE PRO Outside Pro is optional and adds custom reminders, calendar sync, recurring events, attachments, camera-roll wallpapers, group chat, custom app icons, photo uploads and search, premium countdown styles, links and checklists. Available plans, prices and introductory trial eligibility are shown before purchase. Terms: https://outside.so/terms Privacy: https://outside.so/privacy Support: https://outside.so/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Couple Widget at none against Outside's 17. Couple Widget also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 54%) and iOS requirement (15 vs 18.0). Outside's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Outside sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Couple Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Couple Widget against 4.7 for Outside. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.5K and 2.8K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Couple Widget's written reviews are positive against 54% of Outside's.
Couple Widget ships an update every 5 days, Outside every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Couple Widget | Outside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.5K ratings) | 4.7 (2.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.7% of reviews — better | 53.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 2.8K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jae Young Kim | Outside HQ LTD |
Customer experience
Couple Widget
Outside
User reviews
Couple Widget
From 3.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 📆 Helpful for tracking relationship milestones
- 💕 Cute and aesthetically pleasing design
- 🗓️ Calendar feature for recording daily events
Room to improve
- 🐛 Issues with date/day count accuracy
- 📢 Too many ads interrupting the experience
- 🔒 Inability to change or reset password
- 🔍 Limited customization options
Outside
From 2.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Free home/lock screen countdown widget
- 👍 Simple and chic design
- 👍 Highly customizable
- 👍 Seamless calendar integration
- 👍 Useful AI assistant
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy, crashes, and glitches
- 💰 Subscription-based model, expensive pricing
- 🔒 Limits free features, forces paid subscription
- 🤔 Confusing and changing pricing structure
- 🤔 Lack of transparency around free vs paid features
Bugs and requests
Couple Widget
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes or freezes after updates
- Widget not working or displaying correctly
- Date/day count not matching actual relationship duration
- Unable to change or set the initial relationship start date
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to sync data across devices
- Option to add more than one relationship
- Notification reminders for important dates
- Photo album or gallery integration
- Dark mode or theme customization
Outside
Reported bugs
3 issues- Widget not working after iOS updates
- Countdown events suddenly blocked by paywall
- Paid subscription not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- More customization options for widgets
- Ability to delete or edit events
- Improved Android support
- Memories/map feature to track past events
In-app purchases
Couple Widget
No in-app purchases
Outside
- Monthly subscription$2.991 Month
- Outside Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Monthly Plan$4.491 Month
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- Monthly subscription3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Yearly Pro Deal3 Days trial$12.491 Year
- Annual Pro3 Days trial$12.491 Year
- Outside Pro Annual$19.991 Year
- Annual Plan3 Days trial$29.491 Year
- Outside Pro Annual3 Days trial$31.491 Year
- Annual plan3 Days trial$44.491 Year
- Unlock Countdown styles$0.99
- Ad supported tier$4.99
- All Time Deal$5.49
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- All Time Deal$7.49
- All Time Pro$9.99
- Lifetime Access$29.99
- Lifetime access$44.49
Questions
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