Comparison

Countdown Day · Widget & Timer vs Countdown

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Countdown Day · Widget & Timer

Track important upcoming events with visually appealing countdowns. Customize your event cards with photos and icons, and share your progress on social media. Receive timely notifications to ensure you never miss a special date.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown cards
  • Gallery photo backgrounds
  • Event categories with icons
  • Social media sharing options
  • D-Day notifications
  • iCloud backup and sync
Features
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Day is a countdown timer for the moments that matter — trips, birthdays, anniversaries, deadlines, launches, and the small dates you still care about. Set a date and Day counts down the days, hours, and minutes until it arrives. Once it passes, keep it on your Home as an ongoing count-up, or let it settle into your Memory Box to look back on. EVERY MOMENT, BEAUTIFUL - Photo or gradient backgrounds for every event - Choose from an online photo gallery or use your own - Clean, editorial typography that's a pleasure to open ALWAYS IN SIGHT - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - A glance tells you how long is left — no need to open the app MADE YOURS - Warm, Light, and Dark themes - Show years, months, days, hours, minutes, or seconds - List, grid, and carousel layouts MORE WAYS TO COUNT - Count down to future dates, or count up from past ones - Ideas: start a countdown from a ready-made card - Reminders one week before, the day before and that morning - Count to the next one after a day has passed - Memory Snap: keep a photo with any countdown, saved on this device - Touch and hold a card to drag it where you want it - Import events straight from your calendar - Share a beautiful countdown card with the people in it - Custom reminder messages so you never miss the day - iCloud backup keeps your events safe across devices Day is free to use, widgets included. Premium adds photo widgets, themes, the online photo gallery, backup and restore, extra layouts, and removes ads. Essentials is a one-time option for photo widgets and no ads. Made with care for the days worth waiting for. Terms of Use: https://countdownday.com/app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://countdownday.com/app/privacy/

About

Countdown

Track important dates and count down to special events or count the days since a significant moment. Receive timely notifications and visualize your progress with beautiful counters. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with iCloud syncing across devices.

Highlights
  • Ad-free experience
  • Home screen widgets
  • Light and dark mode support
  • Count in days, weeks, months, hours, minutes
  • iCloud device syncing
  • Customizable event sorting
  • Event notifications
  • Shareable live counters
Features
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Countdown will help you to count down the days until a special event or, count from the days since an important moment in your life. You'll receive notifications when it's time. Countdown to birthdays, holidays, an upcoming vacation, weddings, the New Year, parties, sporting events, concerts, and more. features: - No advertisements - Add your events as widgets to your iOS home screen - Support for light and dark mode - Count with days, weeks, months, hours, minutes - Sync with all your devices from iCloud - Sort events by name or date, ascending or descending - Sort by repeating and one-time events - Receive notifications when it's time - Beautiful fullscreen live counter - Share the image with live counter with friends and family - No third-party tracking or analytics services are used. No personal data is shared with anyone. - Default library with beautiful pictures to use for your events

Screenshots

Countdown Day · Widget & Timer4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown at 4.8 against Countdown Day · Widget & Timer's 4.3. Countdown also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (28 vs 6). Countdown Day · Widget & Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Countdown Day · Widget & Timer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 28 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Day · Widget & Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, Countdown monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Countdown Day · Widget & Timer versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown Day · Widget & TimerCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)4.8 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings628 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNattapon KittisuphatDiscoveruapps v.o.f.

Customer experience

Countdown Day · Widget & Timer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive8.8%
Neutral8.8%
Negative82.4%

Countdown

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Countdown Day · Widget & Timer

Subscriptions3
  • Day Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Day Pro1 Year trial$9.991 Year
  • Day Pro Annual Trial3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Essentials$6.99
  • Day Pro Lifetime$14.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown+$1.99

Questions

Is Countdown Day · Widget & Timer free?
Countdown Day · Widget & Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Day · Widget & Timer or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown Day · Widget & Timer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Countdown averages 4.8 from 28 ratings.
Do Countdown Day · Widget & Timer or Countdown have ads?
Countdown Day · Widget & Timer shows ads; Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Day · Widget & Timer or Countdown?
Countdown Day · Widget & Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, and Countdown monthly. Most recently, Countdown Day · Widget & Timer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Countdown on November 3, 2026.

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