Waterfall vs Countdown Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waterfall
This application displays the current time on your device screen, creating a unique visual effect by simulating a cascading waterfall of numbers. It offers a distinctive way to view the time with its innovative design.
- Waterfall number effect for time display
- Simulates cascading numbers
- Displays current device time
- Unique visual interface
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The program displays the current time on the device screen, simulating the effect of a waterfall of numbers.
Countdown Widget
This app helps you track important dates like birthdays and anniversaries by displaying countdowns directly on your Home Screen. It offers customizable reminders, the ability to count up from milestones, and iCloud synchronization across devices.
- Home Screen countdown widgets
- Customizable reminders
- Repeating event tracking
- Count up from milestones
- Personalized event themes
- Calendar import
- iCloud sync
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Never miss the dates that matter. Birthdays, anniversaries, trips and deadlines have a way of sneaking up on you. Countful keeps every important date right on your Home Screen, counting down the days so you always have time to prepare. WHY PEOPLE LOVE COUNTFUL • Countdown widgets: See days, hours and minutes left on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. No need to open the app. • Reminders that arrive in time: Get notified days, hours or minutes before the big day. Snooze any reminder for an hour with one tap. • Repeating events: Birthdays and anniversaries repeat every year automatically, and your reminders keep coming every time. • Count up too: Track days since a milestone, a habit or a special moment. • Make it yours: Add your own photo, pick a gradient, a pattern and an emoji for every event. • Import from Calendar: Bring in the dates you already have instead of typing them by hand. • Tags and search: Group events by tag and find anything in seconds. • Archive: Hide past or paused events without losing them. Archived events stay quiet until you bring them back. • iCloud sync: Your countdowns stay up to date on all your devices. PERFECT FOR Birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, vacations, trips, holidays, Christmas, New Year, exams, deadlines, due dates, concerts and every day you're looking forward to. COUNTFUL PRO Unlock unlimited events, Calendar import and every widget style with a monthly, yearly or one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://indiegoodies.com/countdown/terms Privacy Policy: https://indiegoodies.com/countdown/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Countdown Widget at Free against Waterfall's $0.99. Countdown Widget also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). Waterfall's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and device support (5 vs 1). On rating 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
Countdown Widget is free to download; Waterfall costs $0.99 up front. Countdown Widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Waterfall asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Waterfall against 4.9 for Countdown Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Waterfall ships an update every 4 months, Countdown Widget every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Waterfall | Countdown Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kostakov Maxim | Khuong Pham |
Customer experience
Waterfall
Countdown Widget
In-app purchases
Waterfall
No in-app purchases
Countdown Widget
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$5.991 Year
- Discount lifetime access$3.99
- Lifetime access$9.99
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