Comparison

Countdown with widget vs Upcoming

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

Head to head
About

Countdown with widget

Create beautiful, customizable countdowns to or from important dates. Share live countdown websites with loved ones and add notes, to-do lists, and reminders. Enjoy your waiting experience with widgets and extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • Create countdowns in seconds
  • Add notes, to-dos, and reminders
  • Share live countdown websites
  • Customizable countdown decorations
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Thousands of premium wallpapers
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Enjoy the waiting. Share it with your loved ones. Never miss a thing. "Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting" -- Joyce Meyer We'll allow you to wait in a brand new way. This app makes creating beautiful countdowns a pleasure. You can customise them as you want, share them and have them in your widgets. We did our best to make an app simple yet powerful that you'll enjoy using everyday. Waiting will never be the same! For each countdown, you can create a custom live website that you can share with anyone. It works great on every device, from smartphones to personal computers. It works with social media, messages or emails. You can also add notes, thoughts, to-do lists and reminders for every countdown. And of course custom reminders too! Here's a summary of what's included: [+] Create a countdown in seconds [+] Add notes and TO-DOs for any countdown [+] Add powerful, custom made reminders [+] Share your countdowns as live websites that work everywhere [+] Change any countdown with a few taps [+] More than 20'000 premium wallpapers to use [+] Advanced decorations for your countdown [+] View all your countdowns at once or focus only on the upcoming events [+] Have your countdowns as widgets in your home and lock screen Try the app, it's worth more than any description. We're always here to help and improve the app. We welcome your feedback so please, if there's something we can do for you, write a review or send us an email! Enjoy your waiting :) Support: https://crazyhorseapps.com/support Privacy Policy: https://crazyhorseapps.com/apps-privacy-policy Terms Of Service: https://crazyhorseapps.com/apps/countdowns/countdown-terms

About

Upcoming

Track important dates with a customizable countdown widget. Visualize your progress towards goals, events, or holidays with daily updates. Stay motivated and focused by seeing how much time remains until your next milestone.

Highlights
  • Daily countdown tracking
  • Customizable icons and colors
  • Event card styling
  • Motivation for goal completion
  • Sense of urgency for tasks
Features
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Upcoming is a simple and easy to use countdown day by day app. It is user friendly and highly customisable. You are able to select the icon, color to style your events card. It can use to track the day of your anniversary, birthday, holiday, graduations or anything you can think out. Motivation - The willingness to complete something - Knowing how much time left to your goal is pure motivation to get ti done faster. Sense of Urgency - Looking at it day by day it will install a sense of urgency in you. Therefore, you will spend less time on social media or Netflix and will be more focused on the task at hand. If you have any suggestion, please leave us a review on App Store. We hope to read them soon so that we can make the app even better for you. Terms and pricing: Upcoming offers an auto-renewing yearly subscription at $10.49 USD/year to provide you with unlimited access to groups, colors, icons and all the premium features while you maintain an active subscription. Payment will be charged to the payment method connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JNCHjdEaUqFAD1AAu1UufTuoq4-qbyzt3BvMIHGcQn8/edit?usp=sharing Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Countdown with widget4 screens
Upcoming4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Countdown with widget at free with in-app purchases against Upcoming's subscription. Countdown with widget also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 40). Upcoming's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 27%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 with widget sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Upcoming sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Upcoming holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown with widget has 2.1K ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Countdown with widget's written reviews are positive against 57% of Upcoming's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown with widget ships an update every 5 weeks, Upcoming every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countdown with widget versus Upcoming: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown with widgetUpcoming
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.1K ratings)4.7 (40 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.2% of reviews56.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.1K — better40
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarolina PlattiKok Keong

Customer experience

Countdown with widget

All ratings2,053 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews544 reviews
Positive27.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative71.0%

Upcoming

All ratings40 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral7.5%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive56.5%
Neutral30.4%
Negative13.0%

Bugs and requests

Countdown with widget

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Countdown display issues
  • Trouble cancelling subscription
  • Unexpected charges after uninstalling

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to use own photos as backgrounds
  • Improve widget functionality and display
  • Add option to exclude weekends from countdown
  • Expand selection of background images and themes

Upcoming

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Countdown with widget

Subscriptions4
  • ∞ Event Countdown timers7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Countdown app +7 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Countdown days until - 3657 Days trial$14.991 Year
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  • Full access for 1 year7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • Purchase Website for a single countdown$0.99
  • Purchase all wallpapers$1.99
  • Purchase premium Frames$19.99
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  • Count down ∞$39.99
4 purchases

Upcoming

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$11.491 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime - Early Bird Discount$5.99
  • Lifetime$20.99

Questions

Is Countdown with widget free?
Countdown with widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Upcoming free?
Upcoming is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown with widget or Upcoming?
Upcoming is rated higher. Countdown with widget averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Upcoming averages 4.7 from 40 ratings.
Do Countdown with widget or Upcoming have ads?
Upcoming shows ads; Countdown with widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown with widget or Upcoming?
Countdown with widget ships an update every 5 weeks, and Upcoming every 2 months. Most recently, Countdown with widget was updated on September 22, 2026 and Upcoming on September 22, 2026.

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