Countdown with widget vs Countdown Creator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Countdown Creator
Create visually appealing countdown widgets for upcoming holidays and personal events. Customize your countdowns with photos, text, and colors. Share your countdowns with friends and get notified when your event arrives.
- Customizable countdown widgets
- Add photos and custom text
- Built-in holiday list
- Share countdowns via Messages
- Home screen widgets
- iCloud sync
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Celebrate every moment with Countdown Creator – create beautiful countdown widgets to look forward to your next occasion. Countdown cards are completely customizable. Add photos, text styles, and colors to make your countdown look great. Search for beautiful high-quality photos with Unsplash, built right into the app. Or use photos from your own photo library. Holidays are built-in for easy countdown setup, with over 20 to choose from: national holidays, religious observances, and cultural celebrations. Just select the holiday you want, and we’ll create it for you – no need to figure out the date. Plus, the countdown rolls over to the next year once the holiday passes. Use the Messages app to send countdowns to friends. Select the Countdown Creator iMessage app in the drawer, and simply choose a countdown to send. Your friend will receive a copy of your countdown, and they can save it on their own device. Easily display widgets on your home screen. Choose a countdown from the widget settings and see how many days are left at a glance. You’ll receive a notification when the countdown is done, and you’ll be treated to a confetti celebration. And with iCloud sync, your countdowns are always up-to-date across all your devices. Countdown Creator is the ultimate tool for staying excited and connected to the special moments in your life. Download the app today and start counting down to the moments that matter most!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown with widget at 27% against Countdown Creator's 0%. Countdown with widget also leads on ratings volume (2.1K vs 6) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Countdown Creator's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Countdown with widget sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Countdown Creator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown Creator 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 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 27% of Countdown with widget's written reviews are positive against 0% of Countdown Creator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Countdown with widget ships an update every 5 weeks, Countdown Creator every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown with widget | Countdown Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.1K ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carolina Platti | Joseph Rupertus |
Customer experience
Countdown with widget
Countdown Creator
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
Countdown Creator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown with widget
- ∞ 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
- 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
Countdown Creator
- Countdown Premium$2.99
Questions
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