Comparison

Countdown widget vs Seasons

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

Head to head
About

Countdown widget

Easily track upcoming events with a customizable countdown timer. Never miss important dates like birthdays, holidays, or anniversaries again. Personalize your countdowns with unique styles, colors, and images, and view them directly on your home screen.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns
  • Homescreen widgets
  • Customizable styles
  • Event notifications
  • HD widget themes
  • Shareable event updates
Features
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----*** App is nominated as 'App of the day' by Design Nominee ***--- Are you often waiting for special events in your life, such as your first day at work, your wedding day, the day your baby was born, first salary, first bonus, summer holiday, Halloween, Christmas, Birthday, New Year’s Eve, camping trip...You write it on calendar, and count each day, each week... until that day. Then, are you manually calculating days left until these special dates? You want someone to remind it for you, because you might forget and feel bad about it. This app is exact what you are looking for : 'Countdown widget - unique styles countdown timer'. 'Countdown widget' is an easy-to-use, free app that reminds you about important events in your life. Never ever miss these events again. This countdown app displays exactly the number of days, hours... remaining for your event automatically, and notify you when the moment is near. Furthermore, you don't even need to open app, and can still keep track of your countdown by using widget. When using this app, what you need to do, is just sit back, and enjoy your life with a cup of coffee. Now, 'Countdown widget' is totally different from other countdown widgets. Unlike other apps which show only boring white text and numbers, this app focuses into personalizing your countdown event with templates, colors, font and images. You can design your own countdown, paste it on to the wall and share it to your friends. This app is also strongly designed for iOS 10, which comes with best widget design. Countdown Widget - Unique styles timer features summary: - Never miss another Christmas, Holiday, Halloween, Event, Birthday, Wedding or Anniversary with Countdown Timer Widget. - Birthday Countdown timer - Event Countdown widget - Day Countdown widget for homescreen - Customize your app with dozens of beautiful wallpapers. - All your events now stored in a single view. - Choose between dozens of beautiful application themes, coming with 2 sizes(half and full width of screen) - Event notification options. - Customize events with colors. - Stunning HD Widget themes. - Support any types of time: year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second Special events are meant for sharing. With new, beautiful HD themes, countdown widget app is not only useful, it looks stunning as well. We have ensured that you can share graphic-rich event updates on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or via email. Although most of the templates are free, some of them are locked and require payment to get unlocked. You can unlock these templates from within the app for only 0.99. This app is super easy to use, just choose a countdown template then type event name & date. BOOM, it's done, and already on your widget screen. Enjoy, we hope you will have many meaningful days and moments in your life. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at long-nguyen@activeuser.co

About

Seasons

This app helps you track your progress through each season and plan activities. It offers customizable lists, helpful reminders, and curated recommendations to inspire year-round enjoyment.

Highlights
  • Season progress indicator
  • Customizable activity lists
  • Seasonal reminders
  • Curated activity recommendations
  • Intuitive design
Features
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Seasons helps you turn each season into a simple bucket list of things you actually want to do. Plan your summer adventures, fall traditions, winter activities, and spring goals in one clean, seasonal app. Add activities, save dates, track your progress, and get optional reminders so the season does not pass by before you get to the fun stuff. Whether you are planning a summer bucket list, a cozy fall weekend, winter family activities, or spring goals, Seasons gives you a simple place to keep track of it all. Features: • Create bucket lists for spring, summer, fall, and winter • Add activities, dates, and descriptions • Track your progress through each season • Get optional reminders at the start, middle, or end of a season • Discover seasonal activity ideas for inspiration • Keep everything simple with a clean, distraction-free design Weather Trend Line: See how the year typically warms and cools where you live. Enter a supported U.S. ZIP code to display average weekly temperatures across all four seasons, drawn from 30 years of local climate data. It is a simple way to understand the usual rhythm of the weather. Apple Watch: Keep up with the season from your wrist. Check your progress and days remaining, browse your activities, mark things complete, or add a new idea using dictation. Apple Watch complications can also place seasonal progress and upcoming plans directly on your watch face. iOS Widgets: Add Seasons to your Home Screen for a quick look at your current season. Choose a compact view of your progress or a larger widget showing days remaining, complete Use Seasons for: • Summer bucket lists • Fall activities • Winter plans • Spring goals • Family activities • Weekend ideas • Date ideas • Seasonal traditions • Personal goals • Things you want to do before the season ends Life moves fast. Seasons helps you slow down, make a plan, and enjoy more of the moments that make each season special.

Screenshots

Countdown widget4 screens
Seasons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Seasons at 5.0 against Countdown widget's 4.3. Seasons also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Countdown widget's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (73 vs 3). On price, ads 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 widget sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Seasons asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Seasons holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown widget has 73 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown widget ships an update every 3 weeks, Seasons every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countdown widget versus Seasons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown widgetSeasons
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (73 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTien Long NguyenGui Pinto

Customer experience

Countdown widget

All ratings73 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%

Seasons

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Countdown widget

One-time10
  • Remove ads$0.99
  • Fun party template(both half and full width)$0.99
  • Travel template(Full width)$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Pink love style(both half and full width)$0.99
  • Colored Flip clock template(both half and fullwidth)$0.99
  • Circle-progress template(Full & Half width size)$0.99
  • Basic package$0.99
  • Saving package$1.99
  • Best deal package$2.99
  • Premium version(unlock all styles and remove ads)$4.99
None

Seasons

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown widget free?
Countdown widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Seasons free?
Seasons is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown widget or Seasons?
Seasons is rated higher. Countdown widget averages 4.3 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Seasons averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Countdown widget or Seasons have ads?
Neither Countdown widget nor Seasons shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown widget or Seasons?
Countdown widget ships an update every 3 weeks, and Seasons every 3 months. Most recently, Countdown widget was updated on October 16, 2026 and Seasons on October 15, 2026.

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