Comparison

Countdown widget vs Still

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

Still

Features
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Still counts every day you have lived. Open it once a day, tap to mark that you are still here, and watch the number grow. No feeds, no noise, no pressure. Just a quiet reminder that your time is finite and today counts. WHAT YOU GET - Days lived: the exact number of days since you were born, updated every day. - Daily check-in: tap once a day to mark you were here, and build a streak. - Life in years: a simple grid where every square is one year you have lived. - Stats and milestones: track your longest streak and celebrate big day counts like 10,000. - Events: add birthdays and anniversaries with gentle reminders on the day. - Share card: turn your day count into a beautiful card to share with friends. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Start instantly, no account required. - Sign in with Apple or Google only when you want to back up and sync across devices. - Delete your account and data anytime, right inside the app. Still is for anyone who wants to be a little more present. Count the days, and make them count.

Screenshots

Countdown widget4 screens
Still4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Still at none against Countdown widget's 10. Countdown widget's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence 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. Still asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown widget ships an update every 3 weeks, Still monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown widget versus Still: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown widgetStill
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTien Long NguyenCong Nguyen

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
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  • 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

Still

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown widget free?
Countdown widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Still free?
Still is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Countdown widget or Still have ads?
Still shows ads; Countdown widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown widget or Still?
Countdown widget ships an update every 3 weeks, and Still monthly. Most recently, Countdown widget was updated on November 2, 2026 and Still on October 31, 2026.

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