Comparison

Until Countdown & up to events vs Countdown widget

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

Head to head
About

Until Countdown & up to events

Track special days with a clear and beautiful event tracker. See time remaining in seconds, minutes, hours, months, or years. Customize with images, colors, and fun overlay effects.

Highlights
  • Event tracking in seconds, minutes, hours, months, years
  • Customizable backgrounds and event text colors
  • Fun overlay effects like confetti and stars
  • Built-in date calculator
  • Auto-repeating annual events
  • Suggested popular events from iCloud
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The easiest and clearest event tracker available - beautiful, and a joy to use. How long Until or Since that special event, in seconds, minutes, hours, months, or years. It's fun to see how many seconds you've been alive, or days until your next vacation, birthday, countdown to the New Year etc. Real time display of seconds countdown of all events in main view. Add your own events along with selected background image, or colour, and add a special overlay effect like confetti, stars, or hearts. Custom backgrounds using cool supplied images, import your own, or define your own custom background colour. Custom event text colour. Fun background overlay effects too. Built in date calculator to add or subtract a number of days - to find that day you are 25,000 days old for example. Annual events like Birthdays can auto repeat so you always know how long you have to wait! Suggested Popular fun and special events are automatically updated from iCloud to choose from.

About

Countdown widget

Design personalized countdown and count-up widgets for any event. Customize with themes, styles, and app icons. Track birthdays, holidays, vacations, and more with aesthetic looks and iCloud sync. Supports various widget sizes and modes.

Highlights
  • Custom countdown and count-up widgets
  • Multiple widget styles and themes
  • iOS Lock Screen and Standby widgets
  • Customizable app icons and fonts
  • Add personal photos
  • iCloud sync
  • Count up from past events
Features
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Create Custom Countdown or Count up widget with lots of themes, styles and App Icons. Count down to your next event: Birthday, Vacation, Holiday, Thanksgiving, Party, Halloween, Christmas, and lots more in Aesthetic looks. Create Multiple widget Features Include. • iOS 26 Standby Widget. • iOS 26 LockScreen Widget & Transparent Widget. • Multiple App Icons. • Transparent Widget. • Variety of Widget Style & Theme • Watch App & iCloud sync • Count up from past events • Stylish Fonts. • Beautiful colour , gradient Presets. • Add your Own Photos. • Light & Dark modes. • Supports all size of widgets. No Ads. Add your Custom widget with ease and edit later in no time. Upcoming version will include Apple watch supports and more themes. Download Now New Countdown Widget and Enjoy!!! Offers auto-renewing unlimited-access subscription options. $9.99/Year as Annually Subscription. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. If you choose to purchase a subscription, payment will be charged to your iTune account, and your account will be charged within 24-hour to the end of the current period .Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your iTunes store after purchase.Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. Terms of use: https://motivateapps.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://motivateapps.com/privacyClean.html

Screenshots

Until Countdown & up to events4 screens
Countdown widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdown widget at none against Until Countdown & up to events's shown. Countdown widget also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 64%). Until Countdown & up to events's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Until Countdown & up to events sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Until Countdown & up to events against 4.5 for Countdown widget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Until Countdown & up to events's written reviews are positive against 88% of Countdown widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Until Countdown & up to events ships an update every 4 months, Countdown widget weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Until Countdown & up to events versus Countdown widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUntil Countdown & up to eventsCountdown widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better4.5 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews88.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K1.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilip BroderAmit Verma

Customer experience

Until Countdown & up to events

All ratings1,103 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral4.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative32.0%

Countdown widget

All ratings1,264 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.6%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews324 reviews
Positive88.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative8.3%

User reviews

Until Countdown & up to events

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Almost Perfect
  • 👍 Works wonderfully
  • 👍 Great App
  • 👍 Simply the best!!!!
  • 👍 Most Excellent

Room to improve

  • 💡 Cannot Track Weekly
  • 🐛 February has 30 days?
  • 🐛 Bug needs fixing
  • 💡 Countdown
  • 💡 Too many negatives

Countdown widget

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Best out there
  • 👍 Paid version is a must
  • 👍 Thank you so so much
  • 👍 I love the app
  • 👍 Great app!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Not happy with this app
  • 💡 Widgets should be for sale
  • 💡 The style of widgets they are all for premium and I think that should change xx
  • 🐛 Good app, doesnt fully work for me
  • 💡 OK

Bugs and requests

Until Countdown & up to events

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • February has 30 days?
  • Bug needs fixing
  • Won't open

Requested features

6 requests
  • Weeks tracking
  • Option to hide seconds/minutes/hours
  • Full screen tracker
  • Custom background pictures
  • More color/effect choices
Show 1 more
  • Display countdown on home screen

Countdown widget

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Countdown widget not working on lock screen
  • Countdown based on EST instead of user's timezone

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Sync with calendars
  • Show hours, minutes, and seconds in countdown

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Until Countdown & up to events

One-time1
  • Remove ads and limitations$1.99
3 purchases

Countdown widget

Subscriptions1
  • Countdown Pro.$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Countdown Pro.2 variants$8.99
  • Countdown Pro.$12.99

Questions

Is Until Countdown & up to events free?
Until Countdown & up to events is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown widget free?
Countdown widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Until Countdown & up to events or Countdown widget?
Until Countdown & up to events is rated higher. Until Countdown & up to events averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Countdown widget averages 4.5 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Until Countdown & up to events or Countdown widget have ads?
Until Countdown & up to events shows ads; Countdown widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Until Countdown & up to events or Countdown widget?
Until Countdown & up to events ships an update every 4 months, and Countdown widget weekly. Most recently, Until Countdown & up to events was updated on October 24, 2026 and Countdown widget on October 27, 2026.

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