Comparison

Until Countdown & up to events vs Day Counter 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
Read full description

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

Day Counter widget

Easily track important dates with this free countdown timer and reminder app. It helps you manage birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and more, with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Never miss an event again with timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Countdown timer and reminder
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Shared countdowns
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Expiration tracker
  • Event reminders
Features
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Day Countdown is a completely free, easy to use countdown timer and reminder for important events. It is the only COUNTDOWN app you need, helps you manage anniversaries, birthdays, vacations, and all the important events. Main features: • Countdown Timer & Reminder - count up & down to events with reminders • Widgets - Check your events in home screen & lock screen widgets • Shared Countdowns - share with friends and family • Customizable Countdowns - set your countdown background with pictures or color • Life Countdown - death countdown of your life • Year Countdown - know how much of the year is left • Birthday Countdown - countdown & reminders for all the birthdays you care • Holiday Countdown - countdown & reminders for all holiday • Expiration Tracker - track the expire date of your things • Event Reminders - never miss an event any more • More features are coming soon Terms of Use (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Until Countdown & up to events4 screens
Day Counter widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Day Counter widget at none against Until Countdown & up to events's shown. Day Counter widget also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Until Countdown & up to events's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 96). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Until Countdown & up to events sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Day Counter widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 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 4.8 for Day Counter widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Until Countdown & up to events has 1.1K ratings behind it against 96, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Until Countdown & up to events's written reviews are positive against 83% of Day Counter widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Until Countdown & up to events ships an update every 4 months, Day Counter widget weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Until Countdown & up to events versus Day Counter widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUntil Countdown & up to eventsDay Counter widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings)4.8 (96 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better96
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilip BroderLightByte Co., Ltd.

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%

Day Counter widget

All ratings94 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

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

Day Counter widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Until Countdown & up to events

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

Day Counter widget

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Member7 Days trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime MemberFree

Questions

Is Until Countdown & up to events free?
Until Countdown & up to events is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Day Counter widget free?
Day Counter widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Until Countdown & up to events or Day Counter widget?
Day Counter widget is rated higher. Until Countdown & up to events averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Day Counter widget averages 4.8 from 96 ratings.
Do Until Countdown & up to events or Day Counter widget have ads?
Until Countdown & up to events shows ads; Day Counter widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Until Countdown & up to events or Day Counter widget?
Until Countdown & up to events ships an update every 4 months, and Day Counter widget weekly. Most recently, Until Countdown & up to events was updated on November 6, 2026 and Day Counter widget on November 7, 2026.

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