Comparison

Cloxee vs PetStories

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

Head to head
About

Cloxee

Create personalized countdown timers for any event. Customize your timers with photos, styles, and fonts. Set reminders and display countdowns as lock screen widgets for easy viewing.

Highlights
  • Personalized countdown timers
  • Customizable styles, fonts, and filters
  • Add personal photos or gallery images
  • Lock screen widget display
  • Event reminders
  • Countdown to specific time (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
Features
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Cloxee is a free app for creating personalized countdowns and widgets to keep track of the dates that matter most. You can create a countdown for birthdays, vacations, anniversaries, concerts, parties, special occasions, and any other important event. Customize each countdown by choosing from different styles, fonts, and filters, then add your own photo or pick one from the gallery. With Cloxee, you can also display your countdown as a widget, so you can check in real time how much time is left until your event directly from your device screen. Customize every countdown Make each event unique with your own style. Choose the design you like best, change fonts and filters, and add a personal image or a background that fits the occasion. Keep track of the dates that matter Cloxee is perfect for following all the most important events in your life: birthdays vacations anniversaries concerts parties weddings special occasions important appointments Countdown in days, hours, minutes, and seconds Not just days: Cloxee lets you track the time left until a specific date or time, showing days, hours, minutes, and seconds in real time. Widgets always visible One of Cloxee’s best features is the ability to use your countdowns as widgets. This way, you can always keep an eye on the time left without opening the app every time. Share your countdowns Your countdowns can be easily shared and saved on your device, so you can show them to friends and family or use them to promote a special event. Whether you are waiting for your birthday, a trip, a concert, or an important date you do not want to forget, Cloxee helps you enjoy the anticipation in a simple, beautiful, and always visible way.

About

PetStories

Features
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PetStories brings together everything you need to look after your pets - dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, reptiles, fish and horses - in one place. A COMPLETE PROFILE FOR EVERY PET Details, photos, microchip, breed and habits. Share the care with family or a pet sitter, with granular permissions: view, edit, manage. CALENDAR AND REMINDERS Vaccinations, vet visits, deworming, flea treatments, grooming, training, birthdays: get a notification before every event, so nothing slips. PHOTO AND VIDEO DIARY Capture the moments that matter with photos, videos and voice memos. Preset categories (eating, playing, sleeping, walking, first time) or your own. A timeline that becomes your pet's story, exportable as a PDF. VETERINARY RECORDS ALWAYS WITH YOU Reports, health booklets, prescriptions, PDFs: keep everything on European servers and share it with your vet in seconds. ADOPT ME - RESPONSIBLE ADOPTIONS Shelters, rescues and associations post the pets looking for a home. Filter by species, size, age and compatibility with children or other animals, then contact the organisation directly. PET SITTING Find a pet sitter near you, or offer yourself as one: profile, services, area and indicative rates. Any arrangement stays between people; the app handles no payments. PET RADAR Vets, pet shops, dog parks, boarding and groomers nearby, with reviews from the PetStories community. A COMMUNITY OF PET PARENTS Posts, questions and answers, groups by breed or species, private messages. With content reporting, user blocking and active moderation. PET-SAFE RECIPES Home-made recipes for dogs and cats, with automatic warnings about ingredients that are toxic to each species. Save your favourites to your own recipe book. BREEDING MANAGEMENT For breeders and owners: heat cycles, matings and pregnancy tracking, with dedicated notifications for dogs, cats and rabbits. MEMORIAL When the time comes, dedicate a memorial page to your pet. The memories stay. PRIVACY AND GDPR Servers in the European Union, HTTPS everywhere, explicit consent for communications. Export all your data (GDPR Art. 20) or delete your account whenever you want, right from the app (GDPR Art. 17). FIVE LANGUAGES Italiano, English, Deutsch, Français, Español. FREE, WITH NO ADS No advertising, no selling your data. Health-related content in the community and in recipes is informational only and does not replace advice from a veterinarian. Privacy Policy: https://petstories.app/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://petstories.app/terms-of-service Support: support@petstories.app Made in Italy by pet parents, for pet parents.

Screenshots

Cloxee4 screens
PetStories4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PetStories at none against Cloxee's 1. PetStories also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Cloxee's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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. Cloxee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PetStories asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cloxee ships an update monthly, PetStories every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cloxee versus PetStories: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloxeePetStories
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB57 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCreact SRLCristian Colangelo

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cloxee

One-time1
  • Cloxee Premium$0.99
None

PetStories

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cloxee free?
Cloxee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PetStories free?
PetStories is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cloxee or PetStories have ads?
Neither Cloxee nor PetStories shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cloxee or PetStories?
Cloxee ships an update monthly, and PetStories every 5 days. Most recently, Cloxee was updated on November 2, 2026 and PetStories on October 31, 2026.

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