Comparison

Diary With Password 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

Diary With Password

This app provides a private digital space to record daily thoughts, emotions, and life events. It offers robust security features like password and biometric locks, alongside tools for organizing, searching, and exporting your entries. Enjoy a customizable and ad-free journaling experience.

Highlights
  • Password and biometric security
  • Daily entry logging
  • Full text search
  • Data backup and export (PDF/Text)
  • Customizable fonts and sizes
  • Night mode
  • Daily reminders
Features
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Track life's progress Log a little bit about each day Look back at the emotions and the opinions and even mundane aspects of your life Write out all your emotions in a space and no one will see This is an electronic diary Simple and friendly ■ Password -set a password to protect your diary secrets ■ Time Stamp -note the time by touching the inconspicuous clock button ■ Reminder -friendly reminder to write about your day ■ Delete -swipe your finger to delete the diary you want to delete ■ Night Mode -to make looking at a screen in a dark room easier on your eyes ■ iCloud -back up your data/Restore the data on your iOS device ■ Export -export your diary as a text/Export the diary to PDF file (The exported file can be sent to you by email. Please make sure that a mail account has been set on the device. You can also choose to export your data to your iOS file system on your device) ■ Sizes -choose a new font size from the font size list ■ Sign -add a good diary to your favorites ■ Search -full text search-able - search entries by containing text ■ Fonts -to change the font type, in the font list, select a font ■ Touch ID / Face ID -need the related hardware support (iPhone 5s+) ■ Pattern Lock -security and ease

About

Countdown Widget

Track upcoming events with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. It offers flexible repeat options, reminders, and data import/export. The app ensures your countdowns are always saved and provides a full-screen view for milestones.

Highlights
  • Multiple widget types and sizes
  • Unlimited event tracking
  • Count up or down
  • Customizable repeats and reminders
  • iCloud sync
  • Data import/export
  • Milestone sharing
Features
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A countdown that never loses your days — and never holds a widget back. Add the day that matters, put it on your home screen, and watch it come closer. No limit on how many you keep, and nothing between you and the number. EVERY WIDGET, FREE • Four widgets: one countdown, the next few in a list, a spotlight, or a tile for each • Every widget size, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen • Unlimited events — there is no cap, and there never will be • Count down to a date, or count up from one • Recurring events: yearly, monthly, weekly, or every few days • Reminders on the day, and as far ahead as you want • iCloud sync, with no account to make • Import from a calendar, a spreadsheet, or another countdown app — and export any time • No ads, ever YOUR DAYS, KEPT Most countdown apps lose your events at the worst moment — an update, a reinstall, a phone that died. This one takes a snapshot of everything on this device every single day, and always before anything risky. Thirty days of history, one tap to restore, and nothing ever leaves your phone. Days that have already passed are never deleted either: they collect into a timeline you can look back through, with the longest wait of each year written next to it. THE MOMENT ITSELF When a countdown reaches a milestone — a hundred days, a week, the morning of — the app opens on the number, full screen, and gives you a card worth sharing. THE BACK OF EVERY EVENT Tap an event and it turns over to a page of its own. Write a few lines, add photos, record a voice — the story of the day, kept with the day. It syncs with iCloud, goes into every backup, and shares as one picture. MADE TO LOOK LIKE YOURS Thirty-six ready-made events, from a birthday to a first day at work, each already set up with the right repeat and the right reminders. Two hundred drawn icons and the whole emoji keyboard. A hundred and forty-three full-screen backdrops — twenty-two of them photographs — ninety-one in Pro. COUNTDOWN PRO Pro sells the finish, never the function. It unlocks the Pro backdrops, with a new drop every month. Whatever you unlock while subscribed stays yours for good — cancelling only stops the new ones arriving. Your countdowns, reminders and widgets work the same whether you subscribe or not. ——— Countdown Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Prices for the annual plan, which includes a 7-day free trial, and the monthly plan are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings at any time. A one-time Lifetime purchase is also available; it does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://dyljqq.github.io/countdown/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://dyljqq.github.io/countdown/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Diary With Password4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Diary With Password at 4.7 against Countdown Widget's 2.0. Diary With Password also leads on ratings volume (27K vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Countdown Widget's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Diary With Password sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diary With Password holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diary With Password has 27K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary With Password ships an update every 2 weeks, Countdown Widget daily. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Diary With Password versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary With PasswordCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (27K ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings27K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer帆 杨可 吴

Customer experience

Diary With Password

All ratings27,088 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews2,367 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative3.3%

Countdown Widget

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Diary With Password

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Date entries sometimes display incorrectly
  • Occasional app crashes or freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to import/attach photos
  • Implement calendar view for entries
  • Allow multiple entries per day
  • Provide cloud backup and sync options
  • Add more customization options (colors, themes, etc.)

Countdown Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Diary With Password

One-time1
  • Pro version- One-time purchase$12.99
3 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Countdown Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Countdown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Diary With Password free?
Diary With Password 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, Diary With Password or Countdown Widget?
Diary With Password is rated higher. Diary With Password averages 4.7 out of 5 from 27K ratings, while Countdown Widget averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Diary With Password or Countdown Widget have ads?
Neither Diary With Password nor Countdown Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diary With Password or Countdown Widget?
Diary With Password ships an update every 2 weeks, and Countdown Widget daily. Most recently, Diary With Password was updated on October 2, 2026 and Countdown Widget on September 28, 2026.

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