Comparison

Digital Clock vs Countdown Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Digital Clock

This app transforms your device into a stylish LED bedside clock with customizable skins and dynamic time displays. It offers alarm functionality, voice time broadcasts, and a countdown timer, perfect for your desk or nightstand.

Highlights
  • Display time in seconds
  • Customizable clock skins
  • Alarm with music selection
  • Hourly voice broadcast
  • Countdown timer
  • Home and lock screen widgets
Features
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Transform your desk with a minimalist LED digital clock, standby display, and focus timer — designed for Dynamic Island, Lock Screen, and Home Screen widgets. - Live Second Precision: Real-time clock display with seconds across Dynamic Island, Standby Screen, Lock Screen, and Home Screen widgets. - Custom Clock Skins: Eye-catching LED digital clock designs, themes, and customizable bedside displays. - Flexible Display: Toggle between 12-hour/24-hour time formats and easily hide week and date displays. - Smart Alarms & Chimes: Custom alarm sounds, music library, and hourly voice time broadcasts. - Pomodoro Focus Timer: Stay focused on work and study with customizable break intervals. - Stopwatch & Countdown Timer: High-precision timer for workouts, cooking, productivity, and study. - Target Date & Event Countdown: Track important milestones, project deadlines, holidays, and event countdowns.

About

Countdown Widgets

Features
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Everyone's waiting for something. A festival. A championship. A wedding. A new baby. But that anticipation — that beautiful feeling of counting down to something you love — disappears into your calendar, buried between meetings and reminders. Eagerly turns that waiting into an experience. Beautiful widgets that live on your home screen and lock screen, each one a tiny celebration of what's coming. The weather forecast for the day you arrive at the festival. 3 days, 10 Stages? Build your own timetable. Eagerly isn't a countdown app. It's a hype machine for the moments that actually matter in your life. And it helps you make the most out of your events. -Countdown Widgets -Weather -Maps -Timetable -Budget -Roadmap -Packing List -Important URLs -Contacts The free version provides you with 1 event. Unlimited events require either a subscription or Lifetime pro license https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://www.eagerly.app/privacy

Screenshots

Digital Clock4 screens
Countdown Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdown Widgets at none against Digital Clock's shown. Digital Clock's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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. Digital Clock sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Countdown Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Clock ships an update fortnightly, Countdown Widgets weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Digital Clock versus Countdown Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital ClockCountdown Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (69K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings69K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer俊杰 阮Pascal Grote

Bugs and requests

Digital Clock

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Alarm doesn't sound if device is in silent mode
  • Alarm doesn't work
  • Time display is wrong
  • Widget doesn't show correct time
  • App crashes frequently
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  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

9 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • More skins please ie: pixie (tube); RGB sliders
  • Ability to input own music for alarm
  • Vertical display
  • Battery percentage and reminder
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  • Ability to change alarm sounds
  • Portrait mode
  • Bigger clock display
  • Transparent widget

Countdown Widgets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Digital Clock

One-time3
  • All clock styles$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Pro Version$2.99
3 purchases

Countdown Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
  • Annual Pro$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$34.99

Questions

Is Digital Clock free?
Digital Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widgets free?
Countdown Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Digital Clock or Countdown Widgets have ads?
Digital Clock shows ads; Countdown Widgets does not.
Which is updated more often, Digital Clock or Countdown Widgets?
Digital Clock ships an update fortnightly, and Countdown Widgets weekly. Most recently, Digital Clock was updated on October 13, 2026 and Countdown Widgets on October 8, 2026.

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