Events Countdown Tracker vs Countdown Widget | Day Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Events Countdown Tracker
Easily track the days remaining until important future events like holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries. Personalize your countdowns with custom photos and set reminders so you never miss a special occasion.
- Create countdowns for any event
- Add custom photos to events
- Set event reminders
- Track holidays, birthdays, and more
- View remaining days at a glance
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** How many days until my birthday? ** My kids asked me this kind of question so often that I created this app! Christmas, Halloween, birthdays, holidays... all your events at your fingertips. HIGHLIGHTS: • Create countdowns to any future event • Add your own photos • Add reminders to never forget an event again
Countdown Widget | Day Counter
Easily track important dates with customizable widgets. Create countdowns for future events or count up from past milestones. Never miss a special moment again with this free, ad-free time tracking app.
- Home screen widgets
- Count up timers
- Unlimited countdowns
- Customizable backgrounds
- Advanced appearance customization
- Event notifications
- Pre-made countdown gallery
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Countdown Widget is completely free, has no ads, universal, and super easy to use app for tracking time until and since important events in your life. Whether it's a birthday, vacation, sporting event, wedding, or anniversary, Countdown Widget helps you create countdowns or timers for any event. The app offers a wide range of ready-to-use widgets and customizable options to create a unique countdown just for you. Install it, and you'll never miss an important moment again! Key Features: • Widget Keep your countdowns always at hand on the home screen or lock screen. • Count Up Track the time that has passed since significant events. • Unlimited Countdowns Create an unlimited number of countdowns and timers. • Transparent and Blurred Backgrounds Set the transparency or blur of the widget background to make your home screen more stylish and unique. • Advanced Customization Customize the appearance of your countdowns with styles, fonts, text and background colors, custom background images, and more. • Notifications Set notifications for the moment of the event or an hour, day, or week before the event. • Gallery A wide selection of ready-made countdowns and timers with beautiful and diverse styles and background images. Privacy Policy - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lfphmy5xj86svrztl6mxm/countdown_privacy.pdf?rlkey=i0vebii3yabkw8afg0hdyvkwu&e=1&st=7zbzoa28&dl=0 Terms of Use - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Events Countdown Tracker at 100% against Countdown Widget | Day Counter's 46%. Countdown Widget | Day Counter's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.8) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Events Countdown Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget | Day Counter sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown Widget | Day Counter holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget | Day Counter has 196 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Events Countdown Tracker's written reviews are positive against 46% of Countdown Widget | Day Counter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Events Countdown Tracker ships an update every 4 months, Countdown Widget | Day Counter every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Events Countdown Tracker | Countdown Widget | Day Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) | 4.4 (196 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 45.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 196 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francois Duchemin | Evgeniia Ludinova |
Customer experience
Events Countdown Tracker
Countdown Widget | Day Counter
In-app purchases
Events Countdown Tracker
- Full version$0.99
Countdown Widget | Day Counter
- One Week Premium$1.997 Days
- One Week Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- One Month Premium$3.991 Month
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- One Year Premium$5.991 Year
- One Year Premium$9.991 Year
- One Year Premium$12.991 Year
- Donation Cookie$0.99
- Donation Coffee$1.99
- Donation Burrito$3.99
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- Lifetime Premium Access$7.99
- Lifetime Premium Access$12.99
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