Comparison

printAR vs Countdown Widget Days to Event

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

Head to head
About

printAR

Visualize and interact with PDF documents in augmented reality. Preview designs, collaborate in meetings, and share AR experiences with others. Documents appear at actual size and can be manipulated as if physically present.

Highlights
  • Interact with documents in AR
  • Preview designs before printing
  • Shared AR experiences
  • Horizontal & vertical surface detection
  • Document manipulation (move, rotate, stack)
  • Actual size document display
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printAR enables you to interact with documents in Augmented Reality. Use printAR to preview design work like Posters, in meetings to present documents or use it to collaborate on a pin board. INTERACT Interact with your documents as if they were printed: Move, rotate or stack them. Double tap to look at them full screen. PREVIEW WITHOUT HAVING TO PRINT Preview your documents before printing them to test font sizes, colors, etc. in a real world environment. Then, only print the final product. SHARED AR EXPERIENCES Enable others to see what you see on their own device. Invite up to 7 other users to join your AR experience. While joining an AR experience is free, starting your own shared AR experience requires a one-time purchase. GREAT FOR MEETINGS AND MORE Place documents on a desk around you and quickly access valuable information by simply moving your device or enable others to see the same documents. ACTUAL SIZE Documents in AR are displayed in their real world dimensions. SURFACE DETECTION printAR can detect horizontal surfaces, such as table tops, and vertical surfaces, such as walls. SUPPORTED FILE TYPES The app currently only supports PDF documents. KEY FEATURES • Shared AR Experiences • Horizontal & vertical surface detection. • Document interaction: Move, rotate, stack. • Full screen PDF viewer. • Document texture mimics real paper. • Lighting estimation to account for real world environment.

About

Countdown Widget Days to Event

Features
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Create Countdown Widgets and make date calculations with the Days app. Beautifully simple, with multiple Widget customisation options. Supports dark mode. Features COUNTDOWN Countdown time to your upcoming events: vacation, birthday, anniversary, wedding, retirement, or something else, that matters to you. COUNTDOWN WIDGETS Keep track of your countdowns - directly on your Home Screen and Lock Screen! Customise your Home Screen Widgets with multiple background & font options. DATE Calculate time between two dates. DATE & TIME Calculate time between two dates - including time. DATE CALCULATOR Add or subtract any number of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years from a date.

Screenshots

printAR4 screens
Countdown Widget Days to Event4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: printAR at none against Countdown Widget Days to Event's shown. printAR also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. printAR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget Days to Event sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

printAR ships an update every 2 months, Countdown Widget Days to Event monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
printAR versus Countdown Widget Days to Event: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterprintARCountdown Widget Days to Event
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTill-Eugen KoenitzerKrzysztof Korybko

In-app purchases

1 purchases

printAR

One-time1
  • Host a Shared AR Experience$1.99
1 purchases

Countdown Widget Days to Event

One-time1
  • Countdowns Pro$1.99

Questions

Is printAR free?
printAR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widget Days to Event free?
Countdown Widget Days to Event is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do printAR or Countdown Widget Days to Event have ads?
Countdown Widget Days to Event shows ads; printAR does not.
Which is updated more often, printAR or Countdown Widget Days to Event?
printAR ships an update every 2 months, and Countdown Widget Days to Event monthly. Most recently, printAR was updated on November 2, 2026 and Countdown Widget Days to Event on October 25, 2026.

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