Comparison

Countdown vs Love Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Countdown

Easily track important dates and events with a customizable countdown timer. Set reminders, organize events with tags, and view upcoming dates on your home screen or Apple Watch. Syncs across devices and offers various counting options.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown timer
  • Event reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
  • Event sharing
  • iCloud sync
  • Repeatable countdowns
Features
Currently charting
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Countdown is a free, super easy to use countdown timer and reminder for the important events & dates in your life. Features: • Check your events on the Lock Screen with our widget (Premium feature) • Glance at your events on your Apple Watch • Glance at your events using our widget in StandBy (Premium feature) • Place our Widget anywhere on your Home Screen to view your most important events (Premium feature) • Share your countdowns with friends and family • Auto Import (Premium): Connect your calendars to Countdown and automatically add new events. • Pick any color you'd like for your countdown background • In addition to receiving a notification when it is time for your event, you can receive reminders 1 day before or 1 week before the event. • Choose the format in which you want to see your countdown (Premium feature) • Create as many events as you'd like • Count up from past events (available on each countdown page) • Sync your events across your devices with iCloud • Set your countdowns to repeat yearly, monthly, weekly or daily • Sort your events from the closest to the most distant • Dark Mode • Add notes to your events • Count only working days • Have many events? Organize them with tags Add as many events as you want: Vacation, Birthday, Holiday, Party, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, Cruise, Valentines, Wedding, Anniversary, Birth, Baby, Graduation, Pregnancy, Trip, New Home, Retirement, Game, Goals, Concert and many more. ——— QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? ——— We love hearing from you and we read every single email you send us! Have suggestions? Feel free to contact us at countdown@findappiness.co

About

Love Widgets

This utility app helps couples track important dates like anniversaries and birthdays. It offers customizable widgets to display your relationship countdown and a memo feature for personalized notes. Stay organized and celebrate your love milestones.

Highlights
  • Anniversary tracking
  • Days together calculation
  • Customizable widgets
  • Daily memo for preferences
  • Birthday reminders
  • Relationship milestones
Features
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"Love Widgets" is a small tool designed for lovers that can help lovers remember important dates, such as love anniversaries, first anniversary, birthdays, and so on. The main function * Anniversary: Enter the date when the relationship begins, automatically calculate the number of days together, and remind you to be prepared before the important day arrives. * Widgets: different styles can be freely matched, 3 sizes of Widgets components decorate your screen while inadvertently showing sweetness. * Memo: daily record the lover's preferences, habits, wishes, etc., and give him a surprise from time to time. This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, and the renewal fee will be deducted from your package within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel the automatic renewal at the account settings. Cancellation of the automatic renewal must be at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. If your trial has not ended, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start the subscription. To open the subscription, you need to agree to the following terms Privacy Policy: http://bizhifang.kindofpure.cn/ake/bizhifang/fang_yinsi.html Service Terms: http://bizhifang.kindofpure.cn/ake/bizhifang/fang_fowu.html

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Love Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown at 72% against Love Widgets's 8%. Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (186K vs 50). Love Widgets's advantage is iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.0). 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. Countdown sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Love Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 186K ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 8% of Love Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 4 days, Love Widgets every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Countdown versus Love Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownLove Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (186K ratings) — better4.5 (50 ratings)
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews — better8.3% of reviews
Number of ratings186K — better50
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#42 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFind Appiness LLC楚婷 柯

Customer experience

Countdown

All ratings186,316 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews2,474 reviews
Positive71.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative22.3%

Love Widgets

All ratings50 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive8.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative58.3%

Bugs and requests

Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widget not updating automatically
  • Countdown display issues after iOS 14 update
  • Inability to delete archived events

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to count up from past events
  • Provide more date/time format options
  • Implement calendar view for all events
  • Allow custom backgrounds for widgets
  • Add support for weekly/monthly repeating events

Love Widgets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Countdown

One-time3
  • Start 7-Day Free TrialFree
  • Countdown Widget Offer$3.99
  • Countdown Widget$6.99
3 purchases

Love Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • Love Widgets Plus3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Love Widgets Quarterly Plus3 Days trial$4.493 Months
One-time1
  • Love Widgets Vip$2.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Love Widgets free?
Love Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Love Widgets?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.8 out of 5 from 186K ratings, while Love Widgets averages 4.5 from 50 ratings.
Do Countdown or Love Widgets have ads?
Both Countdown and Love Widgets show ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Love Widgets?
Countdown ships an update every 4 days, and Love Widgets every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown was updated on September 25, 2026 and Love Widgets on July 5, 2026.

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