Comparison

Countdown vs Countdown Widget & Days

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

Countdown Widget & Days

This app helps you visualize time to upcoming events or track time since past milestones. Customize countdowns with personalized backgrounds and add them as widgets to your Home and Lock Screen. Receive smart reminders for approaching dates and share your countdowns with others.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up timers
  • Customizable Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Personalized backgrounds and themes
  • Smart event reminders
  • Easy countdown sharing
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Count down to birthdays, trips, and holidays on your Home & Lock Screen. Photo widgets, no ads, one-time Premium, not a subscription. From vacations and birthdays to anniversaries, goals, and deadlines, stay excited about what’s next, and celebrate how far you’ve come with customizable countdown and count-up widgets on iPhone. Free: • Countdown & Count-Up: days until an event, or days since a milestone • Home, Lock Screen, and Extra Large widgets, plus Live Activities on Dynamic Island • Card looks and Polaroid frames; birthday and holiday templates • Import events from Calendar • Reminders as the day gets closer, and confetti when it arrives • Easy sharing Premium (one-time unlock, no subscription): • Unlimited events • Extra looks, fonts, photos, and templates. Preview in the editor before you save • Skip weekends so only workdays count until a trip or deadline • Watermark-free sharing • All future updates included What people say “I use this app whenever I have a vacation or something exciting coming up.” “This one truly stands out for its beautiful iOS widgets and easy-to-use interface.” No ads. No subscriptions. Download free and start your first countdown. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Countdown Widget & Days4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown at 4.8 against Countdown Widget & Days's 3.8. Countdown also leads on ratings volume (186K vs 6) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). Countdown Widget & Days's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). On price, 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 Countdown Widget & Days sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 186K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdown Widget & Days's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 4 days, Countdown Widget & Days every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Countdown versus Countdown Widget & Days: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownCountdown Widget & Days
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (186K ratings) — better3.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings186K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#37 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFind Appiness LLCCosthap

Customer experience

Countdown

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

Countdown Widget & Days

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Countdown Widget & Days

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
1 purchases

Countdown Widget & Days

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widget & Days free?
Countdown Widget & Days is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Countdown Widget & Days?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.8 out of 5 from 186K ratings, while Countdown Widget & Days averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Countdown or Countdown Widget & Days have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Countdown Widget & Days does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Countdown Widget & Days?
Countdown ships an update every 4 days, and Countdown Widget & Days every 10 days. Most recently, Countdown was updated on September 24, 2026 and Countdown Widget & Days on September 17, 2026.

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