Comparison

Countdown vs Working Days Counter & Widget

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
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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

Working Days Counter & Widget

Track days until important events like vacations, holidays, or project deadlines. This app offers customizable countdowns, work schedule adjustments, and home screen widgets for a clear overview. Premium features include exclusion lists and calendar imports for precise tracking.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns and count-ups
  • Work schedule customization
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • iCloud sync
  • Sharing options
Features
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Get a clear view of the days ticking down to your next big milestone, vacation, or project deadline with Working Days! This sleek app is tailored for professionals who anticipate their free time or count days until important work-related events. Key Features: ◆ Customizable Countdowns Create multiple countdowns (or count-ups!) for vacations, project deadlines, or public holidays ◆ Work Schedules Customize to your workday schedule ◆ Exclusion Lists Filtering out off days and holidays for a precise countdown (requires premium) ◆ Calendar Import Import holidays from your existing calendars (requires premium) ◆ Home & Lock Screen Widgets Stay updated with a quick glance, no need to open the app ◆ Apple Watch App & Complications Quickly check Working Days right on your wrist ◆ iCloud Sync Seamlessly sync countdowns across your devices ◆ Sharing Options Share your countdowns with colleagues or on social media with a tap Perfect for anyone needing a visual reminder and tracker for the working days left until their well-deserved break or important work events.

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Working Days Counter & Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Working Days Counter & Widget at none against Countdown's shown. Countdown's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (186K vs 195). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Countdown sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Working Days Counter & Widget 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Countdown against 4.7 for Working Days Counter & Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 186K ratings behind it against 195, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 72% and 71% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update every 4 days, Working Days Counter & Widget monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Countdown versus Working Days Counter & Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownWorking Days Counter & Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (186K ratings) — better4.7 (195 ratings)
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings186K — better195
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#29 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFind Appiness LLCShayes Apps LLC

Customer experience

Countdown

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

Working Days Counter & Widget

All ratings195 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative23.8%

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

Working Days Counter & Widget

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

Working Days Counter & Widget

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Working Days Counter & Widget free?
Working Days Counter & Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Working Days Counter & Widget?
Countdown is rated higher. Countdown averages 4.8 out of 5 from 186K ratings, while Working Days Counter & Widget averages 4.7 from 195 ratings.
Do Countdown or Working Days Counter & Widget have ads?
Countdown shows ads; Working Days Counter & Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Working Days Counter & Widget?
Countdown ships an update every 4 days, and Working Days Counter & Widget monthly. Most recently, Countdown was updated on September 25, 2026 and Working Days Counter & Widget on September 17, 2026.

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