Comparison

Countdown Widget with Emoji vs Countdown widget

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Widget with Emoji

Track upcoming events with a personalized countdown. Choose a date, assign a representative emoji, and see how much time remains until your special occasion. Features include customizable widgets and calendar integration.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns
  • Emoji representation
  • Customizable widgets
  • Calendar import
  • Dark Mode support
  • Apple Watch app
  • iCloud sync
Features
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SjdkfsjdklfCount down to the moments that matter, with the emoji that captures them perfectly. Pick a date. Set an emoji. Watch your countdown on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy display, and Apple Watch. No other countdown app lets you express every event with emoji. From birthdays to vacations to weddings, every countdown looks like the moment it represents. A COUNTDOWN FOR EVERY OCCASION Events & Birthdays Track days until birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, baby showers, and the personal milestones that matter most. Set a birthday once and it reschedules automatically every year. Holidays & Seasons Count down to Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter, New Year’s, and every seasonal moment in between. Holiday countdowns roll over automatically year after year. Weddings & Anniversaries From save the date to the big day, watch your wedding countdown tick down day by day. Couples use Emoji Countdown to share progress, plan ahead, and savor the anticipation. Vacations & Trips Counting days until your next holiday, whether it’s a beach trip, a summer break, or a long weekend? Pair the trip with an emoji and feel the excitement build every time you glance at your phone. Retirement & Life Milestones Counting down to retirement, your last day of work, a house move, or a new chapter? Big life changes deserve their own widget. Pin them to your Home Screen and reclaim a little anticipation. Daily Reminders Use Emoji Countdown as a visual reminder for deadlines, fitness goals, exam dates, and weekly recurring events. Your countdown list works like a calendar, only easier to glance at and harder to forget. FEATURES • Free Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets so you can see every countdown at a glance, no subscription required • Apple Watch app for checking countdowns from your wrist • Calendar import: one tap pulls birthdays, holidays, and deadlines straight from your iOS Calendar • Any emoji, any color, so every countdown matches the moment it represents • Widget customization with colors, gradients, blur effects, borders, and themes so every widget looks exactly the way you want • Repeating events: set a birthday or holiday once and it rolls over automatically each year • Dark Mode support • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch • No ads, no clutter, just your countdowns FAQ Is Emoji Countdown free? Yes. Free to download, and the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets are included. Can I make a wedding, birthday, or holiday countdown? Yes. Emoji Countdown works for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, Christmas, Halloween, vacations, retirement, and anything else worth waiting for. Does it work on Apple Watch? Yes. The native Apple Watch app lets you check every countdown from your wrist. Can I add countdowns to my Home Screen and Lock Screen? Yes. Add a widget to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or StandBy display and your countdown stays visible at a glance. Can I import events from my calendar? Yes. One tap pulls birthdays, holidays, and deadlines straight from your iOS Calendar. Will my countdowns sync across my devices? Yes. iCloud keeps everything in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Can I customize how the widget looks? Yes. Pick any emoji and any color, then choose from gradients, blur effects, borders, and themes to make every widget look exactly the way you want. Do birthdays and holidays repeat every year? Yes. Set a recurring event once and Emoji Countdown rolls it over automatically each year. Privacy policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/42970297

About

Countdown widget

Design personalized countdown and count-up widgets for any event. Customize with themes, styles, and app icons. Track birthdays, holidays, vacations, and more with aesthetic looks and iCloud sync. Supports various widget sizes and modes.

Highlights
  • Custom countdown and count-up widgets
  • Multiple widget styles and themes
  • iOS Lock Screen and Standby widgets
  • Customizable app icons and fonts
  • Add personal photos
  • iCloud sync
  • Count up from past events
Features
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Create Custom Countdown or Count up widget with lots of themes, styles and App Icons. Count down to your next event: Birthday, Vacation, Holiday, Thanksgiving, Party, Halloween, Christmas, and lots more in Aesthetic looks. Create Multiple widget Features Include. • iOS 26 Standby Widget. • iOS 26 LockScreen Widget & Transparent Widget. • Multiple App Icons. • Transparent Widget. • Variety of Widget Style & Theme • Watch App & iCloud sync • Count up from past events • Stylish Fonts. • Beautiful colour , gradient Presets. • Add your Own Photos. • Light & Dark modes. • Supports all size of widgets. No Ads. Add your Custom widget with ease and edit later in no time. Upcoming version will include Apple watch supports and more themes. Download Now New Countdown Widget and Enjoy!!! Offers auto-renewing unlimited-access subscription options. $9.99/Year as Annually Subscription. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. If you choose to purchase a subscription, payment will be charged to your iTune account, and your account will be charged within 24-hour to the end of the current period .Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your iTunes store after purchase.Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. Terms of use: https://motivateapps.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://motivateapps.com/privacyClean.html

Screenshots

Countdown Widget with Emoji4 screens
Countdown widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

Countdown Widget with Emoji and Countdown widget both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Countdown widget's written reviews are positive against 59% of Countdown Widget with Emoji's. Countdown widget also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 336). On price, rating, ads 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 Widget with Emoji sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Countdown widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. 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 — 4.6 for Countdown Widget with Emoji against 4.5 for Countdown widget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 336 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Countdown Widget with Emoji's written reviews are positive against 88% of Countdown widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Widget with Emoji ships an update every 6 weeks, Countdown widget weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Widget with Emoji versus Countdown widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown Widget with EmojiCountdown widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (336 ratings) — better4.5 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews59.5% of reviews88.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3361.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.016 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLasmit TLB LtdAmit Verma

Customer experience

Countdown Widget with Emoji

All ratings336 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive59.5%
Neutral11.4%
Negative29.1%

Countdown widget

All ratings1,256 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral4.6%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews323 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative8.4%

User reviews

Countdown Widget with Emoji

From 336 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Great for organizing events
  • 🤩 Widgets look amazing
  • 💯 Simple and useful
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💖 Makes counting down fun

Room to improve

  • 💸 Requires payment for features
  • 😩 Nagging for reviews
  • ❌ Not working on Apple Watch
  • ⚠️ Deceptive marketing
  • 🔒 Repeating events locked behind paywall

Countdown widget

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Best out there
  • 👍 Paid version is a must
  • 👍 Thank you so so much
  • 👍 I love the app
  • 👍 Great app!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Not happy with this app
  • 💡 Widgets should be for sale
  • 💡 The style of widgets they are all for premium and I think that should change xx
  • 🐛 Good app, doesnt fully work for me
  • 💡 OK

Bugs and requests

Countdown Widget with Emoji

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • Glitchy emoji selection
  • Contact form not sending
  • Doesn't work on Apple Watch SE 2
  • Icon selection not appearing until re-opened
  • Widgets not supported (claimed)
Show 20 more
  • All dates disappeared
  • Error messages with calendar sync
  • Bug fix for iOS 17 calendar permission API changes
  • Adding dates is difficult, keeps popping back
  • Crashes when adding new entry
  • Emojis not being transferred
  • Widget data incorrect
  • Cannot open on Apple Watch
  • New dates not showing on Apple Watch app
  • Cannot add new reminder
  • Cannot add event from calendar
  • Widget doesn't always update with system settings
  • Widget stopped showing anything after countdown ended
  • Widget is a blank box
  • App not working anymore since update
  • Edger not complying with dark/light mode switch
  • Cannot remove added dates once they have passed
  • Title not showing on widget
  • Cannot set time for events
  • App persists in flipping to September when trying to select January

Requested features

13 requests
  • Ability to hide menu bar
  • Menu bar visually aligns with events
  • Insert own photos instead of Apple icons
  • Section for past events
  • Make more features free
Show 8 more
  • Add Russian language support
  • Ability to add recurring dates
  • Notifications when countdown is completed
  • Allow choosing past dates to show days since
  • Type emoji directly to choose
  • Option to add a title to events
  • Ability to pay for pro once instead of subscription
  • Create a small widget for a specific countdown

Countdown widget

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Countdown widget not working on lock screen
  • Countdown based on EST instead of user's timezone

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Sync with calendars
  • Show hours, minutes, and seconds in countdown

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Countdown Widget with Emoji

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Club - Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Club - Annual7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime - No subscription$14.99
4 purchases

Countdown widget

Subscriptions1
  • Countdown Pro.$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Countdown Pro.$8.99
  • Countdown Pro.$12.99
  • Countdown Pro.$19.99

Questions

Is Countdown Widget with Emoji free?
Countdown Widget with Emoji is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown widget free?
Countdown widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Widget with Emoji or Countdown widget?
Countdown Widget with Emoji is rated higher. Countdown Widget with Emoji averages 4.6 out of 5 from 336 ratings, while Countdown widget averages 4.5 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Countdown Widget with Emoji or Countdown widget have ads?
Neither Countdown Widget with Emoji nor Countdown widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Widget with Emoji or Countdown widget?
Countdown Widget with Emoji ships an update every 6 weeks, and Countdown widget weekly. Most recently, Countdown Widget with Emoji was updated on September 23, 2026 and Countdown widget on September 22, 2026.

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