Countdown Widget with Emoji vs TwoCal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Event countdowns
- Emoji representation
- Customizable widgets
- Calendar import
- Dark Mode support
- Apple Watch app
- iCloud sync
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Count down to the moments that matter, with the emoji that captures them perfectly. Pick a date. Set an emoji. Watch your countdown on your iPhone Duo, 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
TwoCal
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Stop juggling five different calendar apps to figure out when everyone's actually free. TwoCal takes the calendars you and your people already use; Google, Apple, or Outlook; and merges them into one clean, colour coded view. No new calendar to maintain, no copying events back and forth, no "wait, I thought you said Thursday." Just one shared view of everyone's plans, always up to date. Built for couples, roommates, and friend groups Pair up with an invite code and you're in. Add more people any time, and switch between different groups. Your partner, your flat share, your friend crew; without losing track of who's who. Every person's calendar shows up in its own colour, so you always know whose plans are whose. See it your way - Day, Week, Month, and Agenda views for however you like to plan - A Free Time view that finds the gaps everyone actually has open. Perfect for pinning down date night or the next group hangout - Hide any calendar from your own view without affecting anyone else's It just works - Connects to the calendars you already have. No new accounts to create - Keeps itself in sync in the background - Sign in with Apple Whether it's a couple keeping each other in the loop, roommates splitting chores and hangouts, or a friend group trying to find one night everyone's free — TwoCal turns "let me check" into "already synced." EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Countdown Widget with Emoji at Free against TwoCal's $1.99. TwoCal's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On ads, 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
Countdown Widget with Emoji is free to download; TwoCal costs $1.99 up front. Countdown Widget with Emoji sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and TwoCal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown Widget with Emoji ships an update every 6 weeks, TwoCal fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Countdown Widget with Emoji | TwoCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (342 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 342 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lasmit TLB Ltd | James Mowat |
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)
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- 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
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- 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
TwoCal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown Widget with Emoji
- Pro Club - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Pro Club - Annual7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Lifetime - No subscription$14.99
TwoCal
- Plus$2.991 Month
Questions
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