Comparison

Day Counter 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

Day Counter

Track important moments with customizable countdowns for goals, birthdays, and holidays. Visualize progress with home screen widgets and an intuitive interface. Never miss a special event again.

Highlights
  • Create countdowns for events
  • Track days remaining or passed
  • Home screen widgets
  • Clean and intuitive design
  • Motivation for goals and milestones
Features
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How many days until your next vacation? How long since you quit smoking? Day Counter keeps every important date in one simple, beautiful app — with home screen widgets so you never have to open the app to check. COUNT DOWN & COUNT UP • Count down to future events: birthdays, holidays, weddings, exams, retirement, pregnancy due dates, and more • Count up from past dates: track habits, sobriety, fitness streaks, anniversaries, or any milestone • Choose your display unit: years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds — or show all units at once HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Small widget: 1 event at a glance • Medium widget: 3 events • Large widget: 6 events • Turn widgets on or off per event from the edit screen • See your countdown without opening the app PERSONALIZE EVERY EVENT • Pick from a wide selection of colors and icons • Dark mode support • Clean, intuitive interface — no clutter, no learning curve ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN • Automatic anniversary tracking — see how many days until your next yearly milestone BACK UP & SYNC • Sign in with Apple or Google to save your dates in the cloud • Sync across iPhone and iPad • Export your records for backup ACCURATE DATE CALCULATIONS • Months and years change on the correct date — not days early like some other apps • Trusted by users worldwide for retirement, tax deadlines, garden planting schedules, and life events PRO — ONE PAYMENT, NO SUBSCRIPTION • Remove ads forever with a single purchase • No monthly fees, no auto-renewal, no surprises • Fair price compared to subscription-based countdown apps 33 LANGUAGES Fully localized in English, German, Turkish, French, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, and 26 more languages. PERFECT FOR: • Vacation and holiday countdowns • Birthday and wedding reminders • Retirement day tracking • Pregnancy and baby milestones • School exams and graduation • Fitness goals and habit tracking • Tax deadlines and important appointments • Remembering loved ones and special anniversaries Privacy Policy: https://gokselpirnal.com/saydim_privacy_policy.html

About

Countdown Widget

Easily track important dates and events with customizable countdowns and reminders. View upcoming events on your home screen with widgets and receive timely notifications. Plan for any occasion, from birthdays to vacations, and stay organized.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited event countdowns
  • Home screen widgets for at-a-glance viewing
  • Customizable reminders before events
  • Count up from past events
  • Share events with friends and family
  • Sync events across devices with iCloud
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Countdowns for Events is a free and easy way to track the important events and dates in your life. Create a countdown for any occasion, stay organized, and glance at your upcoming events anytime with beautiful widgets and reminders. Features: • Create a countdown for all your important events • Add unlimited events and keep every date in one place • View your events from your Home Screen with a widget • Check your countdown at a glance on the Lock Screen (Premium feature) • Use StandBy widget support to glance at events anytime (Premium feature) • Keep your favorite events close with Home Screen widget options (Premium feature) • Get reminders on the day of your event, 1 day before, or 1 week before • Count down to future events or count up from past events • Customize colors and backgrounds for every countdown • Choose different countdown formats to match your style (Premium feature) • Share events and countdowns with friends and family • Sync your events across devices with iCloud • Repeat events daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly • Sort events from nearest to farthest • Add notes to every event • Organize events with tags • Support for Dark Mode • Count only working days when needed • Glance at your events on Apple Watch Whether you are planning a birthday, vacation, holiday, wedding, anniversary, baby due date, graduation, trip, concert, retirement, cruise, party, game, or special family event, this countdown app helps you stay ready for every moment. Track every event your way with a simple countdown, useful reminder tools, and widget support that makes it easy to see what matters most. We’d Love Your Feedback Contact us at support@bakermode.com and let us know how we can improve your countdown, reminders, timer, clock, alarm, counter and daycount experience! https://www.letuscake.com/countdown.html Privacy Policy: https://www.letuscake.com/countdown.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.letuscake.com/countdown.html

Screenshots

Day Counter4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown Widget at every 11 days against Day Counter's every 2 months. Countdown Widget also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 71%). Day Counter's advantage is ratings volume (107 vs 20) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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. Day Counter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 3 months. 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 — 4.7 for Day Counter against 4.7 for Countdown Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Day Counter has 107 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Day Counter's written reviews are positive against 86% of Countdown Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day Counter ships an update every 2 months, Countdown Widget every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Day Counter versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay CounterCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (107 ratings) — better4.7 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings107 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoksel PirnalLetUsBake, LLC

Customer experience

Day Counter

All ratings105 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral10.9%
Negative17.6%

Countdown Widget

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Day Counter

One-time1
  • PRO$3.99
2 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions1
  • Countdown Pro – 3 Months$3.993 Months
One-time1
  • Life Time Pro Plan$9.99

Questions

Is Day Counter free?
Day Counter 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, Day Counter or Countdown Widget?
Day Counter is rated higher. Day Counter averages 4.7 out of 5 from 107 ratings, while Countdown Widget averages 4.7 from 20 ratings.
Do Day Counter or Countdown Widget have ads?
Both Day Counter and Countdown Widget show ads.
Which is updated more often, Day Counter or Countdown Widget?
Day Counter ships an update every 2 months, and Countdown Widget every 11 days. Most recently, Day Counter was updated on November 2, 2026 and Countdown Widget on November 3, 2026.

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