Routine Task Timer vs Countdown & Days Until Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Routine Task Timer
This app guides you through daily routines by announcing each task and its remaining time. It helps prevent time-wasting during activities like studying, training, or housework, ensuring smoother task completion.
- Task announcements with remaining time
- Supports morning routines
- Aids in studying and training
- Helps with housework efficiency
- Prevents time-wasting
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RoutineTImer helps you focus on your routine works! RoutineTimer announces each tasks of your routine with remaining time based on the time that is taken to complete each tasks you set. For instance, If you have difficult to finish your morning routine smoothly, RoutineTimer would be your good partner. And also, on studying, training, housework, Routine Timer prevent you from wasting your time!
Countdown & Days Until Widget
Track upcoming events and anniversaries with a simple countdown. Get instant updates with home and lock screen widgets, and receive timely notifications. Seamlessly import events from your calendar for automatic tracking.
- Automatic countdown to any date
- Customizable notifications
- Repeat event settings
- Calendar event import
- Home & Lock Screen widgets
- iCloud data backup
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How many days left until your big day? AtoDays counts down to your events and anniversaries. AtoDays is a simple and intuitive app that tracks the remaining days until your birthdays, exams, and special events. With seamless calendar integration, you can start counting down without any manual entry. Check your important dates anytime with Home & Lock Screen widgets and timely notifications. Fully supports iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, so it's comfortable on your wrist or on a big screen. Key Features - Automatic countdown to any date - Organize events with tags and filter by tag - Stay informed with custom notifications - One-tap update to the next date with repeat settings - Repeats like "every 3 days", "2nd Tuesday", or "last day of the month", and moving weekend or holiday dates to the previous or next weekday - One-tap event import from your Calendar - Display Calendar events as countdowns automatically - Home & Lock Screen widgets for instant tracking - Filter the events a widget shows by tag or time period - On iPhone with iOS27 or later, a tall widget that fills a full Home Screen page shows up to 9 countdowns - Check days left right from your wrist with Apple Watch - An easy-to-read layout optimized for the large iPad screen - Secure data backup via iCloud Perfect For - Counting down to birthdays and anniversaries - Tracking vacations, concerts, or game releases - Managing deadlines for exams, certifications, and work projects Premium Features - Ad-free experience - Unlimited event tracking - Countdown Premium widget (always show a selected event) - Direct Calendar sync for real-time countdowns - Calendar Premium widget (shows your calendar events as countdowns, soonest first)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Routine Task Timer at none against Countdown & Days Until Widget's 1. Routine Task Timer also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 75%). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Countdown & Days Until Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Routine Task Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Routine Task Timer against 4.3 for Countdown & Days Until Widget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Routine Task Timer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Countdown & Days Until Widget's.
Routine Task Timer ships an update fortnightly, Countdown & Days Until Widget every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Routine Task Timer | Countdown & Days Until Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (18 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.9% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroki Sakamoto | Shota Yamashita |
Customer experience
Routine Task Timer
Countdown & Days Until Widget
In-app purchases
Routine Task Timer
No in-app purchases
Countdown & Days Until Widget
- Lifetime Plan$14.99
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