Comparison

My Events & Tasks 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

My Events & Tasks

Manage your special occasions, tasks, and appointments with a feature-rich organizer. Set custom alarms, add details and images, and organize entries with drag-and-drop functionality. Supports both Hijri and Gregorian calendars.

Highlights
  • Add infinite events, occasions, and tasks
  • Drag-and-drop task rearrangement
  • Customizable alarms with preferred times
  • Add pictures and details to entries
  • Support for Hijri and Gregorian dates
  • Share events and add to calendars
  • Night mode option
Read full description

The application of my special appointments and tasks, as well as your special occasions, contains a set of features: It does not have annoying ads. Night mode option (dark). Add an infinite number of dates, occasions, and tasks, arranged in distinct sections and colors. Rearrange tasks according to your desire in a drag-and-drop manner with ease. The ability to delete, modify and add. Countdown with days, hours, minutes, and seconds. The possibility of choosing the preferred alarm time, and the frequency of the alarm time. Add a picture of the task or appointment. Add details to the task. Choose and display the Hijri and Gregorian dates, and choose the appropriate time format. Choose your favorite tone for the alert. Font size control. The ability to share via WhatsApp or various social networks and add it to the Google and Apple calendars. Notepad section, which can be added without an expiration date. Reminders values ​​and from there you can add various reminders directly to your appointments. Full settings and control.

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

Screenshots

My Events & Tasks4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Events & Tasks at none against Countdown Widget's 1. My Events & Tasks also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Countdown Widget's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 18 months) and ratings volume (18 vs 5). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Countdown Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. My Events & Tasks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Events & Tasks holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 18 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Events & Tasks ships an update every 18 months, Countdown Widget every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
My Events & Tasks versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Events & TasksCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better4.6 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews—83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings518 — better
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYahya AlzahraniLetUsBake, LLC

Customer experience

My Events & Tasks

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown Widget

All ratings18 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

My Events & Tasks

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Widget

One-time1
  • Life Time Pro Plan$3.99

Questions

Is My Events & Tasks free?
My Events & Tasks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Events & Tasks or Countdown Widget?
My Events & Tasks is rated higher. My Events & Tasks averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Countdown Widget averages 4.6 from 18 ratings.
Do My Events & Tasks or Countdown Widget have ads?
Countdown Widget shows ads; My Events & Tasks does not.
Which is updated more often, My Events & Tasks or Countdown Widget?
My Events & Tasks ships an update every 18 months, and Countdown Widget every 9 days. Most recently, My Events & Tasks was updated on October 15, 2026 and Countdown Widget on October 5, 2026.

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