Countdown@ vs Event Countdown & Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown@
Easily track important life events with stylish countdown timers. Create custom events like vacations, birthdays, and holidays. View upcoming events with a convenient widget and even count up from past milestones.
- Create custom event countdowns
- Count up from past events
- Event timeline with diary and notes
- Widget for important events
- Stylish event tracking
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Countdown@ is a super easy to use countdown timer for the important events in your life. Count down to your next event: Vacation, Birthday, Holiday, Party, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, and more - in style! Features: • Create different types of events • Widget to view your most important events • Count up from past events • Timeline in every countdown event — diary and notes ——— FEEDBACK ——— Have any suggestions? Feel free to contact us at joezhang176776005@gmail.com
Event Countdown & Widget
Never forget important dates again. This app helps you track upcoming events with customizable widgets and a stylish overview. Set reminders for birthdays, holidays, and more, all from your home screen.
- Home screen widgets for direct tracking
- Stylish overview of all countdowns
- Countdown to event start
- Customizable countdown colors
- Reminders for various life events
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Countdown Widget - Day Counter reminds you of important dates and events in your life so you don't have to calculate remaining days with a calendar. With Countdown for Days, you will never miss a birthday, retirement date, payday, anniversary, graduation ceremony, wedding, birth, exam, army service, football game, summer vacation, shopping sales events or any other important dates. Countdown - Features: • Follow your activities directly from the home screen with widgets • All your countdowns in one place with a stylish view. • Countdown for events and countdown when the event starts • Color of each countdown can be customized
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Verdict
Countdown@ and Event Countdown & Widget both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 37% of Countdown@'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Event Countdown & Widget's. Countdown@ also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (39K vs 15). Event Countdown & Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Countdown@ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Event Countdown & Widget sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Countdown@ against 4.7 for Event Countdown & Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown@ has 39K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 37% of Countdown@'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Event Countdown & Widget's.
Countdown@ ships an update every 5 days, Event Countdown & Widget monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown@ | Event Countdown & Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (39K ratings) | 4.7 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wuhan Linggu Dingdang Technology Co., Ltd | Senol Cagir |
Customer experience
Countdown@
Event Countdown & Widget
Bugs and requests
Countdown@
Reported bugs
3 issues- Countdown not updating correctly
- Widget not displaying as customized
- Inability to delete past events
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to set countdown as alarm
- Sync countdowns across devices
- More customization options for widget
- Allow multiple countdowns in widget
Event Countdown & Widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown@
- Countdown Premium$4.99
Event Countdown & Widget
- Pro Subscription + No Ads$2.991 Month
Questions
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