Comparison

Countdown & Days Until Widget vs Days Until

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Automatic countdown to any date
  • Customizable notifications
  • Repeat event settings
  • Calendar event import
  • Home & Lock Screen widgets
  • iCloud data backup
Features
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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)

About

Days Until

Display countdowns to important dates directly on your iPhone's lock screen. Customize the look with various backgrounds, colors, and fonts. Supports both countdowns and count-ups for anniversaries and events.

Highlights
  • Lock screen widgets for constant display
  • Customizable backgrounds, text, and colors
  • Photo backgrounds and pattern options (Pro)
  • Choice of fonts (Pro)
  • Countdown and count-up modes
  • Data stored locally on device
Features
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The day you're waiting for, always in sight. Days Until puts a countdown to your trip, anniversary, birthday, wedding or exam right on your iPhone Home Screen. It takes about a minute to make one. BIG NUMBERS, EASY TO READ • Choose how the number is laid out: Standard, Big number, Minimal, Vertical, Ring, Bar, Daily dots or Split digits. • Eleven typefaces for the numbers, from rounded and serif to marker, pixel and handwritten. • Fifteen patterns, including grid, dots, stripes, checks and traditional Japanese motifs like seigaiha and asanoha. • Set the background, text and number colors separately. Use a photo as the background and adjust blur, dimming and black-and-white. • Pick a scene to change everything at once: cherry blossoms, summer sea, autumn leaves, snow, Christmas, baby and more. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN, EVERY DAY • Home Screen widgets count down by themselves. No need to open the app. • Square and wide sizes. Add as many as you like. • On the day itself, the Lock Screen counts down to the hour, minute and second. • Also shows while your iPhone charges on its side, in Control Center, and on Apple Watch. TIDY, EVEN WITH MANY • Sort countdowns into folders and switch between them from the list. • Search by title. • Show the days to your next event on the app icon (or turn it off). COUNT YOUR WAY • Days, Auto, Years/months/days, Weeks, Workdays, Hours or Minutes. • Repeats weekly, monthly or yearly. Birthdays and anniversaries roll over to next year on their own. • Count up, too: "it's been 100 days". Get notified at milestones like 100 days and one year. • Reminders 3 days before, the day before and on the day, set per countdown. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • Syncs with iCloud, so it moves with you to a new iPhone. • Your countdowns are stored only on your device and in your own iCloud. Nothing is sent to our servers. PRICING • You can make up to 2 countdowns. • Twelve colors, two layouts, two typefaces and three scenes are included. • Photo backgrounds, gradients, patterns and the other typefaces are part of Pro. You can try them on and see the result before saving. • Days Until Pro unlocks unlimited countdowns and every design. One-time purchase, no subscription. Terms of Use: https://support-site-vercel.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://support-site-vercel.vercel.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Countdown & Days Until Widget4 screens
Days Until4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Days Until at none against Countdown & Days Until Widget's shown. Days Until also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Countdown & Days Until Widget's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 50%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 & Days Until Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Days Until sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown & Days Until Widget ships an update every 3 weeks, Days Until every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown & Days Until Widget versus Days Until: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown & Days Until WidgetDays Until
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShota YamashitaMasaki Sato

Customer experience

Countdown & Days Until Widget

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral23.1%
Negative13.5%

Days Until

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown & Days Until Widget

One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$14.99
3 purchases

Days Until

Subscriptions2
  • 月額プラン7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • 年額プラン14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Days Until Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Countdown & Days Until Widget free?
Countdown & Days Until Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Days Until free?
Days Until is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Countdown & Days Until Widget or Days Until have ads?
Countdown & Days Until Widget shows ads; Days Until does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown & Days Until Widget or Days Until?
Countdown & Days Until Widget ships an update every 3 weeks, and Days Until every 6 days. Most recently, Countdown & Days Until Widget was updated on October 24, 2026 and Days Until on October 25, 2026.

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