Picture Call vs Date Countdown Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Picture Call
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This app uses pictures for your contacts so you can easily call/FaceTime by picture. Touch the contact picture and you can call/FaceTime right from that screen. You add contacts from your phonebook along with their picture. No picture?..... No problem. Add a picture from the photos app on your phone. Still don't have a picture?.... Use an emoji for your friend's picture. Pick from dozens of emoji. See screenshots for details. Free for a limited time. This app does not make any changes to the contact info in your phone.
Date Countdown Widget
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Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Home screen and the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Date Countdown widget allows to display the number of years / months / days remaining until a given target date. It is also possible to display the number of days elapsed since a given date. See how many days you have left until your birthday, or how long ago an important event in your life happened! A custom name can be displayed and the look can be customized. Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. In Today view: You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Picture Call at 10.3 against Date Countdown Widget's 12.0. On price, update cadence, 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
Picture Call costs $0.99 and Date Countdown Widget $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Picture Call ships an update every 12 months, Date Countdown Widget every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Picture Call | Date Countdown Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Niagara Mobile LLC | Francis Bonnin |
In-app purchases
Picture Call
No in-app purchases
Date Countdown Widget
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Picture Call free?
Is Date Countdown Widget free?
Do Picture Call or Date Countdown Widget have ads?
Which is updated more often, Picture Call or Date Countdown Widget?
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