Comparison

Widget Wizard vs Countdown X

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

Head to head
About

Widget Wizard

Create personalized home and lock screen widgets to track health, fitness, and daily information. Customize appearance and combine multiple data sources into single widgets for at-a-glance insights.

Highlights
  • Health and nutrition stats tracking
  • Customizable combo widgets
  • Agenda and calendar integration
  • Weather forecasts
  • Countdown timers
  • Customizable themes and fonts
Features
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Simple, elegant and highly customization widgets. TRACK YOUR HEALTH AND FITNESS GOALS! View your 35+ health and nutrition stats at a glance and keep track of your goals! Widget Wizard works with the Apple Health app so you can keep all your data in sync. Use Widget Wizard to log your activities, health and nutrition info. It's as simple as tapping on the widget! You can individually choose which health stats you provide access to. All data is stored in the Apple Health app and remains on your device for your security and privacy. MIX & MATCH Powerfully simple. Simply powerful. Combo widgets that let you choose what data you want to see together in one widget! Don't like combo widgets? You can have single widgets too! CHOOSE YOUR DATA! • Agenda widget that combines calendar events and reminders together • 35+ Health Stats, including steps, distance, cycling distance and more. • Weather - Requires in-app subscription, see below. • Countdown to events or reminders • Monthly calendar • General / unscheduled reminders. • Clock • A Stat Bar with health stats, battery percentage and more! • Constantly updated with new data sources! WEATHER SUPPORT Combine weather data from over 45,000 weather stations into any widget! Weather requires a subscription to cover the weather provider service costs. The subscription period is 3 months and will auto-renew, unless you cancel your subscription from your iTunes account 24 hours before the expiration date. You can also turn off auto-renewal by going to Account Settings on the App Store. CUSTOMIZE YOUR WIDGET • Choose your accent and background colours! • Choose your fonts! • Completely create your own theme! Customization requires Widget Wizard Pro, a one-time in-app purchase that unlocks advanced features for life. MULTILINGUAL Available in English, French, Dutch, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Korean, Brazilian Portugeuse and Simplified Chinese thanks to community translators! Some icons designed by icons8. Link to Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: https://widgetwizard.app/privacy-policy.html

About

Countdown X

Track important upcoming events with a beautiful and simple countdown app. Visualize remaining days with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Get timely reminders and organize your events with ease.

Highlights
  • Countdown to any event
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Live countdown in Dynamic Island
  • Customizable event styling
  • Repeating events
  • Progress tracking
  • Event sharing
Features
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Countdown X is a simple, beautiful countdown app for the days that matter to you. Count down to birthdays, vacations, weddings, anniversaries, holidays, launches and deadlines, and see how many days are left at a glance on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Count Down to Anything Create a countdown in seconds: pick a date and time or make it all-day, choose its colors and style, and add notes. Set events to repeat every day, week, two weeks, month or year, so birthdays and anniversaries roll over on their own. Start from a template to count down to the end of the year, season or month in one tap. See Your Progress Show the time remaining or the percentage of progress, and set a start date to measure progress from any moment you like. Use Excluded Days to skip the weekdays that don't count, like weekends, and see only the workdays left until a deadline. Widgets and Live Countdown Keep your countdowns in view with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and tap any widget to open its event. Turn on Live Countdown to follow an event's final 8 hours on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, perfect for a flight, a launch or the start of a party. Reminders Get a reminder the moment your countdown reaches zero, and turn reminders on or off for each event. Reminders are free for everyone. Organize Your Events See which event is next on one clean dashboard and filter your events by Upcoming, Today, This Week, This Month, Later or Past. Duplicate any event in one tap, copy an event's colors and style and paste them onto another countdown, and blur a title to keep a surprise private. Share the Excitement Share any countdown as an image, sized for Instagram Stories, TikTok, feed posts and Messages, or save it to Photos. Works With Your iPhone Find your countdowns in Spotlight, create an event with Siri or Shortcuts, and add a new countdown in one tap from Control Center, the Lock Screen or the Action button. Import events from Calendar and Reminders, and keep everything in sync across your iPhone and iPad with iCloud. Countdown X Premium Countdown X is free with up to three events. Premium unlocks: - Unlimited events - Repeating events - Percentage progress display - Blur Title for private events - Calendar and Reminders import - Share images without the watermark or background Choose a monthly or yearly plan, or pay once with Lifetime. Private by Design No account is required. Your events stay on your device and in your own iCloud. Terms of service: https://countdownx.app/terms Privacy policy: https://countdownx.app/privacy

Screenshots

Widget Wizard4 screens
Countdown X4 screens

Verdict

The call

Widget Wizard and Countdown X both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 63% of Widget Wizard's written reviews are positive against 0% of Countdown X's. Widget Wizard also leads on ratings volume (57 vs 4). Countdown X's advantage is iOS requirement (18 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Widget Wizard sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months and Countdown X sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Widget Wizard holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Wizard has 57 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Widget Wizard's written reviews are positive against 0% of Countdown X's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Widget Wizard versus Countdown X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget WizardCountdown X
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (57 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAhmed El-KhuffashPlainzer

Customer experience

Widget Wizard

All ratings56 ratings
Positive73.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral19.2%
Negative17.3%

Countdown X

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Widget Wizard

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Photos feature doesn't work
  • Sleep data not importing correctly
  • Vitals not supported
  • Cannot find calendar widgets
  • App glitchy and slow, requires force close
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  • Widgets not updating information (weather, agenda, steps, activity)
  • Widget is a blank blur
  • Health widgets don't update fast enough
  • Heat map not working for all-day events
  • App is often very slow, Siri reminders take hours to show
  • Weather just won't work, says to subscribe but no option
  • Widgets are missing after unlocking everything
  • Widgets don't show past events and overdue reminders
  • Sleeping time doesn't update through the day
  • Reminders widget: cannot select list, need to reopen app for updates
  • App frozen, cannot click on anything
  • Settings and tabs in upper right corner do not open
  • Triple Widget on iPad not displaying agenda or reminders
  • Widgets don’t reflect language setting, always English
  • Cannot control which calendars are shown, shows all

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add search to agenda page
  • Make countdown more compact
  • Link click on calendar items to open Apple calendar
  • Adjust text size for Lock Screen widgets
  • Option to hide seconds in countdown widget
Show 7 more
  • Add Slovak translation
  • Add a tab to view reminders
  • Allow selection of specific calendars to show
  • Improve historical viewing of health data with labels
  • Increase refresh rate for health widgets
  • Option to use non-native calendar apps
  • Add Apple Watch complications

Countdown X

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Widget Wizard

Subscriptions1
  • Widget Wizard +Weather$4.993 Months
One-time4
  • Buy me a coffee$1.99
  • Buy me a slice of pizza$2.99
  • Widget Wizard Pro$3.99
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  • Buy me a whole pizza$6.99
4 purchases

Countdown X

Subscriptions3
  • Countdown Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Countdown Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Countdown Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Widget Wizard free?
Widget Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown X free?
Countdown X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Wizard or Countdown X?
Widget Wizard is rated higher. Widget Wizard averages 4.2 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Countdown X averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Widget Wizard or Countdown X have ads?
Neither Widget Wizard nor Countdown X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Wizard or Countdown X?
Widget Wizard ships an update every 2 weeks, and Countdown X every 2 weeks. Most recently, Widget Wizard was updated on November 7, 2026 and Countdown X on November 5, 2026.

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