Comparison

Countdown Days 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

Countdown Days

Easily track important dates like birthdays and anniversaries. Get timely reminders and count down the time remaining until your events. Organize events with notes and custom categories.

Highlights
  • Countdown time in years, months, weeks, and days
  • Event notification scheduling
  • Track time since past events
  • Add notes to events
  • Categorize events
  • Customize themes
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Countdown Days is an App that can help you remember events, anniversaries, and big days and send alerts or reminders according to your time setting. You can effortlessly track your time and this App can count down the years, months, weeks, and days for you. Current features: Countdown time (including years, months, weeks, and days) until your events. Schedule notification to remind you days before your events. Track years, months, weeks, and days since the events you created, Write notes on your events. Categorize your events based on your needs. Customize your themes.

About

Countdown Widget

Easily track important dates and events with real-time countdowns. Set custom alerts and personalize your countdowns with themes and emojis. Features home screen widgets for instant access on iOS 14.

Highlights
  • Live countdown display
  • Customizable alerts and notifications
  • iOS 14 home screen widgets
  • Widget customization with themes
  • Emoji integration
  • Manage multiple countdowns
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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Countdown Widget helps you stay ready for the moments that matter most. From birthdays and anniversaries to holidays, vacations, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and personal milestones, it keeps your upcoming events beautifully organized with live countdowns, reminders, widgets, and Apple Watch support. Create countdowns for any future date and watch the time update in real time. See exactly how long is left in months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds, so every event feels a little closer. Bring your existing plans into the app with calendar import. You can import events you’ve added to your iPhone calendar and instantly turn them into countdowns, making it easy to keep everything in one place. Countdown Widget also works on Apple Watch. Add and manage countdowns right from your watch, so your important dates are always close at hand, even when your phone is not. Features: Live Countdown Display Track the time remaining for any event with precise, real-time updates. Calendar Event Import Import events from your iPhone calendar and add them to the app as countdowns in just a few taps. Apple Watch App Create countdowns from your Apple Watch and keep your upcoming events within easy reach. Custom Alerts Choose when you want to be reminded. Set notifications for a month before, a week before, a day before, or right before the event. Home Screen Widgets Add beautifully designed countdown widgets to your Home Screen for quick access to your most important dates. Widget Customization Personalize your countdown widgets with different colors, themes, and styles to match your Home Screen. Give each countdown its own unique look. Emoji Support Make each countdown feel more personal with emojis that fit the occasion. Manage Multiple Countdowns Keep track of birthdays, trips, celebrations, and more in one simple, organized place. Clean and Easy to Use Enjoy a smooth, intuitive interface that makes creating and managing countdowns effortless. Countdown Widget makes it simple to stay excited, prepared, and on time for every special moment. Terms of use: https://www.notion.so/Terms-of-Use-EULA-Countdown-Widget-Time-Until-325686c61ac48055af76feee4fa2eaca Privacy policy: https://www.notion.so/Privacy-Policy-325686c61ac48080a023ed9a4acd78bd EULA: https://www.notion.so/EULA-Countdown-Widget-325686c61ac48060a9a8ddc0b83cb2bc

Screenshots

Countdown Days4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown Widget at 81% against Countdown Days's 25%. Countdown Widget also leads on ads (none vs shown). Countdown Days's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Days holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 44 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Countdown Days's written reviews are positive against 81% of Countdown Widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Days ships an update every 8 days, Countdown Widget every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Countdown Days versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown DaysCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (26 ratings) — better4.4 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews80.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2644 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBanghua ZhaoONNEX YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI

Customer experience

Countdown Days

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Countdown Widget

All ratings44 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Days

One-time1
  • Remove Ads forever$0.99
4 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Countdown Premium$29.99

Questions

Is Countdown Days free?
Countdown Days is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Days or Countdown Widget?
Countdown Days is rated higher. Countdown Days averages 4.8 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Countdown Widget averages 4.4 from 44 ratings.
Do Countdown Days or Countdown Widget have ads?
Countdown Days shows ads; Countdown Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Days or Countdown Widget?
Countdown Days ships an update every 8 days, and Countdown Widget every 5 weeks. Most recently, Countdown Days was updated on October 9, 2026 and Countdown Widget on October 14, 2026.

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