Comparison

Day Counter Ⓞ vs Countdown Widget Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Day Counter Ⓞ

Easily track time until or since any event with customizable countdowns. Organize important dates, set reminders, and personalize your event trackers. Improve productivity and never forget special occasions.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdowns and count-ups
  • Event reminders and alerts
  • Notes for personalization
  • Auto-import calendar events
  • Backup and sync across devices
  • Dark and light modes
  • Widgets
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Keep a countdown clock that counts to or from any event, all with just a few taps! It’s the easiest way to track how much time until your birthday, see how long it’s been since a certain event, or find out how many hours or days have passed. One countdown app with endless counters, and it’s all for free! You can use Day Counter to track important dates, the time until office events, hours since an event, and so much more. You can even count down the days until your next anniversary, just so you don’t forget! It’s an easy way to keep track of time or look forward to something, and it’s very easy to use, too. This countdown timer and calendar is useful for students, professionals, retired people, and everyone in-between. You can also track distant events so you know exactly how long it will be until Christmas or your favorite movie or game’s release date. Organize your life or remind yourself of events long past, and do it the easy way! Features: - Multiple categories to easily sort and find events - See a list of events sorted by time - Write notes to personalize your event trackers - Set reminders and alerts for upcoming events - Auto-import calendar events to quickly set timers - Backup and sync events across devices - Dark mode and light mode - Customizable categories, event widgets, and much more! Day Counter is a fast and easy way to improve your productivity and boost your ability to remember important events. Need a sobriety day counter? A Christmas countdown clock? A way to count the number of days until your vacation? You can create events and customize counters in just a few seconds, then set reminders or widgets to help you remember! Make your life a little easier with this incredibly useful and fully customizable countdown timer, tracker, and clock. Download Day Counter today and see just how useful it can be! Premium Subscription: Day Counter premium subscription which is available on a weekly and yearly tier, auto-renewable. The yearly subscription is priced at 3.99 USD/week and 29.99 USD/year (or local equivalent). You will be able to use unlimited events, backup & sync events, multiple widgets sizes, no ads and much more. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original package unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your iTunes Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. Unused portions of free trials, if offered, will be forfeited upon purchase of a subscription. Links to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: Privacy Policy: https://www.rvappstudios.com/privacypolicy.html#privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.rvappstudios.com/privacypolicy.html#terms/

About

Countdown Widget Calendar

Track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Organize events into categories, set recurring timers, and receive timely reminders. View your countdowns on your home screen, lock screen, or Dynamic Island.

Highlights
  • Repeating countdowns
  • Multiple event categories
  • Event reminders
  • Unlimited countdown creation
  • Create from calendar/reminders
  • Dynamic Island and Lock Screen support
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud Sync
Features
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Meet Dayly — the beautiful countdown app for every important day, now with a built-in AI Assistant that creates and updates your countdowns through simple conversation. Just tell Dayly what you need. "I'm off to Brighton at 9am this Saturday." Done. "Make it half nine." Updated. No menus, no date pickers — your AI Assistant understands natural language, voice input, and casual phrasing the way a friend would. Add stunning countdown widgets to your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Dynamic Island. Whether it's a wedding countdown, vacation countdown, birthday countdown, or holiday countdown, every important day stays right where you'll see it. ——————————————— AI ASSISTANT — A NEW WAY TO COUNT DOWN ——————————————— - Create countdowns by typing or speaking, like texting a friend - Update times with phrases like "make it half nine" or "push it a week" - Delete events through conversation, no digging through menus - Voice input for hands-free countdown creation - Smart parsing of dates, times, and casual language ——————————————— COUNTDOWN TO ANYTHING ——————————————— - Birthday and anniversary countdowns - Wedding and engagement countdowns - Vacation, trip, and cruise countdowns - Holiday countdowns — Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving - Pregnancy and baby due date countdowns - Graduation, retirement, and new home countdowns - Concerts, games, and exam date countdowns - Work deadlines and personal goal countdowns ——————————————— BEAUTIFUL COUNTDOWN WIDGETS ——————————————— - Lock Screen countdown widgets — see your important day the moment you pick up your phone - Home Screen countdown widgets in multiple sizes - Dynamic Island countdown for live activities - StandBy mode countdown clock ——————————————— POWERFUL COUNTDOWN FEATURES ——————————————— - Count down days, hours, minutes, and seconds to any event - Count up from past events - Repeat countdowns — daily, weekly, monthly, yearly - Smart notifications before the big day - Import events from your iOS Calendar - iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac ——————————————— MAKE EVERY COUNTDOWN YOURS ——————————————— - Custom backgrounds, colors, and photos - Beautiful themes and gradients - Light and dark mode support ——————————————— WHY DAYLY ——————————————— Unlike basic countdown apps, Dayly combines a conversational AI Assistant with beautiful countdown widgets — so creating an event is as simple as saying what's on your mind, and seeing it counted down is as effortless as glancing at your Lock Screen. ——————————————— DAYLY PREMIUM ——————————————— Unlock the full Dayly experience with Premium: - Unlimited AI Assistant conversations - All countdown widget styles and themes - Unlimited backgrounds and customization - Priority support Subscription options: - Premium Yearly subscription - Lifetime VIP (one-time purchase) Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your Account Settings after purchase. ——————————————— Questions or feedback? We would love to hear from you. We read every single email. Contact us at fombo888@gmail.com Terms: http://www.yangms.com/web/countdown/termsofservice.html Privacy Policy: http://www.yangms.com/web/countdown/privacy.html

Screenshots

Day Counter Ⓞ4 screens
Countdown Widget Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown Widget Calendar at fortnightly against Day Counter Ⓞ's every 2 months. Countdown Widget Calendar also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Day Counter Ⓞ's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 57%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Day Counter Ⓞ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Countdown Widget Calendar sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Widget Calendar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 92 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Day Counter Ⓞ's written reviews are positive against 57% of Countdown Widget Calendar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Day Counter Ⓞ ships an update every 2 months, Countdown Widget Calendar fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Day Counter Ⓞ versus Countdown Widget Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDay Counter ⓄCountdown Widget Calendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (32 ratings)4.8 (92 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3292 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRV AppStudios LLCXiamen Fengzhibo Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Day Counter Ⓞ

All ratings32 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Countdown Widget Calendar

All ratings92 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Day Counter Ⓞ

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Subscription3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • PRO Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
5 purchases

Countdown Widget Calendar

Subscriptions3
  • Dayly AI Countdown Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • countdown vip yearly1 Year trial$7.991 Year
  • Dayly AI Countdown Pro Yearly3 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime_VIP$3.99
  • Countdown Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Day Counter Ⓞ free?
Day Counter Ⓞ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widget Calendar free?
Countdown Widget Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Day Counter Ⓞ or Countdown Widget Calendar?
Countdown Widget Calendar is rated higher. Day Counter Ⓞ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Countdown Widget Calendar averages 4.8 from 92 ratings.
Do Day Counter Ⓞ or Countdown Widget Calendar have ads?
Both Day Counter Ⓞ and Countdown Widget Calendar show ads.
Which is updated more often, Day Counter Ⓞ or Countdown Widget Calendar?
Day Counter Ⓞ ships an update every 2 months, and Countdown Widget Calendar fortnightly. Most recently, Day Counter Ⓞ was updated on September 15, 2026 and Countdown Widget Calendar on September 5, 2026.

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