Comparison

Count Time Until & Days Since vs Countdown Widget & Counter

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

Head to head
About

Count Time Until & Days Since

Track time counting down to or up from important events like birthdays, trips, or anniversaries. Customize counters with images and colors, organize them into categories, and view them on your home screen with widgets. Set smart alerts and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Personalize with images and colors
  • Count up or down for events
  • Organize events by category
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Smart alerts for important dates
  • Recurring event scheduling
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Count Time – Your Personal Event Tracker Track time counting down or up for your most important moments—whether it’s a birthday, a concert, a trip, or any special date. Count Time is designed to be simple, intuitive, and highly customizable, so you can always stay on top of what matters most. “Nice! Simple and beautiful!” “This app is amazing! I track all my important events effortlessly. It’s super easy to use, and the customization options are fantastic.” “Works exactly as expected with no ads! The UI feels like a native iOS app, making it seamless to use.” FEATURES Personalization: Customize your time counters with your own images or vibrant colors to make each event unique. Count Up or Down: Track events before or after they happen—perfect for countdowns and anniversaries. Categories & Organization: Keep everything tidy by sorting your events into categories for quick access. Widgets for Home & Lock Screen: See your most important events at a glance with beautifully designed widgets. Smart Alerts: Set up to two notifications per event, so you’ll never forget an important date. Recurring Events: Easily schedule events to repeat automatically on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. iCloud Sync: Keep all your time counters and categories synced across your devices seamlessly. Share Your Counter: Spread the excitement—share your event counters on social media with just a tap! Terms of Use: javiergallo.com/count-time/terms

About

Countdown Widget & Counter

Create customizable widgets to track upcoming events directly on your home screen. Visualize your countdowns with beautiful designs, icons, and color gradients. Receive real-time notifications for important dates.

Highlights
  • Live countdown widgets
  • Customizable widget templates
  • Event editor with live preview
  • Color gradients
  • Over 50 icons
  • Real-time push notifications
Features
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Keep an eye on your upcoming events - directly on your Home Screen! Create minimalistic widgets that countdown to the big day.   The widgets in Widget Studio are highly customizable and clean-designed, so that nothing distracts your focus from the concert, your best friend‘s birthday or whatever you‘re currently looking forward to! It‘s quick, easy, and looks awesome. Welcome to Widget Studio. So, what do we have here? - Powerful event editor with live preview - Multiple customizable widget templates for iPhone & iPad - Beautiful color gradients for your Home Screen - Over 50 different icons to choose from - Real time push notifications for your events - Full support for Voice Over and Dynamic Type - Live countdown widgets Info: Most of the app's content is free. Some selected features require the purchase of a full version in the app (recurring annual subscription). We rely on your support to make development possible. Thank you for your understanding! :) Terms of Use (EULA) & Privacy Policy: https://cranberry.app/legal We have put a lot of love into the development of Widget Studio and hope you enjoy it. However, if you have something to complain about, or an exciting idea for future updates or additional apps of Widget Studio, please feel free to contact us at any time via support@cranberry.app. We are looking forward to your message. Take care!

Screenshots

Count Time Until & Days Since4 screens
Countdown Widget & Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Countdown Widget & Counter at 2.4K against Count Time Until & Days Since's 168. Countdown Widget & Counter also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 64%). 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. Count Time Until & Days Since sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Countdown Widget & Counter sells 10 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Count Time Until & Days Since against 4.6 for Countdown Widget & Counter. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget & Counter has 2.4K ratings behind it against 168, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Count Time Until & Days Since's written reviews are positive against 76% of Countdown Widget & Counter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Count Time Until & Days Since ships an update fortnightly, Countdown Widget & Counter every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Count Time Until & Days Since versus Countdown Widget & Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCount Time Until & Days SinceCountdown Widget & Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (168 ratings)4.6 (2.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews75.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1682.4K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJavier Gallo RocaSovereign Apps LLC

Customer experience

Count Time Until & Days Since

All ratings148 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.1%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative30.3%

Countdown Widget & Counter

All ratings2,425 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews922 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative15.3%

User reviews

Count Time Until & Days Since

From 168 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great visual date application
  • 👍 Incredible for seeing past and future dates
  • 👍 Super helpful and great UI design
  • 👍 Can add tags
  • 👍 Uncomplicated and nice interface

Room to improve

  • 💰 Overpriced for limited access
  • 💰 Greedy with paid features
  • 💰 Subscription price too high
  • 💰 Only 3 free countdowns
  • 💰 Widgets require payment

Countdown Widget & Counter

From 2.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 👍 Fantastic for glancing at events
  • 👍 Cool app
  • 👍 Nice widgets
  • 👍 Good countdown app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Extremely buggy
  • 🔕 NOT IMPRESSED (no sound)
  • 💰 Expensive price
  • 💰 Money
  • 💰 Only 2 for free

Bugs and requests

Count Time Until & Days Since

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Widget is always days behind
  • Widget does not update when opening the app
  • Times are jumping ahead (e.g., midnight to 1 am)
  • App keeps closing out when viewing a countdown for too long
  • App crashes on launch after adding multiple counters
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  • Widget shows 'unlock count Time +' making it unusable

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add custom and week day repetition (Mon-Fri)
  • Allow 'all day events' similar to calendar
  • Let users pick what dates of time to use (checkboxes for units)
  • Allow custom repeat events
  • Add custom and multiple alerts
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  • Show more precise time units (e.g., fractional hours)
  • Improve widget accuracy and display actual days
  • Widgets should open to the selected countdown
  • Default time to 12 am instead of current time
  • UI tweaks to display most recent events
  • Option to send a tip
  • Show image when sharing an event in a message

Countdown Widget & Counter

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Time calculation isn't correct
  • Widget and in-app display show different days remaining
  • Widget goes blank after phone restart
  • Countdowns freeze or count up unexpectedly
  • Paid version still shows ads
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  • Widgets disappear after iOS updates
  • App loses all user data after updates

Requested features

11 requests
  • Better integration with calendar and reminder API
  • Ability to rearrange events in the countdown list
  • Option to default 'What's Next' to user's choice
  • Larger photo frame in widget
  • Ability to group events into categories
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  • Option to change font
  • Ability to select an emoji for icons
  • Notification times for events
  • Ability to select the countdown unit (weeks/months)
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Count Time Until & Days Since

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Plan$1.991 Month
  • Weekly Plan3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Welcome Annual Plan1 Year trial$9.991 Year
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  • Annual Plan3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
10 purchases

Countdown Widget & Counter

Subscriptions8
  • Widget Studio PRO$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Widget Studio PRO$4.991 Year
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  • Widget Studio PRO$5.991 Year
  • Widget Studio PRO2 variants$7.991 Year
  • Widget Studio PRO$8.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription3 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Widget Studio PRO$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • Widget Studio Pro Lifetime$9.99
  • Widget Studio Pro Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Count Time Until & Days Since free?
Count Time Until & Days Since is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widget & Counter free?
Countdown Widget & Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Count Time Until & Days Since or Countdown Widget & Counter?
Countdown Widget & Counter is rated higher. Count Time Until & Days Since averages 4.5 out of 5 from 168 ratings, while Countdown Widget & Counter averages 4.6 from 2.4K ratings.
Do Count Time Until & Days Since or Countdown Widget & Counter have ads?
Neither Count Time Until & Days Since nor Countdown Widget & Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Count Time Until & Days Since or Countdown Widget & Counter?
Count Time Until & Days Since ships an update fortnightly, and Countdown Widget & Counter every 3 weeks. Most recently, Count Time Until & Days Since was updated on October 29, 2026 and Countdown Widget & Counter on October 29, 2026.

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