Comparison

Widget Countdown vs Photo Countdown Widget

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

Head to head
About

Widget Countdown

Create custom countdowns for any event and display them directly on your home and lock screens. Personalize your countdowns with gradients, background images, and fonts. All features are free to use.

Highlights
  • Customizable events
  • Home screen widgets
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Colourful gradients
  • Custom background images
  • Custom font choice
Features
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A truly free countdown app. Where you can create fully customisable events and add them to your Home Screen. No need for a silly subscription to add widgets or images; all the features in this app are free and always will be. Main Features: - Colourful Gradients - Custom Background Images (from library or AI-generated) - Custom Font Choice - Home screen & Lock Screen Widgets Useful for: - Friends’ Birthdays - Upcoming events - When that important deadline is coming up - Concerts / Festivals - School and Exams - Holidays - Reminders - Appointments This app allows you to keep everyday events close to heart...

About

Photo Countdown Widget

Easily track days until or since important events with customizable widgets. Add your own photos as backgrounds and choose from various themes and fonts. All features are free and private, with no ads or accounts required.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up to any event
  • Customizable widgets for Home, Lock, and StandBy screens
  • Personalize with your own photos and themes
  • Automatic event switching from 'until' to 'since'
  • Repeat events by year, month, or week
  • Optional reminders before events
Features
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Photo Countdown is a free countdown widget with your own photo: the days until a birthday, wedding or trip, or a days-since counter for anything you started or quit. Every widget free — Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. No ads, no account, nothing locked. New widgets show your next event on their own and move on when its day has passed. They flip from "days until" to "days since" automatically. Your events and photos never leave your phone. Nothing to sync, nothing to lose in a sync. COUNTDOWN & COUNT SINCE • Count down the days to any future event • Count up from any date — perfect for sobriety, streaks and milestones • Show days, or weeks, months or years ("12 weeks, 3 days") • Switches automatically when the date passes, or lock it to always count down or always count since EVERY WIDGET, FREE • Small, medium, large and extra-large Home Screen widgets • Up Next: your next few events in one widget • Lock Screen widgets — circular, rectangular and inline • Your photo as the background — add up to 10, and the widget rotates through up to 6 of them • Color themes for events without a photo, including Birthday, Wedding, Trip and Holiday • Tap a widget to open its event MAKE IT YOURS • 10 ready-made looks, previewed live with your own photo • Frame your photo: drag and pinch until it fits every widget size • 8 fonts, any text color, 6 text positions and a readability slider • Photos stay visible on a Tinted or Clear Home Screen • Widgets follow the event's style, or pick a font and color for one widget alone REMINDERS & REPEATS • Repeat every year, month or week, or every few days, weeks, months or years — birthdays and anniversaries roll over on their own • Reminders on the day, or 1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks or 1 month before, at the time you pick • Share any countdown as a square photo card SIMPLE & PRIVATE • Add an event in seconds — pick an occasion, a date and a photo • No account, no signup, no ads, no subscription • Your events stay on your device • In English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish and Japanese Perfect for: • Vacations, birthdays, weddings, holidays • Sobriety tracking & addiction recovery • Fitness goals & streaks • Anniversaries & milestones • Baby due dates & retirement countdowns Free to use. If Photo Countdown earns a place on your Home Screen, the Support screen lets you leave an optional tip or a rating — that's what keeps it free. Nothing is ever locked.

Screenshots

Widget Countdown4 screens
Photo Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Photo Countdown Widget at 5.0 against Widget Countdown's 4.0. Photo Countdown Widget also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). Widget Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 4). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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 Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Photo Countdown Widget sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Photo Countdown Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Countdown has 54 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Widget Countdown's written reviews are positive against 100% of Photo Countdown Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Countdown ships an update monthly, Photo Countdown Widget every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Widget Countdown versus Photo Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget CountdownPhoto Countdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (54 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBradley CableShahriar Ahmed

Customer experience

Widget Countdown

All ratings54 ratings
Positive72.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive73.4%
Neutral10.1%
Negative16.5%

Photo Countdown Widget

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Widget Countdown

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Widgets disappear after app update
  • Widget shows blank space or doesn't display
  • Cannot save new events or edits
  • Photo selection window closes unexpectedly
  • Primary and secondary color options don't work
Show 5 more
  • Widget stuck in 'continue editing' mode
  • App crashes regularly requiring reinstall
  • Widget functionality broken on some iOS versions
  • App stops working after update
  • Cannot add events to widget

Requested features

15 requests
  • Multi-language support
  • Customizable time format (days, hours, minutes combinations)
  • Count-up feature in addition to countdown
  • Recurring events (weekly, monthly, yearly)
  • Ability to rearrange events manually or by date
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  • Countdown with time of day (not just midnight)
  • Font preview before selection
  • Ticking clock animation with hours, minutes, seconds
  • Medium widget size option
  • Automatic removal of past events from widget
  • Format with years, months, and days display
  • Date format customization (MM/DD/YYYY for US users)
  • Wide-format widget option
  • Ability to label countdowns separately from display text
  • Adjustable text position and styling on widgets

Photo Countdown Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Widget Countdown

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
3 purchases

Photo Countdown Widget

One-time3
  • Nice Tip$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Amazing Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Widget Countdown free?
Widget Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Countdown Widget free?
Photo Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Countdown or Photo Countdown Widget?
Photo Countdown Widget is rated higher. Widget Countdown averages 4.0 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Photo Countdown Widget averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Widget Countdown or Photo Countdown Widget have ads?
Widget Countdown shows ads; Photo Countdown Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Widget Countdown or Photo Countdown Widget?
Widget Countdown ships an update monthly, and Photo Countdown Widget every 3 weeks. Most recently, Widget Countdown was updated on November 3, 2026 and Photo Countdown Widget on October 30, 2026.

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