Comparison

Positive Affirmations Widget vs Countdown Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Positive Affirmations Widget

This app provides daily motivational affirmations through customizable home screen widgets. Choose from various categories like self-care, personal growth, and happiness to receive personalized quotes and boost your mental well-being. Premium access unlocks additional themes, fonts, and unlimited reminders.

Highlights
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Daily affirmations
  • Multiple categories (self-care, growth, happiness)
  • Dark/light theme options
  • Premium features (ad removal, unlimited reminders)
  • Background and font customization
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Welcome to our new app! Select your favourite categories, set widget theme (dark or light), add widget on your home screen and enjoy daily affirmations! Our Affirmation Widget is one of the simplest and most powerful tools for mental growth. We have some amazing categories just for you: + Think about your mental health with «Self care» + Avoid negative thoughts with «Personal Growth» + Stay «Health & Wellbeing» + Be more productive with «Work and Career» + Improve your relationship with «Love & Relationship» + Enjoy & do your best with «Happiness & Life» + Be grateful to yourself with «Gratitude» + Wake up & go to bed with «Morning» & «Night» + Follow your dream with «Freedom» + Stay strong with «Sport» + And finally get away from «Stress & Anxiety» with us! What will change in my life with this application? Absolutely EVERYTHING! You’ll get: - Motivation to work harder. - Love quotes library that will help you to improve your relationships. - Motivation to train and work out. - Help for depression - Boosted self-esteem and self-confidence - Opportunity to get over a break up - Life lessons and sayings - Sport quotes from athletes and trainers - Business, money, success and career - Being present and mindful - Quotes from and for women - Philosophy from the best minds - Quotes to be thankful for what you got - Inspirations for joy - Quotes from movies - And much more! With Premium Access you can: + Remove Ads + Unlock All Themes and Categories + Set Background Photo + Set Font + Get Unlimited Reminders + Search Quotes SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. – You will be able to access full feature of the app for the duration of the subscription. – Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. – The 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 on 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. Please visit http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 for more information. – 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. – Any unused portion of a free-trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy at: * Link to Privacy Policy: http://bit.ly/SM_PrivacyPolicy * Link to Terms of use: http://bit.ly/SM_TermsOfUse

About

Countdown Buddy

Create personalized countdown and count-up widgets for your home and lock screens. Visually track important dates like birthdays, vacations, or deadlines with custom designs, colors, and photos. Stay motivated and make waiting more exciting.

Highlights
  • Personalized countdown widgets
  • Count-up widgets
  • Home screen and lock screen support
  • Customizable designs
  • Background color options
  • Photo integration
  • Font selection
Features
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EVERYTHING YOU ARE WAITING FOR - IN A WIDGET Design your own personalized countdown or count-up widgets for your home screen & lock screen. Countdown Widget is a super fun way to track the days until a momentous occasion such as: - Your birthday, or another special someone’s birthday - A long-awaited vacation - Back to school - Upcoming elections - A returning season of your favorite TV series - A favorite yearly tech event - A new video game is up for preorder Or any other future event! Countdown Widget makes waiting for something exciting even more thrilling by giving you a cool and colorful visual reminder on your home screen. Use it to count down to a big event, to mark the end of something less fun, or to keep track of work deadlines (weekend exclusion is now possible!) - it's a super fun way to stay on top of things! COUNT UP Create a count-up widget to mark a significant moment in time and track the duration since it occurred. CREATE A PERSONALIZED COUNTDOWN WIDGET Create a Widget with your custom design in a matter of seconds. You can choose from 11 Countdown styles (we are already working on more) and make them your own by adding your personal touch: - Change background colors. - Use photos from your phone Photo Library or from our preset gallery. - Choose from a curated list of fonts that go well with each specific style. - Each Widget you make will automatically be available in small or medium sizes. - Change the design anytime later. WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK As a small team, we are excited to have our first app on the App Store. We value your feedback and would love to hear from you if you have any questions, suggestions, or anything else you think we should know. Don't hesitate to get in touch with us at - hi@taptics.co. Note: The Free version of the app includes one countdown widget with the basic design.

Screenshots

Positive Affirmations Widget4 screens
Countdown Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Buddy at 4.6 against Positive Affirmations Widget's 4.1. Countdown Buddy also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 38%) and ratings volume (25K vs 57). Positive Affirmations Widget's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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. Positive Affirmations Widget sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Countdown Buddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Buddy holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Buddy has 25K ratings behind it against 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Positive Affirmations Widget's written reviews are positive against 68% of Countdown Buddy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Positive Affirmations Widget ships an update daily, Countdown Buddy every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Positive Affirmations Widget versus Countdown Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPositive Affirmations WidgetCountdown Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (57 ratings)4.6 (25K ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews67.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5725K — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB149 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSiarhei MarozauTaptics Ltd.

Customer experience

Positive Affirmations Widget

All ratings57 ratings
Positive75.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%

Countdown Buddy

All ratings25,173 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews986 reviews
Positive67.8%
Neutral9.9%
Negative22.2%

Bugs and requests

Positive Affirmations Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Countdown Buddy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widgets disappearing or not working after updates
  • Countdown timers not updating correctly
  • Inability to add new widgets or countdowns

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to display multiple countdowns at once
  • Implement automatic countdown reset/repeat functionality
  • Allow custom countdown units (e.g., weeks, business days)
  • Improve widget handling and update reliability

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Positive Affirmations Widget

Subscriptions6
  • Premium Monthly Access$2.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly Access$4.991 Month
  • VIP Monthly Access$6.991 Month
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  • Premium Yearly Access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly Access3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • VIP Yearly Access3 Days trial$49.991 Year
1 purchases

Countdown Buddy

One-time1
  • Countdown +$3.59

Questions

Is Positive Affirmations Widget free?
Positive Affirmations Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Buddy free?
Countdown Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Positive Affirmations Widget or Countdown Buddy?
Countdown Buddy is rated higher. Positive Affirmations Widget averages 4.1 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Countdown Buddy averages 4.6 from 25K ratings.
Do Positive Affirmations Widget or Countdown Buddy have ads?
Neither Positive Affirmations Widget nor Countdown Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Positive Affirmations Widget or Countdown Buddy?
Positive Affirmations Widget ships an update daily, and Countdown Buddy every 9 days. Most recently, Positive Affirmations Widget was updated on September 24, 2026 and Countdown Buddy on October 3, 2026.

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