Comparison

Event Countdown & Widget vs Future Past

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

Head to head
About

Event Countdown & Widget

Never forget important dates again. This app helps you track upcoming events with customizable widgets and a stylish overview. Set reminders for birthdays, holidays, and more, all from your home screen.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets for direct tracking
  • Stylish overview of all countdowns
  • Countdown to event start
  • Customizable countdown colors
  • Reminders for various life events
Features
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Countdown Widget - Day Counter reminds you of important dates and events in your life so you don't have to calculate remaining days with a calendar. With Countdown for Days, you will never miss a birthday, retirement date, payday, anniversary, graduation ceremony, wedding, birth, exam, army service, football game, summer vacation, shopping sales events or any other important dates. Countdown - Features: • Follow your activities directly from the home screen with widgets • All your countdowns in one place with a stylish view. • Countdown for events and countdown when the event starts • Color of each countdown can be customized

About

Future Past

Track important dates with a simple timeline. See days remaining or days past for any event. Syncs with your iOS Calendar and offers widgets for quick access.

Highlights
  • Off-calendar event timeline
  • iOS Calendar sync
  • Calendar view for event browsing
  • iOS widgets
  • Unlimited events (Pro)
  • Unlimited calendar integration (Pro)
Features
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Your important dates. Made simple. Add any event to see the days remaining or the days past. Future Past pulls the events you choose from your calendars into one clean, focused timeline — no more digging through calendar hell to find what matters. Features: Unified timeline — past and future events from your chosen calendars in one continuously scrolling view Favorites - star your most important dates to pin them to the top Fast search - find any event instantly, typos and all Home Screen widgets - see your next event or pin a specific one, right on your Home Screen Native calendar editing - add and edit events with the calendar picker you already know Future Past is free to use, with your timeline showing 1 week ahead and behind. Watch a short ad any time to unlock Pro - a timeline that stretches up to 100 years - for free, no purchase required.

Screenshots

Event Countdown & Widget4 screens
Future Past4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Future Past at 100% against Event Countdown & Widget's 0%. Future Past also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Event Countdown & Widget's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Event Countdown & Widget sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Future Past 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

Future Past holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Event Countdown & Widget has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Event Countdown & Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of Future Past's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Event Countdown & Widget ships an update monthly, Future Past fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Event Countdown & Widget versus Future Past: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvent Countdown & WidgetFuture Past
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSenol CagirTalking Chicken Friend OU

Customer experience

Event Countdown & Widget

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Future Past

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Event Countdown & Widget

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Subscription + No Ads$2.991 Month
1 purchases

Future Past

One-time1
  • Future Past Pro$0.29

Questions

Is Event Countdown & Widget free?
Event Countdown & Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Future Past free?
Future Past is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Event Countdown & Widget or Future Past?
Future Past is rated higher. Event Countdown & Widget averages 4.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Future Past averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Event Countdown & Widget or Future Past have ads?
Event Countdown & Widget shows ads; Future Past does not.
Which is updated more often, Event Countdown & Widget or Future Past?
Event Countdown & Widget ships an update monthly, and Future Past fortnightly. Most recently, Event Countdown & Widget was updated on August 31, 2026 and Future Past on September 24, 2026.

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