Countdown Widget & Counter vs Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Live countdown widgets
- Customizable widget templates
- Event editor with live preview
- Color gradients
- Over 50 icons
- Real-time push notifications
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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!
Countdown
Create personalized countdowns for all your important events, from birthdays to vacations. Share your special occasions with friends and family using beautiful templates and receive notification reminders as events approach.
- Personalized countdown cards
- Notification reminders
- Shareable event templates
- Live countdowns
- Event location mapping
- Activity and accommodation finder
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Count down to birthdays, parties, weddings, anniversaries, vacations, graduations and more with the FWD event countdown app. Create personalized countdown cards and share your special occasions with family and friends, using beautiful, ready-made templates. Count down the days, hours, minutes and seconds to all of your special occasions. Never forget a birthday or anniversary again, since you get notification reminders as your important events are approaching. * Add your own photos to your countdown cards * See all your events counting down live as the seconds tick and tock * Share your events in messaging apps and on social media using beautiful templates * See your events on a map * Find fun activities near your events * Find hotels and places to stay near your events * Wanna reminisce? Count the seconds since your past events What are you looking FWD to? PRIVACY POLICY: https://www.gototravelguides.net/privacy TERMS OF USE: https://www.gototravelguides.net/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Countdown Widget & Counter at fortnightly against Countdown's every 8 months. Countdown Widget & Counter also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 1). Countdown's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). 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
Both are free to download. Countdown Widget & Counter sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Countdown sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget & Counter has 2.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Countdown Widget & Counter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdown's.
Countdown Widget & Counter ships an update fortnightly, Countdown every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Widget & Counter | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Good App Company, Limited Liability Company | Mason Ifejika |
Customer experience
Countdown Widget & Counter
Countdown
Bugs and requests
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
Countdown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown Widget & Counter
- 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
- Widget Studio Pro Lifetime$9.99
- Widget Studio Pro Lifetime$14.99
Countdown
- Premium Access (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Premium Access (Yearly)$9.491 Year
Questions
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