Comparison

Bears Countdown vs COMO Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Bears Countdown

Beautifully designed countdowns for important events like birthdays, anniversaries, and vacations. Features hand-drawn art, home screen widgets, and the ability to add notes and set intentions for future plans.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn bear artworks
  • Home screen widgets (iOS 14)
  • Event notes for details
  • Past event history
  • Set intentions for future plans
Features
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Bears Countdown is the most beautiful way to countdown to birthdays, anniversaries, vacations and even work deadlines! On iPhone, iPad and Mac. ...HAND-DRAWN ARTWORKS... Lots of beautifully drawn bear artworks with a gorgeous pastel color palette to bring every event to life. ...WIDGETS (iOS 14)... Countdown from your home screen without even having to open the app! All three widget sizes included. ...NOTES... Write notes for each event, like ideas for birthday gifts/anniversaries, things to remember for upcoming trips, and important points for work deadlines. ...HISTORY... Look back on past events and the notes you wrote for them. ...SET INTENTIONS... Set intentions for plans that you don’t have a date for yet, like promising yourself to catch up with a friend you haven't seen in a while, or starting a new workout routine.

About

COMO Widgets

Personalize your phone's home and lock screens with a variety of cute and functional widgets. Choose from clocks, weather, health trackers, battery indicators, calendars, photo frames, and dynamic GIFs. Customize backgrounds, fonts, and more to create a unique look.

Highlights
  • Clock widgets (lock screen, small, medium, large)
  • Weather widgets
  • Health widgets (step count, calorie consumption)
  • Battery widgets
  • Dynamic (GIF) widgets
  • Calendar widgets
  • Photo frame widgets
  • Quick launch lock screen widgets
Features
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COMO Widgets is an adorable and healing all-in-one widget app that combines various types of desktop widgets such as wallpaper, clock, weather, health, battery, dynamic, calendar, photo frame, lock screen, etc. In our busy lives, work, and study, we always encounter some interesting and memorable people and things, or we are in a state of anxiety, happiness, surprise... COMO Widgets is inspired by this and creates various cute and healing widgets and themes with multiple functions around our original COMO family IP characters, such as "Boss Cat", "Fragrant Doggie", "Papa Bear", "Little Monster", "Cute Duck", etc. In addition, COMO Widgets also provides a variety of personalized editing options, such as transparent backgrounds, custom background colors, custom background images, and various cute fonts. You can easily create a personalized phone desktop without too many complex steps and DIY your phone home screen! Currently, we have the following widget categories: ##Clock Widgets - Lock Screen Clock Widgets, such as "Hand-painted Digital Clock" etc. - Small Size Widgets, such as "Papa Bear Clock", "Boss Cat Lazy Clock (Dynamic Widget)" etc. - Medium Size Widgets, such as "New Year Clock", "Custom Clock" etc. - Large Size Widgets, such as "Foodie Clock", "Photo Clock", etc. ##Weather Widgets Small and medium size widgets with "Boss Cat Weather Widget", and more will be added in the future! When adding weather widgets, we will ask for location permission to obtain weather data for the current city, so as to display weather information in the weather-related widgets. ##Health Widgets "Boss Cat Combination Widget" and "Boss Cat Life Calendar Widget" When adding health widgets, we will ask for permission to access HealthKit data to obtain daily step count and calorie consumption data, to display exercise data in the health-related widgets. ##Battery Widgets "Papa Bear Battery Widget", "Boss Cat Battery Widget", "Fragrant Dog Battery Widget", etc. ##Dynamic Widgets These are GIF-type widgets that move automatically when added to the phone's home screen or lock screen. ##Calendar Widgets "Boss Cat Work Calendar Widget", "Fragrant Dog Work Calendar Widget", "Boss Cat Fitness Calendar Widget", "Custom Calendar Widget", "Christmas Tree Calendar Widget", etc. ##Photo Frame Widgets "Custom Photo Widget", "Transparent Photo Widget", "Mirror Photo Frame Widget", etc. ##Quick Launch Lock Screen Widgets These are quick launch icons that can be set on the lock screen, and our illustrator has drawn hundreds of hand-drawn icons to support binding to apps that support URL schemes. You can freely set the jump according to your preferences. ##Privacy Statement 【HealthKit】 - COMO Widgets has integrated with HealthKit to sync health data to the APP. When displaying daily step count data in COMO Widgets, we will ask for permission to access HealthKit data to display exercise data in step-related widgets. 【Location Information】 - When using weather widgets, we need to obtain location permission to get weather information for the current location and display it in related widgets. 【Photo Permission】 - When setting the background for widgets, we need to obtain photo permission to upload the background image. We also need this permission when saving images to your phone. * Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase. * Subscriptions will automatically renew and payment will be charged to your iTunes account unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current Terms of Use: We use Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Additional terms [https://comostudio.super.site/como-widgets/terms-of-use] (In case of conflicts between these terms and the EULA, these terms shall prevail.) Privacy Policy:[https://comostudio.super.site/como-widgets/privacy-policy]

Screenshots

Bears Countdown4 screens
COMO Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: COMO Widgets at Free against Bears Countdown's $3.99. Bears Countdown's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 53%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

COMO Widgets is free to download; Bears Countdown costs $3.99 up front. Bears Countdown sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and COMO Widgets sells 3 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

Bears Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bears Countdown has 2.6K ratings behind it against 511, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Bears Countdown's written reviews are positive against 53% of COMO Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bears Countdown ships an update monthly, COMO Widgets every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Bears Countdown versus COMO Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBears CountdownCOMO Widgets
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (2.6K ratings) — better4.6 (511 ratings)
Positive reviews89.1% of reviews — better53.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better511
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#53 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size278 MB433 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIsuru WanasingheNanning Chaojia Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Bears Countdown

All ratings2,574 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews667 reviews
Positive89.1%
Neutral5.8%
Negative5.1%

COMO Widgets

All ratings511 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral20.0%
Negative26.7%

Bugs and requests

Bears Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Dates randomly shifting back by a day
  • Widget not working properly on macOS Ventura
  • Inability to scroll through months and dates on desktop

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to set reminders for specific times
  • Implement recurring event options (e.g., every 2 weeks)
  • Allow syncing between devices
  • Introduce a search function for illustrations
  • Add support for Apple Watch

COMO Widgets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bears Countdown

One-time10
  • Dragons$0.99
  • Christmas Apple$0.99
  • Snowman$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Vegan Milk$0.99
  • Red Envelopes$0.99
  • Exam$0.99
  • Princess$0.99
  • Meditation$0.99
  • Deliveries$0.99
  • Bears Unlimited$2.99
3 purchases

COMO Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • COMO Widgets VIP Monthly$1.991 Month
  • COMO Widgets VIP$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • COMO Clock VIP$9.99

Questions

Is Bears Countdown free?
Bears Countdown costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is COMO Widgets free?
COMO Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bears Countdown or COMO Widgets?
Bears Countdown is rated higher. Bears Countdown averages 4.9 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while COMO Widgets averages 4.6 from 511 ratings.
Do Bears Countdown or COMO Widgets have ads?
Neither Bears Countdown nor COMO Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bears Countdown or COMO Widgets?
Bears Countdown ships an update monthly, and COMO Widgets every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bears Countdown was updated on October 2, 2026 and COMO Widgets on September 29, 2026.

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