Comparison

Progress vs Countdown widget

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

Head to head
About

Progress

This app helps you monitor your progress towards personal goals, from financial targets to fitness achievements. Visualize your journey with historical data and projected completion dates. It offers a beautiful design, customizable widgets, and Siri shortcuts for seamless tracking across your devices.

Highlights
  • Track distance, money, time, weight, and more
  • History charts and projected completion dates
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Automatic tracker resets (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.)
  • Cross-device syncing (iOS & macOS)
Features
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Progress is an app for iOS & macOS designed to help keep track of progress towards goals. Progress is perfect for tracking almost anything - distance, money, time, weight, and more! Stay on target with history charts showing your recent trends! ◆ Beautiful Design Intuitive layout puts progress tracking right at your fingertips ◆ Widgets Powerful widgets available right on your Home Screen or Lock Screen ◆ Shortcuts Siri shortcuts integration to unlock even more possibilities ◆ History See trends over time and projected completion dates ◆ Automatic Reset Set trackers to reset every day, week, month, quarter, or year ◆ Quick Actions Customizable quick actions for each tracker ◆ Smart Formatting Intelligent formatting for currencies, times, weights, and distances ◆ Categories Sort your trackers into lists ◆ Multiple Device Support Available for iOS & macOS devices with seamless syncing The free version of Progress allows for tracking up to 5 items at a time. To remove this limitation & all advertising within the app, we offer our premium upgrade. Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription or a one time lifetime purchase. Progress premium subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime by going to your account settings in the App Store. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our privacy policy & terms of use: https://www.shayesapps.com/policies

About

Countdown widget

Create personalized countdown and count-up widgets for any event, from birthdays to holidays. Customize with various themes, icons, and your own photos. Syncs across devices and offers stylish fonts and color options.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown and count-up widgets
  • Multiple themes, styles, and app icons
  • Support for iOS Lock Screen and Standby Widgets
  • Add personal photos to widgets
  • Stylish fonts and gradient color presets
  • Watch App and iCloud sync
  • Light and Dark modes
Features
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Create Custom Countdown or Count up widget with lots of themes, styles and App Icons. Count down to your next event: Birthday, Vacation, Holiday, Thanksgiving, Party, Halloween, Christmas, and lots more in Aesthetic looks. Create Multiple widget Features Include. • iOS 26 Standby Widget. • iOS 26 LockScreen Widget & Transparent Widget. • Multiple App Icons. • Transparent Widget. • Variety of Widget Style & Theme • Watch App & iCloud sync • Count up from past events • Stylish Fonts. • Beautiful colour , gradient Presets. • Add your Own Photos. • Light & Dark modes. • Supports all size of widgets. No Ads. Add your Custom widget with ease and edit later in no time. Upcoming version will include Apple watch supports and more themes. Download Now New Countdown Widget and Enjoy!!! Offers auto-renewing unlimited-access subscription options. $9.99/Year as Annually Subscription. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. If you choose to purchase a subscription, payment will be charged to your iTune account, and your account will be charged within 24-hour to the end of the current period .Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your iTunes store after purchase.Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. Terms of use: https://motivateapps.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://motivateapps.com/privacyClean.html

Screenshots

Progress4 screens
Countdown widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Countdown widget at none against Progress's shown. Countdown widget also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). Progress's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Progress sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Countdown widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Progress holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 900 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Progress's written reviews are positive against 88% of Countdown widget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress ships an update every 4 weeks, Countdown widget weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Progress versus Countdown widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgressCountdown widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (900 ratings) — better4.5 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews88.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9001.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.016 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShayes Apps LLCAmit Verma

Customer experience

Progress

All ratings884 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.5%

Countdown widget

All ratings1,269 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews325 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative8.6%

User reviews

Progress

From 900 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Well-designed and functional
  • 🚀 Easy and flawless to use
  • 💡 Helps with motivation and accountability
  • 👍 Simple, elegant, and aesthetically pleasing
  • 👍 Customizable and personalized

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription for full features
  • 🐛 Widget issues and inconsistencies
  • 💰 Overcharging for a simple app

Countdown widget

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Best out there
  • 👍 Paid version is a must
  • 👍 Thank you so so much
  • 👍 I love the app
  • 👍 Great app!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Not happy with this app
  • 💡 Widgets should be for sale
  • 💡 The style of widgets they are all for premium and I think that should change xx
  • 🐛 Good app, doesnt fully work for me
  • 💡 OK

Bugs and requests

Progress

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Widgets not working as expected
  • App crashing on launch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add pages/word count tracking
  • Implement daily/weekly/monthly goal tracking and statistics
  • Ability to reorder and view multiple trackers on widgets
  • Automate progress updates based on schedule
  • Increase font and UI element sizes
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  • Add negative goal tracking (e.g., body fat percentage)

Countdown widget

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Countdown widget not working on lock screen
  • Countdown based on EST instead of user's timezone

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Sync with calendars
  • Show hours, minutes, and seconds in countdown

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Progress

Subscriptions2
  • Progress Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Progress Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99
3 purchases

Countdown widget

Subscriptions1
  • Countdown Pro.$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Countdown Pro.2 variants$8.99
  • Countdown Pro.$12.99

Questions

Is Progress free?
Progress is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown widget free?
Countdown widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Progress or Countdown widget?
Progress is rated higher. Progress averages 4.8 out of 5 from 900 ratings, while Countdown widget averages 4.5 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Progress or Countdown widget have ads?
Progress shows ads; Countdown widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Progress or Countdown widget?
Progress ships an update every 4 weeks, and Countdown widget weekly. Most recently, Progress was updated on November 3, 2026 and Countdown widget on November 3, 2026.

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