Comparison

Days Countdown vs Big Day Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Days Countdown

Track important dates and events with a customizable countdown. Set reminders for specific days before an event and share your countdowns with others. The app allows for recurring events and multiple countdowns.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event creation
  • Countdown to or from a date
  • Repeat events weekly, monthly, yearly
  • Customizable event reminders
  • Share countdowns with friends
Features
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Days Countdown, Countdown to your favorite events and important dates! Features: - Create as many events as you'd like - Countdown until or countdown from a date - Repeat an event for week, month, year - Get notified on the day of the event, you can receive reminders 1 day before or 3 days before the event. - Share your countdowns with friends and family

About

Big Day Countdown

Easily track important dates and hours with customizable widgets and reminders. Schedule alerts for birthdays, deadlines, and more, and visualize time remaining in hours, minutes, and seconds. Organize events into categories and personalize their appearance to stay on top of every significant moment.

Highlights
  • Interactive Home Screen Widgets
  • Customizable Alerts
  • Hour Tracker
  • Event Categorization
  • Personalized Appearance
  • Shareable Countdowns
Features
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Big Day Countdown: Widget helps you track birthdays, vacations, anniversaries, deadlines, holidays and special events with countdown widgets, reminders, a day counter and an hour tracker on your Home Screen. Create beautiful countdowns for the moments that matter most. See how many days, hours, minutes and seconds are left, set reminders, organize events, and keep important dates easy to view at a glance. Key Features: • Interactive Widgets: Add day and hour countdown widgets to your Home Screen in multiple sizes and styles. • Custom Reminders: Schedule one-time or recurring alerts for birthdays, anniversaries, deadlines, holidays and more. • Hour Tracker: View time remaining in hours, minutes and seconds for more precise countdown tracking. • Event Library: Organize events into categories such as birthdays, holidays, goals, projects and personal milestones. • Personalized Appearance: Choose colors, icons and labels to match your countdown style. • Shareable Moments: Share countdowns with friends and family through messages, email or social apps. Stay in control of every important moment, whether it is a friend’s birthday, a work deadline, your next vacation, a wedding, an anniversary or a personal goal. Big Day Countdown: Widget helps you plan ahead, reduce stress and enjoy the excitement as your big days get closer. Download Big Day Countdown: Widget today and start tracking life’s moments one day, one hour and one second at a time. Subscribe to get Pro access to all features. You will be charged after purchase confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew 24 hours before the expiration date. You can manage your subscriptions in Account Settings on the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/event-reminder-widget/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://sites.google.com/view/event-reminder-widget/terms-conditions

Screenshots

Days Countdown3 screens
Big Day Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Big Day Countdown at none against Days Countdown's shown. Big Day Countdown also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 15 months). Days Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Days Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Big Day Countdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Days Countdown against 4.7 for Big Day Countdown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Days Countdown has 69 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Days Countdown's written reviews are positive against 100% of Big Day Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Days Countdown ships an update every 15 months, Big Day Countdown every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Days Countdown versus Big Day Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDays CountdownBig Day Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (69 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB137 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer云云 唐Reena Williams

Customer experience

Days Countdown

All ratings69 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%

Big Day Countdown

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Days Countdown

One-time1
  • Pro Version$0.99
3 purchases

Big Day Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscriptions$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Purchase Premium$0.99

Questions

Is Days Countdown free?
Days Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Big Day Countdown free?
Big Day Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Days Countdown or Big Day Countdown?
Big Day Countdown is rated higher. Days Countdown averages 4.6 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Big Day Countdown averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Days Countdown or Big Day Countdown have ads?
Days Countdown shows ads; Big Day Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Days Countdown or Big Day Countdown?
Days Countdown ships an update every 15 months, and Big Day Countdown every 3 months. Most recently, Days Countdown was updated on October 24, 2026 and Big Day Countdown on October 24, 2026.

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