Comparison

Widget Studio ‎ vs Days Until

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

Head to head
About

Widget Studio ‎

Create personalized iPhone Home Screen widgets with custom elements, fonts, colors, and photos. Add clocks, calendars, weather forecasts, and countdowns to your device. Choose from templates or design your own unique widgets.

Highlights
  • Customizable widget elements
  • Font and color selection
  • Weather forecast display
  • Countdown timers
  • Analog/digital clocks
  • Calendar view
  • Photo customization and slideshows
  • Over 80 preset templates
Features
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Become a creative widget designer! Widget Studio is the perfect tool to personalize your iPhone Home Screen with a stylish theme. Here are some of the many, many things you can do with Widget Studio:
 • Elements – Mix and match different widget elements to create a unique widget that is truly your creation. • Font & Color – Find the right fonts and colors for each widget you create. You can even set the transparency of each element. • Weather – See your weather forecast and choose from a variety of formats. • Countdown – Count down to your birthday, Christmas, or anything you want, right from your iPhone Home Screen. You can even select which units you want to display. • Time – Add an analog or digital clock to your widget. • Date – Add today’s date to your widget in a variety of formats. • Calendar – Add a calendar to your widget to view the entire month. • Text – Write anything you want on your widget! Perfect for displaying your favorite quote against a stylish background photo. • Photos - Customize your background photo using your own custom photos. You can also choose from the many photos in the Widget Studio library. • Slideshow – Add multiple photos and the widget will cycle through them like a slideshow. • Presets – Need inspiration? Choose from over 80 templates to get started. Once you’ve created your widgets, go to your iOS Home Screen and long-hold on an empty part of your screen. Then tap the “+” icon that appears at the top of the screen. Next, find and tap “Widget Studio” in the list. From there you can select which size widget you want and drag your widget onto your Home Screen. To change the widget that is displayed, long-hold your widget and tap “Edit Widget.” Share your creation with #WidgetStudio and inspire other Widget Designers like you! - In addition to Widget Studio’s free features, we also offer Widget Studio Premium as a subscription. Widget Studio Premium subscribers will have access to Countdown widgets, Weather widgets, and Premium templates. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription in Account Settings after purchase. Terms: https://www.sunflowr.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sunflowr.com/privacy/

About

Days Until

This app helps you count down to important dates by allowing you to exclude weekends, holidays, and custom days off. You can choose to count only working days or all calendar days, with options for various units and visual customization.

Highlights
  • Skip weekends, holidays, and custom days off
  • Count working days or calendar days
  • Display countdowns in various units
  • Customizable colors and icons
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Milestone reminders
Features
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Count calendar days — or only the days that count. Days Until is the countdown that can skip weekends, US federal holidays and your own days off, so you see the working days that actually remain until retirement, your last day, the end of school, or any date you choose. Or count every day — it's your call, per event. COUNT ONLY THE DAYS THAT COUNT (PRO) Some countdowns shouldn't include every day. With Pro, a one-time purchase: • Skip weekends — see remaining workdays, not calendar days • Skip US federal holidays, computed automatically every year • Add custom skip dates — company closures, vacations, anything • Reminders — get notified at milestones like "5 working days left," at the time you choose • Photo backgrounds — your own picture behind any countdown and its widget COUNT THE DAYS YOUR WAY (FREE) • Track as many events as you like • Show each countdown in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes or seconds — whatever units you prefer • Give every event its own color and icon so it's recognizable at a glance • A detail screen with the big number, a progress bar, and calendar days vs. working days side by side • Home Screen widgets in three sizes and Lock Screen widgets — pick which countdown each one shows No subscriptions. No accounts. No ads. Your events stay on your device. Perfect for counting down to retirement, the last day of work, graduations, weddings, due dates, vacations, moves, product launches, PCS dates, and the end of anything you're ready to be done with.

Screenshots

Widget Studio ‎4 screens
Days Until4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Days Until at every 3 days against Widget Studio ‎'s every 10 months. Days Until also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Widget Studio ‎'s advantage is ratings volume (147 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. Widget Studio ‎ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months and Days Until 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

Days Until holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Studio ‎ has 147 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Studio ‎ ships an update every 10 months, Days Until every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Widget Studio ‎ versus Days Until: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget Studio ‎Days Until
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (147 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings147 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSevenlogics, Inc.Aerial Aspect Media LLC

Customer experience

Widget Studio ‎

All ratings147 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Days Until

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Widget Studio ‎

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Quarterly)$2.993 Months
  • Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
1 purchases

Days Until

One-time1
  • Countdown Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Widget Studio ‎ free?
Widget Studio ‎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Days Until free?
Days Until is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Widget Studio ‎ or Days Until?
Days Until is rated higher. Widget Studio ‎ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 147 ratings, while Days Until averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Widget Studio ‎ or Days Until have ads?
Neither Widget Studio ‎ nor Days Until shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Studio ‎ or Days Until?
Widget Studio ‎ ships an update every 10 months, and Days Until every 3 days. Most recently, Widget Studio ‎ was updated on September 24, 2026 and Days Until on September 28, 2026.

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