Comparison

Remote Services 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

Remote Services

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FIVES Remote Services FRSA is a professional software platform for iPhone and iPad which combines remote video assistance with Augmented Reality (AR) technology to provide quick and immediate video support, help companies identify and resolve problems, assist installation of machines and systems, support troubleshooting process, all from their HQ or home office effectively and quickly. It allows you to receive support at any time through a video session which allows to see the problem and provide precise instructions through the annotations in Augmented Reality. Key features: • Taking photos and recording videos • Freeze annotations (snap a photo and draw on the image) • Augmented Reality annotations • Screen sharing (documents, web pages, etc.) • Automatic text and voice translation • QR Code and Barcode scanning • Digital zoom

About

Countdown Widget

Track important dates with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Set reminders, sync across devices, and add personal notes or photos to each event. Never lose track of your days with automatic backups and a history timeline.

Highlights
  • Multiple widget types and sizes
  • Unlimited event tracking
  • Count down to or up from dates
  • Recurring event options
  • Customizable reminders
  • iCloud sync
  • Data import/export
  • Event history and timeline
Features
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A countdown that never loses your days — and never holds its four widgets back. Add the day that matters, put it on your home screen, and watch it come closer. No limit on how many you keep, and nothing between you and the number. FOUR WIDGETS, FREE • Four widgets: one countdown, the next few in a list, a spotlight, or a tile for each • Every size of all four, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen • Unlimited events — there is no cap, and there never will be • Count down to a date, or count up from one • Recurring events: yearly, monthly, weekly, or every few days • Reminders on the day, and as far ahead as you want • iCloud sync, with no account to make • Import from a calendar, a spreadsheet, or another countdown app — and export any time • No ads, ever COUNT DOWN TO ANYTHING A wedding countdown, a vacation or trip countdown, a birthday or an anniversary. Christmas, New Year, Halloween and Thanksgiving. Exam day, graduation, retirement, a baby due date, a concert, a deadline, payday. Or count the days since a day that has already happened. YOUR DAYS, KEPT Most countdown apps lose your events at the worst moment — an update, a reinstall, a phone that died. This one takes a snapshot of everything on this device every single day, and always before anything risky. Thirty days of history, one tap to restore, and nothing ever leaves your phone. Days that have already passed are never deleted either: they collect into a timeline you can look back through, with the longest wait of each year written next to it. THE MOMENT ITSELF When a countdown reaches a milestone — a hundred days, a week, the morning of — the app opens on the number, full screen, and gives you a card worth sharing. THE BACK OF EVERY EVENT Tap an event and it turns over to a page of its own. Write a few lines, add photos, record a voice — the story of the day, kept with the day. It syncs with iCloud, goes into every backup, and shares as one picture. MADE TO LOOK LIKE YOURS Thirty-six ready-made events, from a birthday to a first day at work, each already set up with the right repeat and the right reminders. Two hundred drawn icons and the whole emoji keyboard. A hundred and fifty-nine full-screen backdrops — twenty-two of them photographs — a hundred and seven in Pro. COUNTDOWN PRO Pro unlocks the Pro backdrops, with a new drop every month, your own photos behind a countdown, Photo Roll — a widget that turns your event's own photos over behind the count, the Pro typefaces, the Lock Screen Live Activity, and inviting someone to count down with you. Whatever you unlock while subscribed stays yours for good — cancelling only stops the new ones arriving. Your countdowns, reminders and the four widgets work the same whether you subscribe or not. ——— Countdown Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Prices for the annual plan, which includes a 7-day free trial, and the monthly plan are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings at any time. A one-time Lifetime purchase is also available; it does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://dyljqq.github.io/countdown/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://dyljqq.github.io/countdown/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Remote Services2 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remote Services at none against Countdown Widget's 12. Remote Services also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Countdown Widget's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Countdown Widget sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Remote Services asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Services ships an update every 9 months, Countdown Widget daily. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Remote Services versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote ServicesCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIcona可 吴

In-app purchases

None

Remote Services

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions4
  • Countdown Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Countdown Pro Yearly · Welcome$9.991 Year
  • Countdown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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  • Countdown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time7
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$13.99
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime2 variants$14.99
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$17.99
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  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$19.99
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$20.99
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$26.99
  • Countdown Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Remote Services free?
Remote Services is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Remote Services or Countdown Widget have ads?
Neither Remote Services nor Countdown Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remote Services or Countdown Widget?
Remote Services ships an update every 9 months, and Countdown Widget daily. Most recently, Remote Services was updated on October 27, 2026 and Countdown Widget on November 1, 2026.

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