Comparison

Countdown Widget Timer vs Countdown

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Widget Timer

Easily track important dates and events with a customizable countdown timer. Set reminders for birthdays, holidays, or personal goals, and view remaining time in days, hours, minutes, and seconds directly on your home screen.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event timers
  • Customizable backgrounds and colors
  • Home screen widget display
  • Flexible notification settings
  • Annual recurrence options
Features
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It's time to get acquainted with a cool countdown timer that will remind you of important events and dates! Birthdays of friends and relatives, a month without sweets, training at a strictly allocated time, approaching New Year and Valentine's Day - now you will not forget anything, you will have time everywhere and prepare for important events in advance! The app allows you to create a countdown clock that will show how much time in days, hours, minutes and seconds is left until the desired event. App Features: - Create timers in unlimited quantities, of any duration, whether it's 9 months of pregnancy or 2 weeks before your long-awaited vacation; - Pick up ready-made backgrounds, different colors, or place your own photos on the event screen; - Place the widget anywhere on your Iphone home screen so you can count down important dates at all times; - Receive notifications when an event is nearing completion by setting flexible settings; - Set annual recurrences and more. Legal information Privacy Policy: https://appboxgroup.com/countdown/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://appboxgroup.com/countdown/terms.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdown

Easily track important dates and events with customizable countdowns and reminders. View upcoming events on your home screen with widgets and receive timely notifications. Plan for any occasion, from birthdays to vacations, and stay organized.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited event countdowns
  • Home screen widgets for at-a-glance viewing
  • Customizable reminders before events
  • Count up from past events
  • Share events with friends and family
  • Sync events across devices with iCloud
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Countdowns for Events is a free and easy way to track the important events and dates in your life. Create a countdown for any occasion, stay organized, and glance at your upcoming events anytime with beautiful widgets and reminders. Features: • Create a countdown for all your important events • Add unlimited events and keep every date in one place • View your events from your Home Screen with a widget • Check your countdown at a glance on the Lock Screen (Premium feature) • Use StandBy widget support to glance at events anytime (Premium feature) • Keep your favorite events close with Home Screen widget options (Premium feature) • Get reminders on the day of your event, 1 day before, or 1 week before • Count down to future events or count up from past events • Customize colors and backgrounds for every countdown • Choose different countdown formats to match your style (Premium feature) • Share events and countdowns with friends and family • Sync your events across devices with iCloud • Repeat events daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly • Sort events from nearest to farthest • Add notes to every event • Organize events with tags • Support for Dark Mode • Count only working days when needed • Glance at your events on Apple Watch Whether you are planning a birthday, vacation, holiday, wedding, anniversary, baby due date, graduation, trip, concert, retirement, cruise, party, game, or special family event, this countdown app helps you stay ready for every moment. Track every event your way with a simple countdown, useful reminder tools, and widget support that makes it easy to see what matters most. We’d Love Your Feedback Contact us at support@bakermode.com and let us know how we can improve your countdown, reminders, timer, clock, alarm, counter and daycount experience! https://www.letuscake.com/countdown.html

Screenshots

Countdown Widget Timer4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

Countdown Widget Timer and Countdown both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 43% of Countdown Widget Timer's. Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks). Countdown Widget Timer's advantage is ratings volume (484 vs 18). On price, rating, 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. Countdown Widget Timer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Countdown 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Countdown Widget Timer against 4.6 for Countdown. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget Timer has 484 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Countdown Widget Timer's written reviews are positive against 83% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Widget Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, Countdown every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown Widget Timer versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown Widget TimerCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (484 ratings)4.6 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings484 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp BoxLetUsBake, LLC

Customer experience

Countdown Widget Timer

All ratings484 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews198 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.6%
Negative42.4%

Countdown

All ratings18 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

Countdown Widget Timer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Widgets not showing up on home screen
  • Purchased features not working as expected
  • App crashing after updates
  • Countdown dates not accurate

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add repeat weekly/monthly option
  • Allow more than one countdown for free
  • Add option to show weeks in widget
  • Improve widget customization

Countdown

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Countdown Widget Timer

Subscriptions4
  • Full access for one week$3.997 Days
  • Full access for one month$6.491 Month
  • Full access for three months$11.993 Months
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  • Full access for one year7 Days trial$13.491 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime Full Access$3.99
  • Premium access forever$3.99
  • Access to premium Lifetimeme$3.99
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Life Time Pro Plan$3.99

Questions

Is Countdown Widget Timer free?
Countdown Widget Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Widget Timer or Countdown?
Countdown Widget Timer and Countdown are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 484 and 18 ratings respectively.
Do Countdown Widget Timer or Countdown have ads?
Both Countdown Widget Timer and Countdown show ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Widget Timer or Countdown?
Countdown Widget Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, and Countdown every 11 days. Most recently, Countdown Widget Timer was updated on September 23, 2026 and Countdown on September 4, 2026.

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