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

Create personalized countdowns for all your important events, from birthdays to vacations. Share your special occasions with friends and family using beautiful templates and receive notification reminders as events approach.

Highlights
  • Personalized countdown cards
  • Notification reminders
  • Shareable event templates
  • Live countdowns
  • Event location mapping
  • Activity and accommodation finder
Features
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Count down to birthdays, parties, weddings, anniversaries, vacations, graduations and more with the FWD event countdown app. Create personalized countdown cards and share your special occasions with family and friends, using beautiful, ready-made templates. Count down the days, hours, minutes and seconds to all of your special occasions. Never forget a birthday or anniversary again, since you get notification reminders as your important events are approaching. * Add your own photos to your countdown cards * See all your events counting down live as the seconds tick and tock * Share your events in messaging apps and on social media using beautiful templates * See your events on a map * Find fun activities near your events * Find hotels and places to stay near your events * Wanna reminisce? Count the seconds since your past events What are you looking FWD to? PRIVACY POLICY: https://www.gototravelguides.net/privacy TERMS OF USE: https://www.gototravelguides.net/terms

Screenshots

Countdown Widget Timer4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown at 100% against Countdown Widget Timer's 43%. Countdown also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Countdown Widget Timer's advantage is ratings volume (484 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, 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. Countdown Widget Timer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Countdown sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget Timer has 484 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Countdown Widget Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Widget Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, Countdown every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Countdown Widget Timer versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown Widget TimerCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (484 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings484 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp BoxMason Ifejika

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 ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
2 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Access (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Premium Access (Yearly)$9.491 Year

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 is rated higher. Countdown Widget Timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 484 ratings, while Countdown averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Countdown Widget Timer or Countdown have ads?
Countdown Widget Timer shows ads; Countdown does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Widget Timer or Countdown?
Countdown Widget Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, and Countdown every 8 months. Most recently, Countdown Widget Timer was updated on September 26, 2026 and Countdown on July 6, 2026.

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