Comparison

Countdown 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

Countdown

Visually track important dates and goals with customizable widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Set up countdowns and count-ups for personal milestones, habits, or deadlines. Sync across devices and receive timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Count up and down timers
  • Recurrent event tracking
  • Calendar and Reminders synchronization
  • Customizable designs and templates
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Notifications for key dates
Features
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Track time with beautiful countdown widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Get the results you want by adding beautiful ALWAYS ON motivational countdowns to the device you use every day. On your wrist? On your Mac? Pretty Progress works there, too. Our objective is to support you achieve your goals. We beautifully track your goals so you don’t have to. What better place to remind yourself of the things that matter than the devices you use every day? Your life goals, your health routines, your personal habits, when your newborn arrives, the deadline of your PhD or your mother’s birthday… No matter what your goal is. Pretty Progress gives you beautiful countdowns with widgets to customize and track them all: - Count up & down towards a specific date or with a timer - Create recurrent events and count the days periodically - Synchronize and import Apple Calendar events and Reminders - Show the percentage of completion, how much time is left or how much time has past (time since). In years, months, weeks, days... or a combination of them - Beautiful and unique designs. 6 different templates to customize and add to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Stand By (iOS 17), and Watch complications - Customize colors, icons, layout, fonts, size... and every little aspect of the countdown at any time. Create your own personal Home Screen and Watch Face - A dashboard to visualize all the timers and day counters created and understand your deadlines, goals, achievements, or recurrent tasks - Notifications: 1 week and 1 day before, and at the end of your countdown, and every day, week, month or year after your habit streak - A library to get inspired and create widgets easily - 3 different sizes for the Home Screen widgets: small, medium, and large - All Lock Screen widgets localizations available - All complication sizes for Watch Faces supported - Dark mode support - iCloud synchronization. Sync your countdowns on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac (Silicon) automatically - Family sharing enabled for the PRO purchase WHAT CAN YOU TRACK? - Health routines - Personal habits progress - Countdown to Christmas - Days until your mother's birthday - Countdown to your next holidays - Days until your project release deadline - Days left until your next trip - Percentage of your gym routine complete - Days left until your wedding anniversary - Days until retirement - Days until your financial independence - Percentage of the year, month, week... - Days left until your kombucha is fermented - How many days you have left on your vacations - Countdown to tax submission - Days until your new child arrives - Countdown to that important exam - Days until your graduation - Percentage of the academic year left - Days until Superbowl - My love countdown - Streak of days of habits - Daily, weekly and monthly tasks - Time until your new job WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK: We love to improve, so any feedback is always welcome! For any question, issue, suggestion or anything you want to say, contact at: hi@prettyprogress.app ======================= The free version of Pretty Progress includes four custom countdown widgets with two designs, the default daily, weekly, monthly and yearly progress and some customization options. If you purchase Pretty Progress PRO, the payment will be charged to your iTunes account. If you purchase a monthly or yearly subscription, your account will automatically be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period unless you disable auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. ======================= Terms of Service: https://prettyprogress.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://prettyprogress.app/privacy-policy

About

Countdown Widget

Track upcoming events with customizable widgets on your home screen. Create unlimited countdowns for birthdays, vacations, goals, and more. Receive smart reminders to ensure you never miss a moment.

Highlights
  • Unlimited custom countdowns
  • Home screen widgets (Small, Medium, Large)
  • All-day or time-specific events
  • Smart event reminders
  • Filter past events
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Never miss a special moment again Countdown Widget • helps you stay excited and organized by tracking the days left until your most important events - right from your Home Screen Whether it’s a birthday, vacation, graduation or personal goal - this app keeps your memories and milestones just a glance away - Create unlimited countdowns with custom titles and colors - Display events with beautiful Small Medium and Large widgets - Choose between all-day events or time-specific moments - Get smart reminders before your events happen - Filter out past events automatically - Enjoy a clean distraction-free experience with no ads Perfect for: - Birthdays and anniversaries - Vacations and trips - School deadlines and graduation - Holidays and celebrations - Product launches and work events - Personal goals or challenges Auto Renewing Subscriptions App requires a subscription to access all features. New users can enjoy a 3-day free trial before the subscription begins. For auto renewing subscriptions completed in our iOS Apps following terms apply: Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. You can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by turning off auto-renewal through your iTunes account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and you will be downgraded to the free service. Privacy Policy : https://sites.google.com/vpnproxysuper.com/plc Term Of Use : https://sites.google.com/vpnproxysuper.com/tou

Screenshots

Countdown4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

Countdown and Countdown Widget both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 0% of Countdown Widget's. Countdown also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (3.1K vs 38). Countdown Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (16.5 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Countdown Widget sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.00 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 — 4.7 for Countdown against 4.7 for Countdown Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 3.1K ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Countdown's written reviews are positive against 0% of Countdown Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ships an update weekly, Countdown Widget every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdownCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.1K ratings)4.7 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.1K — better38
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkeinois OUDN Apps LLC

Customer experience

Countdown

All ratings3,053 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews610 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative12.6%

Countdown Widget

All ratings38 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch for some users
  • Widgets not updating in real-time as expected
  • Countdown data resetting unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for widgets
  • Ability to track non-time-based progress
  • Improved recurring event management
  • Notification/alarm feature when countdown ends
  • Wider range of color and font options

Countdown Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions10
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)$4.997 Days
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  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Monthly)7 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$8.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)7 Days trial3 variants$14.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)1 Year trial$24.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
One-time4
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$29.99
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$34.99
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)2 variants$49.99
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  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$59.99
1 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions1
  • 3 Day FREE Trial - Premium3 Days trial$9.001 Month

Questions

Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown or Countdown Widget?
Countdown and Countdown Widget are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3.1K and 38 ratings respectively.
Do Countdown or Countdown Widget have ads?
Neither Countdown nor Countdown Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown or Countdown Widget?
Countdown ships an update weekly, and Countdown Widget every 5 days. Most recently, Countdown was updated on October 12, 2026 and Countdown Widget on September 29, 2026.

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