Comparison

Countdown Widget vs Whenora

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Widget

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 Privacy Policy: https://www.letuscake.com/countdown.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.letuscake.com/countdown.html

About

Whenora

Track important upcoming events or past milestones with a visually appealing countdown. Personalize your events with photos and choose between card or list views. Access key countdowns directly from your home screen.

Highlights
  • Create countdowns with exact dates/times
  • Track time until or time since events
  • Yearly repeat for recurring events
  • Add personal photos to events
  • Card or list view options
  • Home Screen widgets
Features
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Whenora is a beautifully focused countdown app for the days that matter most. Use it to count down to birthdays, holidays, vacations, anniversaries, and big life moments, or switch to since mode to track how long it has been since something important happened. Whenora keeps the experience simple: - Create countdowns with exact dates and times - Track time until or time since - Repeat yearly for birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries - Add photos to make each countdown feel personal - View countdowns in cards or list mode - Add Home Screen widgets for the countdowns you care about most The app includes one free countdown so you can try the full experience. When you're ready for more, unlock Whenora Pro with a one-time lifetime purchase to create unlimited countdowns. No account required. No subscription required.

Screenshots

Countdown Widget4 screens
Whenora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Whenora at none against Countdown Widget's shown. Whenora also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Countdown Widget's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, 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 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 3 months and Whenora 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

Whenora holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Widget ships an update every 11 days, Whenora every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Widget versus Whenora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown WidgetWhenora
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (20 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLetUsBake, LLCJustin Wampler

Customer experience

Countdown Widget

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Whenora

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions1
  • Countdown Pro – 3 Months$3.993 Months
One-time1
  • Life Time Pro Plan$9.99
1 purchases

Whenora

One-time1
  • Whenora Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whenora free?
Whenora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Widget or Whenora?
Whenora is rated higher. Countdown Widget averages 4.7 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Whenora averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Countdown Widget or Whenora have ads?
Countdown Widget shows ads; Whenora does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Widget or Whenora?
Countdown Widget ships an update every 11 days, and Whenora every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown Widget was updated on November 3, 2026 and Whenora on October 31, 2026.

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