Corluma vs Countdown Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Corluma
Manage all your smart lights from a single application. Adjust colors with intuitive tools, create dynamic effects, and group lights for simultaneous control. Save and recall favorite settings, add timeouts, and access device-specific features.
- Unified smart light control
- Color wheels, swatches, and palettes
- Dynamic effects and streams
- Group light management
- Save and recall favorite settings
- Device-specific features
- Local Wi-Fi communication
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Control all the smartlights in your home from one app! Use color wheels, swatches, or palettes to change the color of your lights. You can also use effects and streams to change colors over time. Do you have too many lights? Simplify managing them by grouping them and controlling them all at once. Save your favorite settings and reset them back to their exact state at any time with just a few clicks, add timeouts, access light specific features such as screen mirroring for Nanoleaf 4D lights, and more! Corluma does not require an account, external servers, or additional permissions such as location to use your lights. The app is fully featured from the start with no In-App purchases. All communication is done on local wifi. Compatibility: - Hues: all lights supported, bridge required - LIFX: all bulbs, multizone, and tiles supported - Nanoleafs: all lights except the Nanoleaf Essentials line supported - Arduinos: supports the ArduCor sketch, which can use NeoPixels, Rainbowduinos, and standard LEDs
Countdown Widget
Easily create and track countdowns for all your important events with customizable reminders and widgets. Organize events with tags and personalize them with unique designs to stay on top of your schedule.
- Event countdowns (days, hours, minutes)
- Repeat event tracking
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable event cards
- Customizable reminders
- Tag filtering for organization
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Countdown Widget: Countful is the ultimate event reminder and tracker designed to help you stay organized and never miss a moment. Easily create countdowns for all your important events—from birthdays to holidays—and customize them to match your style. Add repeat events to automatically track daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly events. Set custom reminders to notify you before the event based on your preferred time, ensuring you’re always prepared. With tags, you can categorize and filter events by tag or name, making it simple to find and manage your events. Key features: • Event countdown: Track days, hours, and minutes until your upcoming events. • Repeat events: Automatically track repeating events on a daily, weekly, or yearly basis. • Widgets: Add countdowns to your home screen for quick access to upcoming events. • Customizable event cards: Personalize each event with stunning gradients or custom images. • Custom reminders: Set notifications before an event with flexible reminder settings. • Tag filtering: Organize events by tags or names for easy filtering and management. Stay on top of your schedule with Countdown Widget: Countful—your all-in-one tool for tracking and managing important events! For more information, visit https://indiegoodies.com/countdown Terms of use https://indiegoodies.com/countdown/terms Privacy policy https://indiegoodies.com/countdown/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Corluma at none against Countdown Widget's 4. Corluma also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Countdown Widget's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (13 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Countdown Widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Corluma asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Corluma against 4.9 for Countdown Widget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 13 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Corluma ships an update every 3 weeks, Countdown Widget every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Corluma | Countdown Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.9 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timothy Seemann | Khuong Pham |
Customer experience
Corluma
Countdown Widget
In-app purchases
Corluma
No in-app purchases
Countdown Widget
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$5.991 Year
- Discount lifetime access$3.99
- Lifetime access$9.99
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