Day Counter widget vs Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Day Counter widget
Easily track important dates with this free countdown timer and reminder app. It helps you manage birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and more, with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Never miss an event again with timely notifications.
- Countdown timer and reminder
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Shared countdowns
- Customizable backgrounds
- Expiration tracker
- Event reminders
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Day Countdown is a completely free, easy to use countdown timer and reminder for important events. It is the only COUNTDOWN app you need, helps you manage anniversaries, birthdays, vacations, and all the important events. Main features: • Countdown Timer & Reminder - count up & down to events with reminders • Widgets - Check your events in home screen & lock screen widgets • Shared Countdowns - share with friends and family • Customizable Countdowns - set your countdown background with pictures or color • Life Countdown - death countdown of your life • Year Countdown - know how much of the year is left • Birthday Countdown - countdown & reminders for all the birthdays you care • Holiday Countdown - countdown & reminders for all holiday • Expiration Tracker - track the expire date of your things • Event Reminders - never miss an event any more • More features are coming soon Terms of Use (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Countdown
Never forget important dates again with this app. It helps you track upcoming events like birthdays and holidays, and also shows how many days have passed since a specific event. Customize reminders and categorize your countdowns for better organization.
- Positive countdowns for future events
- Track days passed for past events
- Customizable push reminders
- Repeatable date settings
- Date categorization
- Today in History feature
- Icon color customization
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Are you worried about forgetting the date of your love? Are you upset about forgetting someone's birthday~ Are you counting how many days until Chinese New Year? Do you want to know clearly how many days have passed for something~ Download the Countdown App, and all these problems will be solved! positive countdown date Clearly know how many days are left for something and how many days have passed~ Message push reminder You can choose the reminder of the day, the previous day or every day~ Dates can be repeated Repeat daily, monthly or yearly as you like. Date category Different days are sorted according to your own ideas. today in History Look at what happened today in history~ Icon color customization Define the App to your liking Hurry up and use it~ If you think this App is not bad, please give me a five-star praise and attach your review, it is very important to me. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact me~
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Day Counter widget at 4.8 against Countdown's 3.7. Day Counter widget also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (83% vs 55%). Countdown's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Day Counter widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Day Counter widget holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Day Counter widget has 87 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Day Counter widget's written reviews are positive against 55% of Countdown's.
Day Counter widget ships an update weekly, Countdown every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Day Counter widget | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (87 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 55.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LightByte Co., Ltd. | 晓文 刘 |
Customer experience
Day Counter widget
Countdown
In-app purchases
Day Counter widget
- Yearly Member7 Days trial$3.991 Year
- Lifetime MemberFree
Countdown
No in-app purchases
