Day Counter widget vs CountDown app .
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 app .
Track upcoming events with customizable countdowns in various units. Personalize your experience with custom wallpapers and text colors. View your events in carousel or grid formats.
- Countdown in multiple units
- Widget support
- Customizable wallpapers
- Customizable text color
- Carousel and grid view
- Event customization
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It's fun, Countdown can countdown to your events like birthday, anniversary etc in many different units! Years, Months, Days, Hours, Minutes, Seconds! Widget: Tracking events becomes very easy using widgets. Coll Wallpapers: You can add cool wallpaper of your choice as events background. Customised view: View countdown in Carousel as well as grid view Customise events: You can customise events by choosing text colour, wallpaper of your choice. Terms of Use: https://ios2-5.web.app/countdown_terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Day Counter widget at free against CountDown app .'s free with in-app purchases. Day Counter widget also leads on ratings volume (87 vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). CountDown app .'s advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and CountDown app . sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CountDown app . holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Day Counter widget has 87 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Day Counter widget ships an update weekly, CountDown app . monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Day Counter widget | CountDown app . |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (87 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LightByte Co., Ltd. | Sangita Gautam |
Customer experience
Day Counter widget
CountDown app .
In-app purchases
Day Counter widget
- Yearly Member7 Days trial$3.991 Year
- Lifetime MemberFree
CountDown app .
- Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
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