Events Countdown & Widgets vs Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Events Countdown & Widgets
Easily track your upcoming events with a daily countdown. This utility app offers convenient widgets for both your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
- Daily event countdown
- Home screen widgets
- Lock screen widgets
- Event tracking
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Keep track of your upcoming events with a day countdown. This app comes with widgets for both the Home Screen and Lock Screen.
Countdown
Easily track important upcoming events with a customizable home screen widget. Set reminders for birthdays, holidays, and personal milestones. Relive past events with a count-up feature.
- Home screen widget for event tracking
- Customizable backgrounds and colors
- Count-up feature for past events
- Organize events by date
- Unlimited event creation
- Event notifications
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Introducing Countdown: Widget - your go-to, user-friendly countdown timer and reminder app, designed to keep track of the significant moments in your life, all for free. Design your own Home Screen widget! A variety of background for you to choose from Allows you to easily create your own widget. Key Features Include: - Enjoy the convenience of our Widget on your Home Screen to always keep an eye on key events (Available as a Premium feature for iOS 14 users). - Customize your countdown background with any color of your choice. - Relive past events with our count-up feature on each countdown page. - Organize your events by date, from the nearest to the farthest. - Unlimited event creation to ensure you never miss out on anything. - Get notified at the moment of your event. Celebrate everything that matters: Vacations, Birthdays, Holidays, Parties, and notable occasions like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, Valentines, Weddings, Anniversaries, Births, Graduations, and more. Whether it's for a Pregnancy, a Trip, moving to a New Home, Retirement, a favorite Game, achieving Goals, attending Concerts, and much more, Countdown has you covered. Download now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown at none against Events Countdown & Widgets's 1. Countdown also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Events Countdown & Widgets's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 10 months). On price, ads 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. Events Countdown & Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Events Countdown & Widgets ships an update every 4 months, Countdown every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Events Countdown & Widgets | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Prethep Paran | Chun Chih Lin |
Customer experience
Events Countdown & Widgets
Countdown
In-app purchases
Events Countdown & Widgets
- Remove all ads$4.99
Countdown
No in-app purchases
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