Comparison

CountDown & Day Counter Widget vs Countdown

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

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About

CountDown & Day Counter Widget

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.

Highlights
  • Countdown in multiple units
  • Widget support
  • Customizable wallpapers
  • Customizable text color
  • Carousel and grid view
  • Event customization
Features
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Count down to the days that matter. Birthdays, trips, weddings, exams and holidays each become a bold poster with a giant day count and a clock that ticks live. POSTERS THAT TICK • Every countdown gets its own color or photo • Days, hours, minutes and seconds count down live • Show the time left in days, weeks, months or sleeps • Pick from a photo library or use your own pictures ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN • Photo or color widgets for the Home Screen • An Up Next widget for what's coming soon • Lock Screen and StandBy widgets • A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island for the final hours NEVER MISS THE DAY • Reminders at the time, before it, and on milestones • Repeat every year, month or week, perfect for birthdays and anniversaries • Ask Siri how long until any event ALSO • Count up from past dates: anniversaries, streaks, "days since" • Filters for this week, this month, repeating and past • Quick templates for birthdays, trips, holidays, weddings, anniversaries and exams • A celebration when the day arrives, ready to share • Daily automatic backups, Recently Deleted, and export to JSON or CSV • Available in 16 languages COUNTDOWN PREMIUM The free version holds up to 5 countdowns. Premium unlocks unlimited countdowns, every wallpaper pack, reminders before the event and at a time you choose, and all Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Choose a weekly or monthly plan. Both start with a 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://websites-62e8f.web.app/countdown_terms.html Privacy Policy: https://websites-62e8f.web.app/countdown_privacy.html

About

Countdown

Never miss an important date again. This app helps you track upcoming events like birthdays, anniversaries, and launches. Become a master of time with this simple yet powerful tool for managing your schedule.

Highlights
  • Event tracking
  • Deadline management
  • Schedule organization
  • Upcoming event reminders
  • Time management tool
Features
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Never again be unprepared for upcoming events. Be it birthdays, marathons, anniversaries, sports events, launches, parties etc. With this simple yet powerful app you will become the master of time. 1. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. – Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace. Leo Tolstoy, the greatest humanist, put these words in General Kutuzov’s mouth. And, actually, it is a combination of two quotes. In book ten, the General says: But believe me, my dear boy, there is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all. Later, he repeats this idea in his thought: They must understand that we can only lose by taking the offensive. Patience and time are my warriors, my champions. By the way, check out more Leo Tolstoy’s quotes in Twitter @TolstoySays and find humanistic wisdom and daily insights. 2. Time is money. – Benjamin Franklin. Probably, the most famous quote about time by Benjamin Franklin, a person known by his productivity and various talents. In his 84 years, he became not only a prominent politician and diplomat, but also an actor, musician, inventor, and satirist. As for his famous saying, it refers to the concept of opportunity cost. This means, each choice you make has its cost, and delays (as a choice to not take action) usually lead to decrease in output. actiTIME Track hours and analyze productivity trends with actiTIME to increase work efficiency and attain excellent results Try Free Time tracking 3. Time waits for no one. – Folklore. The earliest record of this phrase is dated 1225 – before English was shaped in the modern form. The origin is uncertain, so it’s considered to be a proverbial wisdom. It means that no man has enough power to stop time or to change its course. 4. Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. – William Shakespeare. Better spend time waiting for the opportunity to take an action than miss the chance. In Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, the phrase is said by a character who suspects his wife’s infidelity, but in fact, it can be applied to any situation when you need to take a chance to change things. 5. Lost time is never found again. – Benjamin Franklin. You can’t keep today’s hour for tomorrow – we all know that, but still tend to procrastinate. Benjamin Franklin warns that time is a scarce resource, and if it’s wasted, it cannot be recovered later. This is why mindful planning and work on productivity are so important. 6. Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. – Theophrastus. Ancient Greek philosophy is known by its combination of merely theoretical thoughts and practical approach. Theophrastus understood time as an accident of motion that cannot be stopped or reversed, and he said that waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses. 7. Time is the wisest counselor of all. – Pericles. Pericles, the influential ancient Greek statesman and general, was a rationalist and knew the value of time. His famous phrase was said as a warning for Tolmides, the young Athenian general who intended to invade Boeotia. Eventually Tolmides failed to listen to Pericles’ words, his army suffered a heavy defeat and he died in the battle. This quote is a warning against premature decisions and poor judgement caused by the lack of time. 8. The key is in not spending time, but in investing it. – Stephen R. Covey. A quote by Stephen R. Covey, the author of the famous time management matrix. You can spend time on useful and useless things, but if you call it “investing”, you’ll definitely invest it in something that has value and importance for you. So choose your goals wisely so that time you spend on them becomes an investment, not an expense. 9. It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince. 10. Punctuality is the thief of time. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Screenshots

CountDown & Day Counter Widget4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Countdown at free against CountDown & Day Counter Widget's free with in-app purchases. Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CountDown & Day Counter Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Countdown 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CountDown & Day Counter Widget against 5.0 for Countdown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CountDown & Day Counter Widget ships an update monthly, Countdown every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CountDown & Day Counter Widget versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountDown & Day Counter WidgetCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSangita GautamCreative Greenlight LLC

Customer experience

CountDown & Day Counter Widget

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Countdown

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CountDown & Day Counter Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
1 purchases

Countdown

One-time1
  • Countdown Unlocked$1.99

Questions

Is CountDown & Day Counter Widget free?
CountDown & Day Counter Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CountDown & Day Counter Widget or Countdown?
CountDown & Day Counter Widget and Countdown are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do CountDown & Day Counter Widget or Countdown have ads?
Neither CountDown & Day Counter Widget nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CountDown & Day Counter Widget or Countdown?
CountDown & Day Counter Widget ships an update monthly, and Countdown every 6 days. Most recently, CountDown & Day Counter Widget was updated on November 3, 2026 and Countdown on November 3, 2026.

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