Comparison

Charging Animation vs DayDrop

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

Head to head
About

Charging Animation

Personalize your charging experience with a variety of animated wallpapers. Choose from diverse categories, customize colors and brightness, and track your battery level with estimated charging times. Receive notifications when your device is fully charged.

Highlights
  • Wide range of animation categories
  • Customizable color and brightness
  • Battery percentage display
  • Estimated charging time
  • Full charge notifications
  • Regularly added new animations
Features
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Charge Animations is the ultimate app for adding some fun and style to the way you charge your iPhone or iPad. With Charge Animations, you can choose from a wide range of stunning animations to be displayed on your device while it's charging. The app comes with a variety of animation categories to choose from, including nature, space, technology, and abstract. You can also customize the color and brightness of the animations to match your mood or surroundings. And with new animations being added regularly, you'll never run out of options. Not only do the animations look great, but they also help you keep track of your battery level. The app displays your device's current battery percentage, as well as an estimated time until it's fully charged. You can even set the app to send you a notification when your battery is fully charged. Charge Animations is easy to use and customizable, so you can personalize your charging experience in a way that suits you. Download Charge Animations today and add some excitement to your charging routine! * Privacy Policy: https://londonappstudio.co.uk/privacy-policy * Terms of Use: https://londonappstudio.co.uk/terms-of-use

About

DayDrop

Features
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DayDrop turns the dates you care about into something you actually see. Make a countdown for a trip, a birthday, a launch, or a wedding. Give it a color, an emoji, and a photo. Then watch a progress ring fill as the day gets closer — on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, and your Mac. One thing, done beautifully. BEAUTIFUL BY DEFAULT • A progress ring that fills as the date approaches • Ten colors, gradients, and your own photos as backgrounds • Big, friendly numbers you can read from across the room • Standard or compact cards, whichever suits your list WIDGETS EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets in every size • Lock Screen and StandBy widgets • An "Up Next" widget for your soonest countdowns, or just one folder • Live Activities that tick down the final hours on your Lock Screen • A menu bar countdown on Mac — free for everyone COUNT DOWN, OR COUNT UP • Days, weeks, hours, working days, or a full year-month-day breakdown • Count up from a start date for streaks, sobriety, and milestones • Repeating birthdays and anniversaries that roll over on their own • All-day dates never drift when you travel or change time zones NEVER MISS THE DAY • Reminders a week out, a day out, and on the morning of • Pick the time all-day reminders arrive • Past countdowns can archive themselves automatically SHARE IT • Send any countdown to a friend in Messages with a rich preview • They can open it in DayDrop and keep it, or just see the link • Import a calendar event and turn it into a countdown ON EVERY DEVICE • Native apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac — not a stretched phone app • iCloud keeps everything in sync through your own private database • Split view, keyboard shortcuts, and a real menu bar on iPad and Mac • Shortcuts and Siri support for making countdowns by voice • Export and import your countdowns as a file, any time PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No tracking. No ads. Your countdowns sync through your own iCloud, and nobody — including us — can read them. DAYDROP PRO DayDrop is free to use with one active countdown, sharing, iCloud sync, a day-of reminder, and the Mac menu bar countdown. DayDrop Pro unlocks unlimited countdowns, all widgets and Live Activities, photo and gradient backgrounds, repeating dates, multiple reminders, count-up mode, alternative time units, folders, notes, custom app icons, Shortcuts, calendar import, and export/import. Pro is available weekly, monthly, or yearly with a 7-day free trial — or as a one-time lifetime purchase. If a subscription ever lapses, nothing is deleted. Your oldest countdown stays editable and the rest wait, read-only, until you come back.

Screenshots

Charging Animation4 screens
DayDrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DayDrop at every 3 weeks against Charging Animation's every 10 months. DayDrop also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Charging Animation's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Charging Animation sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and DayDrop sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Charging Animation ships an update every 10 months, DayDrop every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Charging Animation versus DayDrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharging AnimationDayDrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (55 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings55 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLondon App Studio LtdDevScape.io LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Charging Animation

Subscriptions2
  • Charging Animations PRO$1.991 Month
  • Charging Animations PRO$9.991 Year
4 purchases

DayDrop

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Pro Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro Subscription$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro Features$399.99

Questions

Is Charging Animation free?
Charging Animation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayDrop free?
DayDrop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Charging Animation or DayDrop have ads?
Neither Charging Animation nor DayDrop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Charging Animation or DayDrop?
Charging Animation ships an update every 10 months, and DayDrop every 3 weeks. Most recently, Charging Animation was updated on November 7, 2026 and DayDrop on October 31, 2026.

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