Comparison

Big Day Lite 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

Big Day Lite

Easily track important upcoming events with visually appealing widgets for your home screen. Customize backgrounds with your own photos and enjoy a simple, intuitive interface. Get timely reminders and share your special days with friends.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable photo backgrounds
  • Event sharing
  • Notification alarms
  • Color theme customization
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Are you looking for widgets to track your events? Here is the widget app to help you see your events on your Home Screen at a glance. Are you bored with the other countdown or day tracking apps which have only text, small images? We have a totally different and unique app with full graphics and animation effects. Or are you tired of too complicated user interfaces with other apps? We have an easy-to-use app focusing on the basics. Big Day is a day tracking app and widget which tells you the remaining days until or starts counting the days after the event with your own photos. It is the simplest and the most beautiful way to track your big days. Features: - Widgets on your home screen. - No annoying ads banner. - Select your own pictures for the background. - Share your big day on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or other social apps. - Set notification date and time to get an alarm. - Change color theme by double-tapping the counter frame. When to use Big Day : - Your wedding day, valentine's day, the first date, birthday, anniversary, the birth of your children and baby, holiday, meeting, trip, party, vacation, discharge, exam, days of quitting smoking, graduation, halloween, new year, thanksgiving and all of the other very important days of your life. Contacts/Downloads : To contact us or download some sample photos in the screenshot, Please visit at http://bigdayapp.com/ * Big Day Lite is a free version. You will have all the features and animation effects if you UPGRADE TO FULL VERSION of Big Day. SEARCH 'BIG DAY' in App Store! The full version of Big Day offers to : - Support multiple dates and events. - More rich animation effects and graphics. - Reorder and sort each event.

About

Countdown

Visually track important dates and goals with customizable widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Set up countdowns and count-ups for personal milestones, habits, or deadlines. Sync across devices and receive timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Count up and down timers
  • Recurrent event tracking
  • Calendar and Reminders synchronization
  • Customizable designs and templates
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Notifications for key dates
Features
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Track time with beautiful countdown widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Get the results you want by adding beautiful ALWAYS ON motivational countdowns to the device you use every day. On your wrist? On your Mac? Pretty Progress works there, too. Our objective is to support you achieve your goals. We beautifully track your goals so you don’t have to. What better place to remind yourself of the things that matter than the devices you use every day? Your life goals, your health routines, your personal habits, when your newborn arrives, the deadline of your PhD or your mother’s birthday… No matter what your goal is. Pretty Progress gives you beautiful countdowns with widgets to customize and track them all: - Count up & down towards a specific date or with a timer - Create recurrent events and count the days periodically - Synchronize and import Apple Calendar events and Reminders - Show the percentage of completion, how much time is left or how much time has past (time since). In years, months, weeks, days... or a combination of them - Beautiful and unique designs. 6 different templates to customize and add to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Stand By (iOS 17), and Watch complications - Customize colors, icons, layout, fonts, size... and every little aspect of the countdown at any time. Create your own personal Home Screen and Watch Face - A dashboard to visualize all the timers and day counters created and understand your deadlines, goals, achievements, or recurrent tasks - Notifications: 1 week and 1 day before, and at the end of your countdown, and every day, week, month or year after your habit streak - A library to get inspired and create widgets easily - 3 different sizes for the Home Screen widgets: small, medium, and large - All Lock Screen widgets localizations available - All complication sizes for Watch Faces supported - Dark mode support - iCloud synchronization. Sync your countdowns on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac (Silicon) automatically - Family sharing enabled for the PRO purchase WHAT CAN YOU TRACK? - Health routines - Personal habits progress - Countdown to Christmas - Days until your mother's birthday - Countdown to your next holidays - Days until your project release deadline - Days left until your next trip - Percentage of your gym routine complete - Days left until your wedding anniversary - Days until retirement - Days until your financial independence - Percentage of the year, month, week... - Days left until your kombucha is fermented - How many days you have left on your vacations - Countdown to tax submission - Days until your new child arrives - Countdown to that important exam - Days until your graduation - Percentage of the academic year left - Days until Superbowl - My love countdown - Streak of days of habits - Daily, weekly and monthly tasks - Time until your new job WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK: We love to improve, so any feedback is always welcome! For any question, issue, suggestion or anything you want to say, contact at: hi@prettyprogress.app ======================= The free version of Pretty Progress includes four custom countdown widgets with two designs, the default daily, weekly, monthly and yearly progress and some customization options. If you purchase Pretty Progress PRO, the payment will be charged to your iTunes account. If you purchase a monthly or yearly subscription, your account will automatically be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period unless you disable auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. ======================= Terms of Service: https://prettyprogress.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://prettyprogress.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Big Day Lite4 screens
Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown at 4.7 against Big Day Lite's 4.0. Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3K vs 35). Big Day Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Countdown sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Big Day Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 3K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Big Day Lite's written reviews are positive against 82% of Countdown's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Big Day Lite ships an update every 2 months, Countdown every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Big Day Lite versus Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBig Day LiteCountdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (35 ratings)4.7 (3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews81.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings353K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB183 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwhatisidkeinois OU

Customer experience

Big Day Lite

All ratings35 ratings
Positive74.3%
Neutral11.4%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews486 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral10.3%
Negative28.6%

Countdown

All ratings3,031 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews602 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative12.8%

User reviews

Big Day Lite

From 35 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🖼️ Ability to add custom background image
  • 💡 Counts up after event has passed
  • 🕰️ Useful for tracking important dates

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited to only one countdown event in free version
  • 🔀 Difficulty rearranging/sorting multiple events
  • 🔍 Lack of detailed countdown information (hours, minutes, seconds)

Countdown

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Handy and useful app
  • 🚀 Helpful for tracking goals and projects
  • 💡 Great customization options
  • 👍 Sleek and visually appealing design
  • 👍 Seamless integration with Apple ecosystem

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited functionality in free version
  • 💰 Paid features can be expensive for some users
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches reported
  • 🔒 Restricted customization options without paying

Bugs and requests

Big Day Lite

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Incorrect date changes when crossing international date line
  • Widget option disappearing for some users

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow multiple countdown events in free version
  • Add option to display countdown on home/lock screen
  • Provide more countdown details (hours, minutes, seconds)

Countdown

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch for some users
  • Widgets not updating in real-time as expected
  • Countdown data resetting unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for widgets
  • Ability to track non-time-based progress
  • Improved recurring event management
  • Notification/alarm feature when countdown ends
  • Wider range of color and font options

In-app purchases

None

Big Day Lite

No in-app purchases

14 purchases

Countdown

Subscriptions10
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)$4.997 Days
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  • Pretty Progress PRO (Weekly)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Monthly)7 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$8.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)7 Days trial3 variants$14.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)1 Year trial$24.991 Year
  • Pretty Progress Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
One-time4
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$29.99
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$34.99
  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)2 variants$49.99
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  • Pretty Progress PRO (Lifetime)$59.99

Questions

Is Big Day Lite free?
Big Day Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown free?
Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Big Day Lite or Countdown?
Countdown is rated higher. Big Day Lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Countdown averages 4.7 from 3K ratings.
Do Big Day Lite or Countdown have ads?
Neither Big Day Lite nor Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Big Day Lite or Countdown?
Big Day Lite ships an update every 2 months, and Countdown every 10 days. Most recently, Big Day Lite was updated on August 31, 2026 and Countdown on September 25, 2026.

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