Big Day Lite vs Await
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Home screen widgets
- Customizable photo backgrounds
- Event sharing
- Notification alarms
- Color theme customization
- Ad-free experience
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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.
Await
Easily track upcoming events with unlimited countdowns. View upcoming events on your Today widget and Apple Watch. Receive notifications and share events with friends.
- Unlimited event tracking
- Today widget
- Apple Watch extension
- Countdown notifications
- Event sharing
- Progress visualization
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The easiest way to track upcoming events you care about. Features: - Unlimited number of events. - Today widget showing the next event. - Apple Watch extension so you can track all your events right at your wrist. - Receive notifications when countdowns are ending. - Share events with your friends, even if they don't have the app installed. - Progress circles show at a glance how long you have already been waiting. - Beautiful fullscreen countdowns in landscape orientation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Big Day Lite at Free against Await's $1.99. Big Day Lite also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Await's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On review sentiment, 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
Big Day Lite is free to download; Await costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Big Day Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Day Lite has 35 ratings behind it against 2, 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 54% of Await's.
Big Day Lite ships an update every 2 months, Await every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Day Lite | Await |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (35 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.1% of reviews — better | 53.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | whatisid | Thomas Eichmann |
Customer experience
Big Day Lite
Await
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)
Await
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Big Day Lite
No in-app purchases
Await
No in-app purchases
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