Countdown Me vs CountDown Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Me
Track upcoming events with customizable widgets and app icon badges. See remaining days, hours, minutes, and seconds without opening the application. Create alerts and share countdowns with others.
- Home screen widgets
- Lock screen widgets (iOS 16+)
- App icon badge countdowns
- Detailed countdowns (seconds)
- Event alerts
- Calendar event integration
- Shareable countdowns
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Create an event or select one from your calendar and track the remaining days on your home screen (or on your lockscreen on latest iOS) using widgets, or on the app icon’s badge. See the remaining days (minutes, seconds) without even opening the app. Countdown Me lets you - see a list of your countdowns without opening the app on your lockscreen (new on iOS 16), on your homescreen using widgets. - see the remaining days to your most important event without opening the app on the app icon’s badge. - create a new countdown quickly by selecting an existing event from your calendar or create a new event in the app - create an alert for an upcoming event. - see detailed countdowns: not only days, but also hours, minutes and seconds. You can enable this inside the app in Settings. - share countdowns with your friends & family Notes: We use Apple PUSH Notification technology for updating the app icon’s badge number. In other words, for the feature to work, you should connect to the internet regularly. This is a limitation imposed by Apple — there is no other usable way of changing the badge number. The rest of the app’s functionality works also without internet connection. Follow us on Twitter @tapmints - see a list of your countdowns without opening the app on your lockscreen (new on latest iOS), on your homescreen (iOS 14 and later) or in the Today widget in case you use iOS 13 or older. - see the remaining days to your most important event without opening the app on the app icon’s badge. - create a new countdown quickly by selecting an existing event from your calendar or create a new event in the app - create an alert for an upcoming event. - see detailed countdowns: not only days, but also hours, minutes and seconds. You can enable this inside the app in Settings. - share CountdownMeUITests with your friends & family Notes: We use Apple PUSH Notification technology for updating the app icon’s badge number. In other words, for the feature to work, you should connect to the internet regularly. This is a limitation imposed by Apple — there is no other usable way of changing the badge number. The rest of the app’s functionality works also without internet connection. Follow us on Twitter @tapmints Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
CountDown Widget
This app helps you build and maintain positive habits and track your goals. It provides countdowns for important events and reminders to keep you on track. You can also record memories and share special moments with loved ones.
- Habits Creator
- Events Tracker
- Habits Tracker with Reminders
- Share Special Moments
- Days, Months, Hours Countdown
- Repeatable Events and Habits
- Widgets for Event Reminders
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CountDown Habit Tracker is a free and easy App . It helps you create and maintain good habits, allowing you to achieve your long-term goals. Easy for tracking moments and your daily habits. Build a routine of positive and good habits. Track your goals and daily task. Countdown will always remind you for new and Upcoming Habits and Tasks ,so that you will never miss any important moments of your life. HERE'S what it include. HABITS CREATOR Create a positive daily habits and routine. EVENTS TRACKER Countdowns for all your upcoming and old events. HABITS TRACKER Track your habits with reminders and notification. SHARE MOMENTS Share your Special moments with friends and family. DAYS TRACKER Count down days, months, weekly, Hours to your events. REPEATABLE EVENTS Setup recurring events and habits which will repeat again after expire . UI EXPERIENCE Beautiful gradients and animation UI experience. NOTIFICATIONS Set notification which will reminds you to your events and habits SHORTCUTS Access Countdown and daily habit from Shortcuts. WIDGETS Beautiful Widgets. It will show you days remaining for your events and habits. RECORD MEMORIES Write down memories for your Moments and daily habits. THEMES Dark and Light Themes which ever suits you. And so much more. Always stay productive and feel positive for your goals and daily habits. We always working on adding new features. We will love hearing your feedback or any suggestion or feature request. Download CountDown - Habit Tracker App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CountDown Widget at monthly against Countdown Me's every 7 months. CountDown Widget also leads on ratings volume (165 vs 17) and device support (4 vs 1). Countdown Me's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 62%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Countdown Me sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per year and CountDown Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Countdown Me against 4.5 for CountDown Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CountDown Widget has 165 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Countdown Me's written reviews are positive against 62% of CountDown Widget's.
Countdown Me ships an update every 7 months, CountDown Widget monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Me | CountDown Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (17 ratings) | 4.5 (165 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews — better | 61.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 165 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TapMints s.r.o. | Amit Verma |
Customer experience
Countdown Me
CountDown Widget
Bugs and requests
Countdown Me
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CountDown Widget
Reported bugs
13 issues- Can’t sync with iwatch
- App seems bugged
- Keeps deleting my event
- Deletes date every few days
- Doesn’t work with new update
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- Countdowns don’t update widgets
- Widget countdowns do not update
- Annual repeat option missing
- Cannot add day event with no time
- UI not intuitive
- Widget shows deadline, not countdown
- App closes when inputting date
- Purchase not recognized immediately
Requested features
3 requests- See countdown on widget
- Add annual repeat option
- Add day event with no time
In-app purchases
Countdown Me
- Unlimited number of countdowns$0.991 Year
CountDown Widget
- Countdown Pro$4.99
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