Comparison

Countdown ‎ vs Countdown widget

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

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About

Countdown ‎

Visually track upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Set timers for vacations, concerts, or anniversaries using your own photos, music, and phrases. Share your progress with friends and family.

Highlights
  • iOS 16 Lock Screen Widgets
  • Home Screen Widgets
  • Customizable Background Photos
  • Personalized Music & Fonts
  • Calendar Event Integration
  • Count Up from Past Events
  • Event Reminders
Features
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Count down to your next event — a vacation, your favorite band's concert, a movie premiere, a graduation, an anniversary, and more — in style! Features: LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS: Add countdown widgets to your lock screen! First, set up your countdown in the Countdown app. Then, pull down your lock screen, long-hold an empty area and tap "Customize." FLEXIBLE UNITS: Years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds, and even heartbeats! (e.g. "3 months 14 mins" or "56,713 heartbeats") DRAG the Countdown and DISPLAY it wherever you want. Use YOUR OWN PHOTOS as the background, including INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK PHOTOS! Or browse a large selection of FREE BACKGROUND PHOTOS. Flip through your background photos while counting down. Set your own MUSIC for each Countdown. Customizable FONTS, font colors, and background colors. Add YOUR OWN PHRASE — "the concert of the year," "little pumpkin's dance performance," "we board the plane." Create Countdowns straight from your CALENDAR EVENTS. MULTIPLE Countdowns — rearrange them however you like. REMINDERS for your events. SHARE a live Countdown or a screenshot via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or email. Count down to ANNIVERSARIES that repeat every year. (e.g. "25 days until my 10th anniversary!") COUNT UP from past events. (e.g. "21 days since…") SMART TOOLBAR stays hidden until you tap the screen — more room for your Countdowns. Works in PORTRAIT and LANDSCAPE mode. === Countdown Premium === HOME SCREEN WIDGETS: Count the days to your event without ever opening the app. SLIDESHOW MODE: Automatically cycle your background photos with a choice of animation styles and speeds. NO ADS: No distractions or clutter — just you and your countdown. Make each second count! In addition to the free features above, Countdown Premium is available as a subscription. Premium subscribers get an ad-free experience, home screen widgets, and slideshow mode. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions are charged to your payment method through your Apple ID account and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscription anytime in Account Settings. Terms: https://www.sunflowr.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sunflowr.com/privacy/

About

Countdown widget

Easily track upcoming events with a customizable countdown timer. Never miss important dates like birthdays, holidays, or anniversaries again. Personalize your countdowns with unique styles, colors, and images, and view them directly on your home screen.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns
  • Homescreen widgets
  • Customizable styles
  • Event notifications
  • HD widget themes
  • Shareable event updates
Features
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----*** App is nominated as 'App of the day' by Design Nominee ***--- Are you often waiting for special events in your life, such as your first day at work, your wedding day, the day your baby was born, first salary, first bonus, summer holiday, Halloween, Christmas, Birthday, New Year’s Eve, camping trip...You write it on calendar, and count each day, each week... until that day. Then, are you manually calculating days left until these special dates? You want someone to remind it for you, because you might forget and feel bad about it. This app is exact what you are looking for : 'Countdown widget - unique styles countdown timer'. 'Countdown widget' is an easy-to-use, free app that reminds you about important events in your life. Never ever miss these events again. This countdown app displays exactly the number of days, hours... remaining for your event automatically, and notify you when the moment is near. Furthermore, you don't even need to open app, and can still keep track of your countdown by using widget. When using this app, what you need to do, is just sit back, and enjoy your life with a cup of coffee. Now, 'Countdown widget' is totally different from other countdown widgets. Unlike other apps which show only boring white text and numbers, this app focuses into personalizing your countdown event with templates, colors, font and images. You can design your own countdown, paste it on to the wall and share it to your friends. This app is also strongly designed for iOS 10, which comes with best widget design. Countdown Widget - Unique styles timer features summary: - Never miss another Christmas, Holiday, Halloween, Event, Birthday, Wedding or Anniversary with Countdown Timer Widget. - Birthday Countdown timer - Event Countdown widget - Day Countdown widget for homescreen - Customize your app with dozens of beautiful wallpapers. - All your events now stored in a single view. - Choose between dozens of beautiful application themes, coming with 2 sizes(half and full width of screen) - Event notification options. - Customize events with colors. - Stunning HD Widget themes. - Support any types of time: year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second Special events are meant for sharing. With new, beautiful HD themes, countdown widget app is not only useful, it looks stunning as well. We have ensured that you can share graphic-rich event updates on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or via email. Although most of the templates are free, some of them are locked and require payment to get unlocked. You can unlock these templates from within the app for only 0.99. This app is super easy to use, just choose a countdown template then type event name & date. BOOM, it's done, and already on your widget screen. Enjoy, we hope you will have many meaningful days and moments in your life. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at long-nguyen@activeuser.co

Screenshots

Countdown ‎4 screens
Countdown widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown widget at 89% against Countdown ‎'s 34%. Countdown widget also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and ads (none vs shown). Countdown ‎'s advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 73). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months and Countdown widget sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown widget holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown ‎ has 11K ratings behind it against 73, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Countdown ‎'s written reviews are positive against 89% of Countdown widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown ‎ ships an update every 2 months, Countdown widget every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Countdown ‎ versus Countdown widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown ‎Countdown widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (11K ratings)4.3 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.0% of reviews89.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better73
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSevenlogics, Inc.Tien Long Nguyen

Customer experience

Countdown ‎

All ratings11,417 ratings
Positive69.0%
Neutral8.4%
Negative22.6%
Written reviews500 reviews
Positive34.0%
Neutral11.0%
Negative55.0%

Countdown widget

All ratings73 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.8%

Bugs and requests

Countdown ‎

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on opening
  • Countdown not displaying correctly
  • Widget not loading properly
  • Purchased premium features not working

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to have multiple countdowns
  • Option to repeat countdown events
  • Countdown widget on home screen
  • Improved sharing capabilities

Countdown widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Countdown ‎

Subscriptions2
  • Countdown Premium - 3 Months$4.993 Months
  • Countdown Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium Backgrounds I$0.99
  • Holiday Backgrounds I$0.99
  • Premium$19.99
10 purchases

Countdown widget

One-time10
  • Remove ads$0.99
  • Fun party template(both half and full width)$0.99
  • Travel template(Full width)$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Pink love style(both half and full width)$0.99
  • Colored Flip clock template(both half and fullwidth)$0.99
  • Circle-progress template(Full & Half width size)$0.99
  • Basic package$0.99
  • Saving package$1.99
  • Best deal package$2.99
  • Premium version(unlock all styles and remove ads)$4.99

Questions

Is Countdown ‎ free?
Countdown ‎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown widget free?
Countdown widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown ‎ or Countdown widget?
Countdown widget is rated higher. Countdown ‎ averages 3.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Countdown widget averages 4.3 from 73 ratings.
Do Countdown ‎ or Countdown widget have ads?
Countdown ‎ shows ads; Countdown widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown ‎ or Countdown widget?
Countdown ‎ ships an update every 2 months, and Countdown widget every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown ‎ was updated on September 29, 2026 and Countdown widget on September 8, 2026.

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