Countdown vs Quotes Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- iOS 16 Lock Screen Widgets
- Home Screen Widgets
- Customizable Background Photos
- Personalized Music & Fonts
- Calendar Event Integration
- Count Up from Past Events
- Event Reminders
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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/
Quotes Widget
Access over 100,000 famous quotes across more than 100 categories directly within the app or via customizable home screen widgets. Find motivation, inspiration, or support during difficult times with a variety of themes and sharing options.
- Widget editor
- Customizable themes
- Flexible categories
- Liking and sharing quotes
- Over 100,000 quotes
- 100+ quote categories
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Whether you need quick motivation, inspiration or going through tough times we got you covered. Over 100k famous quotes divided into over 100 categories quickly accessible in the app or in your widgets. Choose different themes for the app or for you widgets. (plenty more to come) Features: - Widget Editor - Themes - Flexible categories - Liking/Sharing With one time premium purchase you can activate a premium which removes the Ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Quotes Widget at 5.0 against Countdown 's 3.8. Quotes Widget also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Countdown 's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Countdown sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months and Quotes Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Quotes Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown has 11K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Countdown ships an update every 2 months, Quotes Widget fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown | Quotes Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (11K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sevenlogics, Inc. | Branko Krstic |
Customer experience
Countdown
Quotes Widget
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
Quotes Widget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Countdown
- Countdown Premium - 3 Months$4.993 Months
- Countdown Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Premium Backgrounds I$0.99
- Holiday Backgrounds I$0.99
- Premium$19.99
Quotes Widget
- Premium$2.99
Questions
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