Comparison

Countdown Star vs Wedding Countdown Widget

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Star

Track time until or since important life events. Set custom timers for birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, and more. Personalize with your own photos and share progress with friends.

Highlights
  • Add custom events
  • Customize event visuals
  • Apple Watch display
  • Today Widget integration
  • Set exact event times
  • Adjust time units
  • Share event progress
Features
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Countdown Star is the best way to countdown to — and count up from — all of your favorite events. Countdown to birthdays, holidays, an upcoming vacation, a wedding, the New Year, parties, sporting events, concerts and more. Count up from anniversaries, the day you were born, and other special events in the past. * How many seconds until your next birthday? * How many months since you were born? * How many days until you graduate from college? * How many hours until your anniversary? * How much time is left until your vacation starts? * How many days until Christmas? * How many minutes until your party begins? * How much time is left until your baby's due date? Countdown Star is the countdown app that lets you choose which events to add, then keeps them in sync across all of your devices. Features: * iCloud Sync — events and wallpapers sync automatically across all your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch devices * Celebration Animations — choose Confetti, Fireworks, Balloons, Stars, or Lasers when your countdown reaches zero * Repeating Events — annual events automatically advance to the next year so you never have to update them * Home Screen Widgets — Small, Medium, and Large widgets let you glance at your countdowns without opening the app * Apple Watch — view your events right on your wrist * Add Your Own Events — add as many events as you like * Custom Wallpapers — choose from 15+ built-in wallpapers or use your own photos * Time Zone Support — set each event in any time zone with localized city names * Sort and Search — sort by date, title, or your own custom order; events are sectioned into Countdown and Count Up groups * Favorites and Notifications — mark events as favorites to receive a notification when their countdown reaches zero * Interactive Slider — instantly switch between seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years to see your countdown exactly how you want it * Customizable Timer — choose timer position (Top, Middle, or Bottom), show or hide weeks, and toggle the leading zero * Multiple App Icons — personalize the app icon on your Home Screen Note: Countdown Star is available as a free version (with ads and an optional Remove Ads purchase) and as a paid ad-free version.

About

Wedding Countdown Widget

This app helps you track the time until your wedding day with an elegant design and beautiful background images. It offers a home screen widget and daily notifications to keep you updated. You can also easily share your countdown with loved ones.

Highlights
  • Wedding day countdown
  • Home screen widget
  • Daily notifications
  • Beautiful background images
  • Easy sharing
  • Offline functionality
Features
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First off, congratulations to you and your loved one! May your many years ahead be filled with love and joy! Wedding countdown has a simple, elegant design that shows you how long until your upcoming wedding with beautiful background images. There is also a widget to track your countdown on your home screen. Daily notifications remind you how long until your big day. • Easy share your wedding countdown with friends and family • Post your wedding countdown to Facebook with one click • Works offline • Countless beautiful background images • Great to use as wallpapers Please email us or leave review feedback for feature requests or any other improvement suggestions you have for Wedding Countdown. We love to hear from you and are always looking to improve our Wedding Countdown app! Please share Wedding Countdown app with your friends and family! End User License Agreement: https://zaffles.bitbucket.io/weddingCountdown/terms_of_use.html Thanks! Team Zaffles

Screenshots

Countdown Star4 screens
Wedding Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Countdown Star at 216K against Wedding Countdown Widget's 1.5K. Countdown Star also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 Star sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Wedding Countdown Widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Countdown Star against 4.8 for Wedding Countdown Widget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Star has 216K ratings behind it against 1.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Countdown Star's written reviews are positive against 55% of Wedding Countdown Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, Wedding Countdown Widget every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown Star versus Wedding Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown StarWedding Countdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (216K ratings)4.8 (1.5K ratings)
Positive reviews59.6% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings216K — better1.5K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB163 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJoseph MerrillZaffles

Customer experience

Countdown Star

All ratings215,578 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews1,302 reviews
Positive59.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative28.6%

Wedding Countdown Widget

All ratings1,489 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral27.3%
Negative18.2%

Bugs and requests

Countdown Star

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Widget not displaying events
  • Wallpaper not saving
  • Countdown off by one day
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Crashes and glitches after updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add weeks option
  • Allow multiple countdowns on one screen
  • Provide Apple Watch complications
  • Add ability to export/backup data
  • Improve wallpaper customization
Show 1 more
  • Add option for annual/recurring events

Wedding Countdown Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Countdown Star

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
4 purchases

Wedding Countdown Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Wedding Supporter/Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Wedding Supporter/Annual$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • Wedding Lifetime Supporter Discount$2.99
  • Wedding Lifetime Supporter$7.99

Questions

Is Countdown Star free?
Countdown Star is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wedding Countdown Widget free?
Wedding Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Star or Wedding Countdown Widget?
Countdown Star and Wedding Countdown Widget are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 216K and 1.5K ratings respectively.
Do Countdown Star or Wedding Countdown Widget have ads?
Both Countdown Star and Wedding Countdown Widget show ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Star or Wedding Countdown Widget?
Countdown Star ships an update fortnightly, and Wedding Countdown Widget every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown Star was updated on September 24, 2026 and Wedding Countdown Widget on September 23, 2026.

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