Countdown Widget Lock Screen + vs CNDWN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Widget Lock Screen +
Easily track days until your important events with customizable widgets for your lock screen and home screen. Perfect for birthdays, vacations, weddings, and any other celebration.
- Lockscreen widgets
- Homescreen widgets
- Event countdowns
- Vacation tracking
- Birthday tracking
- Wedding tracking
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Easy to use Countdown App to monitor how many days are left to the Big Day! Lockscreen and Homescreen Widgets are included. For Vacation, Birthday, Wedding or any Party or Event. Note: locksreen widgets are available from the IOS 16. Thank you and have a great day!
CNDWN
Track upcoming events and past milestones with customizable countdowns and countups. Features include iCloud sync, widgets, Live Activities, and import from your calendar. Share your progress with others.
- Countdowns and Countups
- Progress Bars
- iCloud Synchronization
- Widgets (Home Screen, Lock Screen, Standby)
- Live Activities
- Import from Calendar
- Shareable Countdowns
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Count down to the moments that matter — birthdays, weddings, trips, exams, due dates, and every big day — on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. CNDWN is the first countdown app with every feature free: • Countdowns & count-ups • Progress bars for every event • Home Screen, Lock Screen & StandBy widgets • Apple Watch app & complications • Live Activities on the Lock Screen • iCloud sync across all your devices • Custom colors for each countdown • Notifications & reminders • Import from Calendar & Reminders • Dark Mode & Handoff • Share your countdowns — now to Instagram, too Set your first countdown in seconds and never lose track of what's coming next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Widget Lock Screen + at 4.7 against CNDWN's 4.2. Countdown Widget Lock Screen + also leads on ratings volume (123 vs 9) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). CNDWN's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 60%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Countdown Widget Lock Screen + holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget Lock Screen + has 123 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Countdown Widget Lock Screen +'s written reviews are positive against 80% of CNDWN's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Countdown Widget Lock Screen + ships an update fortnightly, CNDWN every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Widget Lock Screen + | CNDWN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (123 ratings) — better | 4.2 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 123 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DIGITLEY, MB | Alexandra Schillhahn |
Customer experience
Countdown Widget Lock Screen +
CNDWN
In-app purchases
Countdown Widget Lock Screen +
No in-app purchases
CNDWN
No in-app purchases
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