Countdown widget vs ID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown widget
Easily create and track upcoming life events with a stylish countdown timer. View your most important dates at a glance with a convenient widget. Also supports counting up elapsed time for past events.
- Create various event types
- Convenient widget for quick view
- Track elapsed time for past events
- Dark mode support
- User-friendly interface
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Countdown presents a user-friendly countdown timer for significant life events. Easily track the time until your upcoming Vacation, Birthday, Holiday, Party, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween, and more, all with a touch of style! Key Features: • Effortlessly create various event types • Convenient widget for a quick view of your most crucial events • Track elapsed time with the count-up feature for past events • Dark mode
ID
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IDShield keeps your identity documents secure and gives you full control over how they're shared. Snap a photo of your passport, ID card, or driving license, then add a visible watermark before sending it to anyone - so your documents can never be misused. Hotels, landlords, banks and employers keep asking for a copy of your ID. Once you send it, you lose control of where it goes. ID-Shield makes every copy useful only for the purpose you agreed to, and shows you who has one. Share your ID. Not your identity. HOW IT WORKS 1. Scan your passport, ID card or driver's license, or import a photo or PDF. 2. Tap Smart Redact to black out what the recipient doesn't need. 3. Add the purpose and recipient. ID-Shield stamps the copy with them, the date and a unique tracing code. 4. Share it as an image or PDF, from the app or straight from the share sheet. SMART REDACT Finds faces, names, dates, document numbers and the machine-readable zone (MRZ) on the device, and blacks them out in one tap. Fine-tune by hand with solid, blur, mosaic or stamp redactions. SAFE-COPY PRESETS Choose what to hide for each kind of document: German ID card (access number, serial number and MRZ), Swiss ID or passport, passport for hotel check-in, document number only, or everything except your name and photo. WATERMARKS WITH A PURPOSE Every copy says what it's for, who it's for and when it was made, such as "Hotel Booking • Hilton Bangkok • 3 Nov 2026". A copy made for one purpose is hard to reuse for another. TRACING CODES Each copy carries its own code and QR stamp. If a copy ever turns up where it shouldn't, search the code and see exactly who you gave it to. FRONT AND BACK ON ONE SHEET Multi-page documents become a single A4 or US Letter copy, ready to email, upload or print. WHO HAS MY ID See every recipient in one place, with each copy, its purpose and date. When a copy is no longer needed, send a ready-made GDPR (Art. 17) deletion request in one tap. PROTECT & SHARE Redact and watermark straight from the share sheet in Photos, Files or Mail, without opening the app. MORE • Password-protected PDFs • Expiry reminders 6 months and 1 month before a document expires • Shortcuts and Siri: "Create a protected copy with ID-Shield" • Watermark presets for the recipients you share with often • Face ID, Touch ID or passcode lock • Drag and drop and Quick Look on Mac and iPad PRIVACY BY DESIGN • Scanning, detection, redaction and watermarking all happen on your device • No account, no ads, no analytics, no third-party SDKs • Optional iCloud sync uses your private iCloud database. Turn it off and everything stays on your device. NATIVE ON IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC Built in SwiftUI for each platform, with a split view on iPad and a two-column layout, keyboard shortcuts and drag and drop on Mac. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Thai. PRICING Your first protected copy is free. Unlock unlimited copies with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. ID-Shield is a privacy tool, not a legal service. Check whether the recipient needs an original or certified copy, and what your local rules require. Terms of Use: https://kk-studio.ch/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://kk-studio.ch/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown widget at none against ID's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. ID sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown widget ships an update fortnightly, ID every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown widget | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ruslan Dauletkaliuly | Kanchalika Kongyong |
In-app purchases
Countdown widget
No in-app purchases
ID
- ID-Shield$9.99









