Countdown Widget & Days vs CountFree
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Widget & Days
This app helps you visualize time to upcoming events or track time since past milestones. Customize countdowns with personalized backgrounds and add them as widgets to your Home and Lock Screen. Receive smart reminders for approaching dates and share your countdowns with others.
- Countdown and count-up timers
- Customizable Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Personalized backgrounds and themes
- Smart event reminders
- Easy countdown sharing
- Ad-free experience
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Count down to birthdays, trips, and holidays on your Home & Lock Screen. Photo widgets, no ads, one-time Premium, not a subscription. From vacations and birthdays to anniversaries, goals, and deadlines, stay excited about what’s next, and celebrate how far you’ve come with customizable countdown and count-up widgets on iPhone. Free: • Countdown & Count-Up: days until an event, or days since a milestone • Home, Lock Screen, and Extra Large widgets, plus Live Activities on Dynamic Island • Card looks and Polaroid frames; birthday and holiday templates • Import events from Calendar • Reminders as the day gets closer, and confetti when it arrives • Easy sharing Premium (one-time unlock, no subscription): • Unlimited events • Extra looks, fonts, photos, and templates. Preview in the editor before you save • Skip weekends so only workdays count until a trip or deadline • Watermark-free sharing • All future updates included What people say “I use this app whenever I have a vacation or something exciting coming up.” “This one truly stands out for its beautiful iOS widgets and easy-to-use interface.” No ads. No subscriptions. Download free and start your first countdown. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
CountFree
Track important future events and past milestones with customizable widgets displayed directly on your home screen. Choose from multiple themes and sizes to personalize your countdowns and count-ups. All features are available without ads or paywalls.
- Unlimited countdowns and count-ups
- Unlimited home screen widgets
- Multiple widget sizes
- Four customizable themes
- Progress bars
- Custom emoji support
- Real-time home screen updates
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Track every moment that matters — right on your Home Screen. CountFree gives you beautiful countdown and count-up widgets with zero catches. No ads. No paywalls. No "premium" upgrades. Every single feature is yours, and it always will be. Whether you're counting down to a wedding, a vacation, or your baby's due date — or counting up from a sobriety milestone, a move to a new city, or the day you adopted your dog — CountFree keeps your most important dates front and center. WIDGETS THAT FEEL LIKE HOME Add countdown widgets directly to your iPhone or iPad Home Screen in small, medium, or large sizes. Pick from four beautiful themes — light, dark, sunset, and ocean — and personalize each event with any emoji. Set a start date and end date to see a progress bar that shows exactly how far you've come. It's incredibly satisfying to watch it fill up. Your countdowns update in real time. Just glance at your Home Screen — no need to open the app. COUNTS UP TOO Not every important date is in the future. Track time since meaningful moments: → Days sober → Years at your job → Time since you quit smoking → How long you've been together → Gym streak → Anything that matters to you I built CountFree because I was tired of countdown apps that lock basic features behind paywalls. Want more than 3 widgets? Pay up. Want a dark theme? Subscribe. It felt wrong. So I built the app I wanted to use — and made everything available to you. CountFree is a passion project. There are no investors, no growth targets, no ad networks. Just an app that does what it says. If CountFree adds value to your life, there's an optional tip jar and a supporter subscription to help me keep building. Supporters get a small badge as a thank-you. But you already have everything — it's just a way to say thanks. EVERYTHING YOU GET → Unlimited countdowns and count-ups → Unlimited Home Screen widgets → Small, medium, and large widget sizes → Four themes: light, dark, sunset, ocean → Progress bars with start and end dates → Custom emoji for every event → Real-time updates on your Home Screen → Works on iPhone and iPad → No account required → No ads. Ever. Download CountFree and start tracking the moments that matter. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CountFree at 5.0 against Countdown Widget & Days's 4.0. Countdown Widget & Days's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Widget & Days sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CountFree sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CountFree holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget & Days has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Countdown Widget & Days ships an update every 2 weeks, CountFree every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Widget & Days | CountFree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Costhap | Matthew Kriel |
In-app purchases
Countdown Widget & Days
- Lifetime Unlock$1.99
CountFree
- Cheers$0.99
- High Five$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Standing Ovation$9.99
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