Comparison

Remember The Date vs Countdown Widget

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

Head to head
About

Remember The Date

Features
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Remember The Date helps you store and manage important dates for the people in your life, including birthdays, anniversaries, and weddings. Set daily or weekly reminders so you're always prepared ahead of time. Test your memory with the built-in Date Quiz to see how well you know your loved ones' special days. Sync dates directly to your phone contacts, and easily backup or transfer your data with CSV import and export. Whether you have a few close friends or a large extended family, Remember The Date keeps everything organised in one simple, elegant app.

About

Countdown Widget

This app helps you count down to important dates like birthdays, holidays, and trips with customizable widgets. It supports public holidays from 27 countries and allows you to share your countdowns.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets for countdowns
  • Import public holidays from 27 countries
  • Track days, weeks, months, or years
  • One-time purchase, no subscriptions
  • Shareable event cards
  • Customizable event ordering
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Till Then is a countdown app for everything you are looking forward to. Add birthdays, trips, holidays, anniversaries, or any date that matters, and see exactly how many days are left, right from your Home Screen. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Follow the final stretch as a Live Activity. The last hours tick down on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you never have to open the app to know how close you are. BEAUTIFUL WIDGETS Four widget sizes let you glance at your upcoming events without opening the app. Small, medium, large, and extra-large, all designed to fit right in on any Home Screen. Choose what each one shows: your whole list, a single featured moment, one category, or a timeline of what is ahead. ON YOUR WRIST A full Apple Watch app, plus complications for your watch face. Pick any countdown and keep it in view all day. HOLIDAYS FROM 27 COUNTRIES Import public holidays with a single tap. Add them all at once or pick your favorites. Moving holidays like Easter, Thanksgiving and Midsummer are calculated years ahead, so they always land on the right day. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO TRACK Track days, weeks, months, or years until any date. Add one-time events or annual repeating events, or count up from a date that has already passed. Give a countdown an exact time of day and watch it tick down in hours, then in minutes. Reorder your list exactly how you want, or let the app sort automatically by what is coming up next. MAKE IT YOURS Give any countdown a photo of its own. It fills the featured card, your widget and the card you share. Repeat a countdown in the same week every year, and type "Trip July 12" to have the date suggested for you. JUST ASK "What's next in Till Then?" or "How long until my birthday?" Siri answers on the spot. Your countdowns turn up in Spotlight too, with the time remaining right there in the result. BRING YOUR DATES WITH YOU Import events from your calendar, and send any moment back to it with a reminder. Everything stays on your device and syncs privately through iCloud. No account, no tracking. SHARE THE EXCITEMENT Long-press any event to share a Story-format card, or send a live link that keeps counting down for whoever opens it. Perfect for letting friends know how many days until your birthday, wedding, or next big adventure. MADE TO FEEL AT HOME A polished dark mode, eight signature gradient styles, 180 symbols to pick from, and 13 languages. FREE FOR 7 DAYS Try everything free for a week. After that, a single purchase unlocks Till Then for good. No subscription, and nothing is charged automatically. Already bought Till Then? Everything stays yours.

Screenshots

Remember The Date4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown Widget at none against Remember The Date's 1. Countdown Widget also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). Remember The Date's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Remember The Date sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remember The Date ships an update daily, Countdown Widget weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences ยท 3 level
Remember The Date versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemember The DateCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyDaily โ€” betterWeekly
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
Monetizationโ€”Paid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAPIWorld Ltd.David Svensson

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Remember The Date

One-time1
  • Pro License$2.99
None

Countdown Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remember The Date free?
Remember The Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Remember The Date or Countdown Widget have ads?
Remember The Date shows ads; Countdown Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Remember The Date or Countdown Widget?
Remember The Date ships an update daily, and Countdown Widget weekly. Most recently, Remember The Date was updated on October 7, 2026 and Countdown Widget on October 17, 2026.

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