Simple Countdown Widget vs Countdown Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Countdown Widget
Easily track important upcoming events with a customizable countdown displayed directly on your home screen. Add event names, dates, and optional images for a visually engaging way to anticipate special moments. Never miss an occasion with this simple and delightful event tracker.
- Home screen countdown widget
- Create and manage event entries
- Add event names and dates
- Optional event images
- Visually appealing countdowns
- User-friendly interface
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Welcome to Events Countdown – your go-tO app for seamlessly tracking your upcoming events with a visually stunning countdown right on your home screen. More features coming all the time! This user-friendly application allows you to effortlessly create and manage event entries, complete with a name, date, and even an optional image. The app's simplicity ensures a hassle-free experience, providing you with a visually appealing countdown to keep you excited and informed about the time left until your special moments. Never miss an event again – download Events Countdown for an easy and delightful way to anticipate and celebrate your upcoming occasions. To see our Terms of Use (EULA), please follow this link: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Countdown Events
Create visually appealing countdowns for important events directly on your Home Screen. Customize widgets with your own photos, colors, and fonts, and share them with friends to keep everyone in sync. Set reminders to ensure you never miss a milestone.
- Customizable countdown widgets
- Multiple widget styles
- Personalized photos, colors, and fonts
- Event reminders
- Live widget sharing
- Unlimited countdowns with purchase
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Count down to the moments that matter most, right from your Home Screen. Countdown Events turns your iPhone into a beautiful countdown display with customizable widgets. Whether it's a vacation, birthday, wedding, graduation, or any milestone, see exactly how many days remain at a glance. FREE - Up to 3 countdowns - 4 widget styles: Classic, Flip Clock, Boarding Pass and Tear-Off Calendar - Your own photos, colors and fonts - Reminders before your event - Live widget sharing: friends get a widget that stays in sync with yours, and they only need the free app COUNTDOWN+ (ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION) - Unlimited countdowns - 20+ more widget styles, including new ones as we add them SHARED WIDGETS Share a countdown and your friends see the same widget on their Home Screen, in your style. Plan the trip, the wedding or the big day together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Countdown Widget at none against Countdown Events's 1. Simple Countdown Widget also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). Countdown Events's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 Events sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Countdown Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Countdown Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Simple Countdown Widget's written reviews are positive against 75% of Countdown Events's.
Simple Countdown Widget ships an update every 2 days, Countdown Events every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Countdown Widget | Countdown Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Misthos | Vincent Nguyen |
Customer experience
Simple Countdown Widget
Countdown Events
In-app purchases
Simple Countdown Widget
No in-app purchases
Countdown Events
- CountdownEvents+$4.99
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