Comparison

Curator vs Countdown Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Curator

Build a private, offline library of visual inspiration. Save images, GIFs, and short videos directly to your device, with powerful search and organization tools. Enjoy your saved content anytime, anywhere, without relying on online services.

Highlights
  • Save images, GIFs, and short videos
  • Offline support
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Object and text recognition search
  • Slideshow mode with music
  • Home Screen widgets
  • App Shortcuts automation
Features
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Save what inspires you... and actually keep it. If you use Pinterest or save ideas from Instagram, you know how easily content disappears. Links break. Posts get deleted. Accounts vanish. Curator lets you build your own offline inspiration library – fully yours, fully private, fully under your control. Your content is saved directly to your iPhone or iPad, and synced across your devices with iCloud. No accounts. No feeds. No algorithms. Why Curator? • Save images, GIFs, and short videos • Loop videos under 9 seconds (like GIFs) • Beautiful slideshow mode with optional music • Aesthetic Poster Widgets for your Home Screen • Powerful search with object recognition and text recognition (OCR) • Full offline support — your content never leaves your device • Sync securely across your devices with iCloud • Choose which folders to sync and which to exclude • Finder tag support + extended in-app tag colors * • Automate with App Shortcuts • Scratch your doom scrolling itch (a little) without doom scrolling Curator is free to download and includes a one-time purchase to unlock all features. * Custom and extended tag colors are visible in-app only. Privacy Policy: https://curator.alewa.co/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://curator.alewa.co/terms.html

About

Countdown Widgets

Track upcoming events and look back at past milestones with this intuitive app. It helps you stay connected to important moments, from trips and achievements to anniversaries and celebrations, with customizable widgets for your home screen.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns
  • Milestone tracking
  • Count up for anniversaries
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable widgets
  • Notes and categorization
Features
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Ever wonder how long it’s been since a special moment… or how soon something exciting is coming up? Sincey is your personal event countdown and milestone tracker that keeps you connected to what matters most. Track upcoming events with a smart countdown app and days countdown feature, or look back with a count up for anniversaries, milestones, and life’s biggest moments. Whether it’s your next trip, a personal achievement, or a relationship celebration, Sincey makes it simple. Add notes, organized by category, and keep everything at a glance with a clean, intuitive design. Place a countdown widget free on your home screen, or upgrade with customizable countdown widgets. this is your all-in-one anniversary tracker, milestone tracker, and event countdown app, designed for every moment worth remembering.

Screenshots

Curator4 screens
Countdown Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Widgets at 5.0 against Curator's 4.3. Countdown Widgets also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Curator's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Curator sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Countdown Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Countdown Widgets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Curator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Countdown Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Curator ships an update every 10 days, Countdown Widgets every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Curator versus Countdown Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCuratorCountdown Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings77
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdegboyega DadaByaombe Sampract

Customer experience

Curator

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Countdown Widgets

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Curator

One-time4
  • Curator+ Addon for iOS$4.99
  • Curator+ Addon for macOS$4.99
  • Curator+ for iOS/iPadOS$9.99
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  • Curator+ for macOS$9.99
1 purchases

Countdown Widgets

One-time1
  • Sincey Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Curator free?
Curator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widgets free?
Countdown Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Curator or Countdown Widgets?
Countdown Widgets is rated higher. Curator averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Countdown Widgets averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Curator or Countdown Widgets have ads?
Neither Curator nor Countdown Widgets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Curator or Countdown Widgets?
Curator ships an update every 10 days, and Countdown Widgets every 6 weeks. Most recently, Curator was updated on September 17, 2026 and Countdown Widgets on August 22, 2026.

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