CountDownula vs Strata Countdown Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CountDownula
Track the days remaining until important events like birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays. This utility app offers iCloud sync across Apple devices for seamless access to your countdowns.
- Countdown to special dates
- Track birthdays and holidays
- Customizable colors
- iCloud sync
- Cross-device compatibility
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Count down the number of days until special dates. CountDownula lets you know at a glance how many days until birthdays, anniversaries, major holidays, paydays, and other special days. You can also customize the color. iCloud sync is supported across iPhone, iPad, and Mac so that you can check your count downs everywhere.
Strata Countdown Widget
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Strata is a simple, beautiful way to count down to the moments that matter, and put them right on your home screen. Create a countdown for any date: a trip, a birthday, an anniversary, a deadline, a launch. Choose whether to count whole days, or down to the hour, minute, and second. Give each countdown its own accent color and a solid-color or photo background. The Strata home screen widget shows your next big moment at a glance, pin a specific countdown, or let it automatically show the soonest one. FEATURES • Unlimited countdowns to any date • Optional time precision: days, or days / hours / minutes / seconds • Home screen widget (small and medium) • Pin a countdown to the widget, or auto-show the soonest • Per-countdown accent colors • Solid-color or photo backgrounds • Rock-inspired themes • 100% on device, no account, no tracking No sign-up. No ads. Your data never leaves your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Strata Countdown Widget at every 3 days against CountDownula's every 3 months. Strata Countdown Widget also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CountDownula ships an update every 3 months, Strata Countdown Widget every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CountDownula | Strata Countdown Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darren LaChausse | Dacite Dev LLC |
In-app purchases
CountDownula
No in-app purchases
Strata Countdown Widget
No in-app purchases
Questions
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