Upwards vs Countdown Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Upwards
Enhance your browsing experience by adding a "Back to Top" button to any webpage. This tool remembers your scroll position and allows you to return to specific points with ease. It also features "Pitstops" to bookmark locations for later access.
- Add 'Back to Top' button
- Remember scroll position
- Set page checkpoints ('Pitstops')
- Return to bookmarked locations
- Customizable button functionality
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Add a "Back to Top" button to any webpage. It remembers the position where you scrolled up from and lets you go back to it. Plus, it has a feature called "PitStops" that lets you set checkpoints on a page that you can return to later.
Countdown Widget
This app helps you track important dates like birthdays and anniversaries by displaying countdowns directly on your Home Screen. It offers customizable reminders, the ability to count up from milestones, and iCloud synchronization across devices.
- Home Screen countdown widgets
- Customizable reminders
- Repeating event tracking
- Count up from milestones
- Personalized event themes
- Calendar import
- iCloud sync
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Never miss the dates that matter. Birthdays, anniversaries, trips and deadlines have a way of sneaking up on you. Countful keeps every important date right on your Home Screen, counting down the days so you always have time to prepare. WHY PEOPLE LOVE COUNTFUL • Countdown widgets: See days, hours and minutes left on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. No need to open the app. • Reminders that arrive in time: Get notified days, hours or minutes before the big day. Snooze any reminder for an hour with one tap. • Repeating events: Birthdays and anniversaries repeat every year automatically, and your reminders keep coming every time. • Count up too: Track days since a milestone, a habit or a special moment. • Make it yours: Add your own photo, pick a gradient, a pattern and an emoji for every event. • Import from Calendar: Bring in the dates you already have instead of typing them by hand. • Tags and search: Group events by tag and find anything in seconds. • Archive: Hide past or paused events without losing them. Archived events stay quiet until you bring them back. • iCloud sync: Your countdowns stay up to date on all your devices. PERFECT FOR Birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, vacations, trips, holidays, Christmas, New Year, exams, deadlines, due dates, concerts and every day you're looking forward to. COUNTFUL PRO Unlock unlimited events, Calendar import and every widget style with a monthly, yearly or one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://indiegoodies.com/countdown/terms Privacy Policy: https://indiegoodies.com/countdown/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Widget at 4.9 against Upwards's 3.2. Countdown Widget also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks). Upwards's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). 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
Both are free to download. Upwards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Upwards's written reviews are positive against 86% of Countdown Widget's.
Upwards ships an update every 3 weeks, Countdown Widget every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Upwards | Countdown Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ritinkar Pramanik | Khuong Pham |
Customer experience
Upwards
Countdown Widget
In-app purchases
Upwards
- PRO Upgrade$2.99
Countdown Widget
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$5.991 Year
- Discount lifetime access$3.99
- Lifetime access$9.99
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