Comparison

Date Countdown Widget vs Until Then

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

Head to head
About

Date Countdown Widget

Features
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Thanks to this application (and the other Widget apps from PacoLabs), you can now customize the Home screen and the Today view of your device, by adding custom widgets for some specific purposes. From anywhere in your device, you'll have access to your own information and actions. Each Date Countdown widget allows to display the number of years / months / days remaining until a given target date. It is also possible to display the number of days elapsed since a given date. See how many days you have left until your birthday, or how long ago an important event in your life happened! A custom name can be displayed and the look can be customized. Those Widgets are compatible with the new iOS 14 Home Screen Widgets. The application is really easy to use and is adapted to the fresh look of your device. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. In Today view: You can add as many widgets as you want and they will be displayed in up to 3 different lists. Those same lists will be available in the Today view and in the application (although it is possible, if you want, to hide some widgets in the Today view). To avoid overloading the Today view, when too many widgets are displayed, an intuitive control will allow you to navigate from one widget to another. Even if the main purpose of the app is to view the widgets in the Today view, it can also be very handy to view them directly in the application (a long press on a widget in the Today view will open it directly in the main application).

About

Until Then

Features
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Until Then - Event Countdown is a clean, ad-free way to count down to the moments you're waiting for. • Create as many events as you like - birthdays, trips, anniversaries, deadlines - each with its own emoji, color and optional photo. See exactly how long is left, down to the second on the day itself. • Home Screen widgets in every size, plus Lock Screen widgets • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island in the final hours • Custom reminders - as many as you want, from hours to months before • Yearly events that roll over automatically for birthdays & anniversaries • Optional iCloud sync across your iPhone and iPad * Share time left with others * Time zone aware or constant time - your choice * Count up from event, or continue to count after the event arrived * Siri & shortcuts integration No ads. No tracking. No accounts. No locked features. Everything stays on your device. I built it for myself because every other countdown app I tried was full of ads and paywalls. I'm sharing it in case it's useful to you too - free, clean, and it'll stay that way.

Screenshots

Date Countdown Widget4 screens
Until Then2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Until Then at Free against Date Countdown Widget's $0.99. Until Then also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). Date Countdown Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Until Then is free to download; Date Countdown Widget costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Date Countdown Widget ships an update every 7 months, Until Then every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Date Countdown Widget versus Until Then: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDate Countdown WidgetUntil Then
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancis BonninRon Sigall

In-app purchases

None

Date Countdown Widget

No in-app purchases

None

Until Then

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Date Countdown Widget free?
Date Countdown Widget costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Until Then free?
Until Then is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Date Countdown Widget or Until Then have ads?
Neither Date Countdown Widget nor Until Then shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Date Countdown Widget or Until Then?
Date Countdown Widget ships an update every 7 months, and Until Then every 5 days. Most recently, Date Countdown Widget was updated on October 2, 2026 and Until Then on September 28, 2026.

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