Comparison

Countdown Widget vs ContactHelper

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Widget

Easily create and track countdowns for all your important events with customizable reminders and widgets. Organize events with tags and personalize them with unique designs to stay on top of your schedule.

Highlights
  • Event countdowns (days, hours, minutes)
  • Repeat event tracking
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable event cards
  • Customizable reminders
  • Tag filtering for organization
Features
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Countdown Widget: Countful is the ultimate event reminder and tracker designed to help you stay organized and never miss a moment. Easily create countdowns for all your important events—from birthdays to holidays—and customize them to match your style. Add repeat events to automatically track daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly events. Set custom reminders to notify you before the event based on your preferred time, ensuring you’re always prepared. With tags, you can categorize and filter events by tag or name, making it simple to find and manage your events. Key features: • Event countdown: Track days, hours, and minutes until your upcoming events. • Repeat events: Automatically track repeating events on a daily, weekly, or yearly basis. • Widgets: Add countdowns to your home screen for quick access to upcoming events. • Customizable event cards: Personalize each event with stunning gradients or custom images. • Custom reminders: Set notifications before an event with flexible reminder settings. • Tag filtering: Organize events by tags or names for easy filtering and management. Stay on top of your schedule with Countdown Widget: Countful—your all-in-one tool for tracking and managing important events! For more information, visit https://indiegoodies.com/countdown Terms of use https://indiegoodies.com/countdown/terms Privacy policy https://indiegoodies.com/countdown/privacy

About

ContactHelper

Effortlessly manage your address book with advanced organization and lightning-fast search capabilities. Improve your native dialing experience for quicker connections. Take full control of your contacts and stay efficiently connected.

Highlights
  • Organize contacts with tags
  • Add pinyin nicknames
  • Instant search by name or number
  • T9 input search
  • Tap to dial functionality
  • Improved T9 dialing accuracy
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Tired of struggling to find your contacts? This app helps you take full control of your address book! - Organize with tags and pinyin nicknames - Search instantly by name, number, or T9 input - Tap to dial — faster than ever Even better, it improves the native T9 dialing experience, ensuring more accurate contact sorting in English system settings. Stay efficient, stay connected — no more fumbling around!

Screenshots

Countdown Widget4 screens
ContactHelper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Countdown Widget at Free against ContactHelper's $1.99. Countdown Widget also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 4). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Countdown Widget is free to download; ContactHelper costs $1.99 up front. Countdown Widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and ContactHelper 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Countdown Widget against 5.0 for ContactHelper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Widget ships an update every 5 days, ContactHelper every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Countdown Widget versus ContactHelper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown WidgetContactHelper
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.9 (13 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKhuong Pham虎 伏

Customer experience

Countdown Widget

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ContactHelper

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$5.991 Year
One-time2
  • Discount lifetime access$3.99
  • Lifetime access$9.99
1 purchases

ContactHelper

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ContactHelper free?
ContactHelper costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Widget or ContactHelper?
ContactHelper is rated higher. Countdown Widget averages 4.9 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while ContactHelper averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Countdown Widget or ContactHelper have ads?
Neither Countdown Widget nor ContactHelper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Widget or ContactHelper?
Countdown Widget ships an update every 5 days, and ContactHelper every 9 days. Most recently, Countdown Widget was updated on June 3, 2026 and ContactHelper on September 21, 2026.

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