Purple Sector vs One Widget Countdown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Purple Sector
Follow live Formula 1 race positions, gaps, tires, and flag status directly from your Lock Screen. Access a variety of widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy, displaying countdowns, standings, and driver form. Engage in free prediction games with friends and track the entire season's schedule and standings.
- Live race position and gap tracking
- Customizable Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Free prediction games with friends
- Full season calendar and standings
- Apple Watch complications and app
- Live timing and tire compound updates
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Follow every Grand Prix from your Lock Screen. Purple Sector puts live positions, gaps, tires and flag status in a Live Activity — so you can follow the race without unlocking your phone. WIDGETS, IN YOUR TEAM'S COLORS 13 widgets, 30 layouts, 23 themes across Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. Countdown to the next session, live standings, your favorite driver's form. ON YOUR WRIST Purple Sector on Apple Watch: countdown, standings and the full weekend schedule, with complications for every watch face. LIVE RACE WEEKENDS Live timing, sector times, tire compounds and gap-to-leader, updating as the session runs. Practice, qualifying, sprint and race. PLAY — FREE FOR EVERYONE Create a private room, share the code, and predict every Grand Prix with your friends. Live leaderboards, podium picks and a weekend-by-weekend history of who called it right. No subscription, no entry fee, bragging rights only. THE WHOLE SEASON Full calendar with session times in your timezone, driver and constructor standings, per-driver form, head-to-head comparisons, track guides and tire strategy. ON EVERY SCREEN iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, with widgets and complications everywhere. APEX PRO AND APEX ELITE Apex Pro unlocks live timing, ad-free browsing, premium team-themed widgets, the Apple Watch app and more. Go further with Apex Elite: full per-driver telemetry, the complete historical archive and Vision Pro. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Purple Sector is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Formula 1, the FIA, or any team. Privacy Policy: https://policies.digisaint.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
One Widget Countdown
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The one most famous countdown widget from F1Widget.com, available for more than a decade on different desktop and mobile platforms. The only widget counting seconds. Now with multiple widget sizes, configurable options and multilanguage support. One app, every screen you own. The same race calendar drives One Widget Countdown on iPhone and iPad, Mac, Android, and the embeddable widget for your own website or blog. Keep F1Widget.com's F1(tm) countdown widget on your iPhone, iPad or Mac to remind you what you should never miss! Shows a countdown to the next FORMULA ONE(tm) race. Always up to date. Original code by Radu Galesanu. One Widget is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX, FORMULA ONE PADDOCK CLUB, PADDOCK CLUB and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: One Widget Countdown at none against Purple Sector's 4. One Widget Countdown also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). On price 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. Purple Sector sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. One Widget Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
Purple Sector ships an update every 9 days, One Widget Countdown daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Purple Sector | One Widget Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (33 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 210 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DIGISAINT PRIVATE LIMITED | SOFTMEDIA CTS SRL |
In-app purchases
Purple Sector
- Apex Pro1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Apex Elite1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Apex Pro (Annual)$19.991 Year
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- Apex Elite (Annual)$29.991 Year
One Widget Countdown
No in-app purchases
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