Comparison

Birthday Countdown Widget vs Photo Countdown Widget

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

Head to head
About

Birthday Countdown Widget

Features
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Keep track of birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and more with precision. Features: Widgets and reminders: Stay updated with home screen widgets and timely notifications. Customizable countdowns: Track time in seconds, minutes, hours, days, or weeks. Personalized events: Customize each countdown with themes and colors. Count down to every big moment. Terms of Service: https://monkedevelopers.com/countdown/tos/

About

Photo Countdown Widget

Easily track days until or since important events with customizable widgets. Add your own photos as backgrounds and choose from various themes and fonts. All features are free and private, with no ads or accounts required.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up to any event
  • Customizable widgets for Home, Lock, and StandBy screens
  • Personalize with your own photos and themes
  • Automatic event switching from 'until' to 'since'
  • Repeat events by year, month, or week
  • Optional reminders before events
Features
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Photo Countdown is a free countdown widget with your own photo: the days until a birthday, wedding or trip, or a days-since counter for anything you started or quit. Every widget free — Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. No ads, no account, nothing locked. New widgets show your next event on their own and move on when its day has passed. They flip from "days until" to "days since" automatically. Your events and photos never leave your phone. Nothing to sync, nothing to lose in a sync. COUNTDOWN & COUNT SINCE • Count down the days to any future event • Count up from any date — perfect for sobriety, streaks and milestones • Show days, or weeks, months or years ("12 weeks, 3 days") • Switches automatically when the date passes, or lock it to always count down or always count since EVERY WIDGET, FREE • Small, medium, large and extra-large Home Screen widgets • Up Next: your next few events in one widget • Lock Screen widgets — circular, rectangular and inline • Your photo as the background — add up to 10, and the widget rotates through up to 6 of them • Color themes for events without a photo, including Birthday, Wedding, Trip and Holiday • Tap a widget to open its event MAKE IT YOURS • 10 ready-made looks, previewed live with your own photo • Frame your photo: drag and pinch until it fits every widget size • 8 fonts, any text color, 6 text positions and a readability slider • Photos stay visible on a Tinted or Clear Home Screen • Widgets follow the event's style, or pick a font and color for one widget alone REMINDERS & REPEATS • Repeat every year, month or week, or every few days, weeks, months or years — birthdays and anniversaries roll over on their own • Reminders on the day, or 1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks or 1 month before, at the time you pick • Share any countdown as a square photo card SIMPLE & PRIVATE • Add an event in seconds — pick an occasion, a date and a photo • No account, no signup, no ads, no subscription • Your events stay on your device • In English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish and Japanese Perfect for: • Vacations, birthdays, weddings, holidays • Sobriety tracking & addiction recovery • Fitness goals & streaks • Anniversaries & milestones • Baby due dates & retirement countdowns Free to use. If Photo Countdown earns a place on your Home Screen, the Support screen lets you leave an optional tip or a rating — that's what keeps it free. Nothing is ever locked.

Screenshots

Birthday Countdown Widget4 screens
Photo Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Photo Countdown Widget at every 3 weeks against Birthday Countdown Widget's every 9 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Birthday Countdown Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Photo Countdown Widget sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Birthday Countdown Widget ships an update every 9 months, Photo Countdown Widget every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Birthday Countdown Widget versus Photo Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirthday Countdown WidgetPhoto Countdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoen Jia ZengShahriar Ahmed

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Birthday Countdown Widget

One-time1
  • Pro$4.99
3 purchases

Photo Countdown Widget

One-time3
  • Nice Tip$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Amazing Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Birthday Countdown Widget free?
Birthday Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Countdown Widget free?
Photo Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Birthday Countdown Widget or Photo Countdown Widget have ads?
Neither Birthday Countdown Widget nor Photo Countdown Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Birthday Countdown Widget or Photo Countdown Widget?
Birthday Countdown Widget ships an update every 9 months, and Photo Countdown Widget every 3 weeks. Most recently, Birthday Countdown Widget was updated on November 8, 2026 and Photo Countdown Widget on October 30, 2026.

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