Comparison

Days Countdown vs Countdown Widget

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

Head to head
About

Days Countdown

Features
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Countdown to Your Most Important Moments! Never lose track of special days again. With Days Event Countdown Birthdays, you can easily track how much time is left until birthdays, anniversaries, vacations, holidays, and any other important events. Create Custom Countdowns Set up countdowns for personal events like mom’s birthday, an anniversary, a big trip, or an upcoming celebration. Get Ready-to-Use Countdown Presets Quickly access built-in countdowns for New Year’s Eve, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and more. Stay Notified with Smart Reminders Never forget an important date. Set custom alerts and notifications so you’re always prepared in advance. Home Screen Widgets for Quick Access Add beautiful countdown widgets to your home screen and track days left without opening the app. Simple, Fast, and Intuitive A clean and easy-to-use interface lets you manage multiple countdowns effortlessly. Start counting down today and never miss a special moment again! terms and conditions: https://onatcipli.dev/terms-conditions privacy policy: https://onatcipli.dev/privacy-policy END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countdown Widget

Visually appealing countdowns for all your important dates, displayed on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Apple Watch, and more. Features AI-generated backgrounds and precise time tracking.

Highlights
  • AI-generated photo backgrounds
  • Countdown to exact time (days, hours, minutes, seconds)
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island integration
  • Multiple widget placements (Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy)
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Multi-event widget with progress bars
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DayDrop is a countdown widget app for iPhone and iPad with AI-generated event backgrounds, a live countdown in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen (a Live Activity with a progress ring), and 10 widget placements: Home Screen in four sizes, Lock Screen circular, rectangular and inline, StandBy and Control Center. Describe your event and DayDrop generates a one-of-a-kind photo backdrop that follows the countdown to every widget. Free with unlimited countdowns and Home Screen widgets; Premium unlocks the Lock Screen widgets, the Live Activity and AI backgrounds. Count down to everything you're looking forward to — Christmas, your wedding, a birthday, vacation, or the day your baby arrives — right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. "Finally, a countdown app that actually looks good on my Home Screen." WHY PEOPLE LOVE DAYDROP • Beautiful AI-generated photo backgrounds — describe any event and get a stunning, one-of-a-kind photo backdrop in seconds. • Countdown to the exact moment — set a specific time on any event and watch days, hours, minutes, and seconds tick down live. • Your photo in the Dynamic Island — your event's background shows live in the Dynamic Island and Live Activity, with a progress ring. • 10 widget placements — Home Screen (small, medium, large, extra-large), multi-event widget, Lock Screen, StandBy, and Control Center. • Multi-event widget with progress bars — several countdowns at a glance. • iPad optimized — adaptive layouts, ExtraLarge widget, and a roomier overview. • iCloud sync — your countdowns move with you across iPhone and iPad. Always in sync, always private. • Share cards — send your countdown to anyone. • Badge countdown on app icon — glance at your Home Screen, see days left. • Liquid Glass, iOS 26 native — designed for Apple's latest design language. • Orbital year view — your whole year of countdowns in a single circular timeline. POWERFUL & PERSONAL • Count up and down from any date • 8 categories — Birthdays, Weddings, Anniversaries, Holidays, Vacations, Work, Fitness, Custom • Recurring events — annual, monthly, weekly, or biweekly • Milestone notifications — 30, 14, 7, 3 days before • Celebration confetti on the big day • Pin your most important events • Import birthdays from Contacts in one tap • Gyroscope parallax and scroll animations A CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN, A NEW YEAR COUNTDOWN, AND EVERY DAY WORTH WAITING FOR How many days until Christmas? Until New Year's Eve? Until Halloween, the concert, your exam, retirement, or the trip you've been planning all year? DayDrop keeps the answer one glance away — as a widget, on your Lock Screen, or with Siri: just ask "how many days until my event in DayDrop." LOCK SCREEN, DONE RIGHT Category icons on your Lock Screen widgets, with desaturated backgrounds so your countdown stays glanceable. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into 16 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your countdowns stay on your devices and in your iCloud. We don't sell your data. DAYDROP PREMIUM Premium unlocks AI photo backgrounds, Live Activity and Dynamic Island, every widget placement, watermark-free share cards, unlimited pins, custom milestone notifications, iCloud sync, and the orbital year view. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Subscriptions. Questions? Email daydrop@beatroot.dev or visit daydrop.beatroot.dev. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Days Countdown4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Days Countdown at daily against Countdown Widget's every 8 days. Days Countdown also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). 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. Days Countdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Days Countdown ships an update daily, Countdown Widget every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Days Countdown versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDays CountdownCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—24 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnat CipliHirak Banerjee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Days Countdown

One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$9.99
3 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Annual Premium1 Month trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99

Questions

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

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