Comparison

Count vs Countdown Widget Go

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

Head to head
About

Count

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Features: • Create custom countdowns with emojis and colors • Track multiple events simultaneously • Choose how to display remaining time (days, hours, minutes, etc.) • Beautiful widgets for your home screen • Notification alerts when countdowns reach zero • Clean, intuitive interface • Customizable colors for each countdown Perfect for: • Birthday and anniversary reminders • Holiday and vacation planning • Project deadlines and milestones • Tracking special events • Wedding planning • Exam preparation • Retirement planning Download Countdown today and stay organized for all your important dates! By downloading you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://how-to-do-stuff.com/countdown/privacy-policy.html

About

Countdown Widget Go

Features
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Countdown shows you exactly how long until the things you care about, or how long it's been since. Make one for a birthday, a trip, an anniversary, an exam, your last day at work, or just New Year. It sits on your Home Screen and your Lock Screen so you see it every time you pick up your phone. Every countdown is yours to customize. Pick an emoji, set a color or let it adapt to light and dark mode, drop in your own photo as the background, and tag it however you like. Set it as an all-day event or count down to the minute. Repeating events roll forward on their own, and the repeats are smart: "last Friday of the month" stays the last Friday instead of drifting to a fixed date. The widgets are the point for a lot of people. Single-event widgets come in four styles — a big number, a progress ring, a progress bar, or number tiles — for the Home Screen, plus circular, rectangular, and inline versions for the Lock Screen. Track several events at once with the medium and large widgets. Empty slots fill in with whatever's coming up next, and anything you pin jumps to the front. What you get: - Count down to a future date or up from a past one - Home Screen widgets in four styles, plus Lock Screen widgets - Your own photos as widget backgrounds - Smart repeats: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, including patterns like "2nd Tuesday" that don't drift - Emoji, custom colors, and tags - Pin your favorites and reorder by hand - Reminders the day before, a week before, or when the day arrives - Choose which units you see, from years down to seconds - Count only the days that matter by skipping weekends or any weekday you pick - Sort by soonest, latest, name, or date added - Works in nine languages Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-up, no servers, no tracking. The app is free, has no ads, and nothing is locked behind a purchase.

Screenshots

Count3 screens
Countdown Widget Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Count at every 6 days against Countdown Widget Go's monthly. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Count ships an update every 6 days, Countdown Widget Go monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Count versus Countdown Widget Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountCountdown Widget Go
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.217.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTIM LUCA SAGERWanja Hemmerich

In-app purchases

None

Count

No in-app purchases

None

Countdown Widget Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Count free?
Count is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Countdown Widget Go free?
Countdown Widget Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Count or Countdown Widget Go have ads?
Neither Count nor Countdown Widget Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Count or Countdown Widget Go?
Count ships an update every 6 days, and Countdown Widget Go monthly. Most recently, Count was updated on September 24, 2026 and Countdown Widget Go on September 28, 2026.

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