Comparison

Calendar Week Nerd vs Countie Live

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

Head to head
About

Calendar Week Nerd

This app offers customizable widgets for your home and lock screens, allowing you to track week progress and navigate your calendar. It supports Apple Watch complications and various custom week setups, including ISO and fiscal years.

Highlights
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Custom week start day
  • ISO and fiscal year week numbering
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Direct calendar navigation
  • Yearly progress arcs
Features
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Have your most beautiful week ever. Calendar Week Nerd is the ultimate week companion that respects both aesthetics and technical needs. Whether you just want minimal, colorful week widgets or need full custom week setup with ISO, fiscal years, and 9-day cycles, CWN adapts to you. Features: Beautiful Widgets: Home screen, lock screen, and interactive widgets in all sizes. Custom Week Setup: Choose your start day, fiscal year, week numbering, even 9-day sprints with custom week lengths. Apple Watch App + Complications: See week numbers and progress right on your wrist. Calendar Navigation: Tap any week and jump directly into your calendar app. Week & Year Arcs: Track where you are in the year at a glance. Calendar Week Nerd The perfect week system you didn't know you needed. Privacy Policy: https://calendarweeknerd.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Countie Live

Features
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Every moment deserves a beautiful countdown. Countie turns your most anticipated moments into stunning, glanceable countdowns — right on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. Widgets That Feel Alive Pick from Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that update in real time. Each countdown gets its own color theme, so your screen stays personal and vibrant. Live Activities Pin your next big moment to your Dynamic Island and Lock Screen. Watch it count down in real time, then automatically advance to the next event. Calendar Import Already have events in Apple Calendar? Pull them into Countie with one tap. No duplicate entry, no friction. Repeating Events Birthdays, anniversaries, annual traditions — set them once, and Countie automatically counts down to the next occurrence every year. Completely Private No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. Everything stays on your device. Simple by design. Beautiful by default.

Screenshots

Calendar Week Nerd4 screens
Countie Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countie Live at none against Calendar Week Nerd's 3. Countie Live also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Calendar Week Nerd sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Countie Live asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calendar Week Nerd ships an update every 2 weeks, Countie Live daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Calendar Week Nerd versus Countie Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalendar Week NerdCountie Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBalthasar SiekieraFarkhod Yuldashev

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Calendar Week Nerd

Subscriptions2
  • CalendarWeekNerd+ Monthly$1.991 Month
  • CalendarWeekNerd Plus Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • CalendarWeekNerd+ Lifetime$29.99
None

Countie Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calendar Week Nerd free?
Calendar Week Nerd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countie Live free?
Countie Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Calendar Week Nerd or Countie Live have ads?
Neither Calendar Week Nerd nor Countie Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calendar Week Nerd or Countie Live?
Calendar Week Nerd ships an update every 2 weeks, and Countie Live daily. Most recently, Calendar Week Nerd was updated on November 5, 2026 and Countie Live on October 31, 2026.

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