Comparison

Days Until & 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

Days Until & Countdown Widget

Features
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Your next trip, birthday, wedding or anniversary deserves more than a plain number. Days Until turns meaningful dates into personal photo postcards for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Count down to future plans, count up from favorite memories, and keep the moments that matter only a glance away. MEMORY POSTCARD WIDGETS • Turn your own photos into beautiful countdown postcards • Add widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Choose from small, medium and large Home Screen layouts • Use inline, circular and rectangular Lock Screen widgets • See multiple upcoming moments in the large widget • Enjoy full support for tinted widget mode MAKE EVERY WIDGET YOURS • Move and zoom each photo until the crop feels right • Configure every widget family independently • Adjust the countdown stamp size • Choose the stamp typeface • Personalize moments with colors and symbols • Preview each widget while editing COUNT DOWN — OR LOOK BACK Count the days until birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, vacations, holidays, graduations, retirement, concerts and personal milestones. You can also count the days since a meaningful memory, such as an anniversary, a move, a personal achievement or the beginning of a new chapter. REPEATING MOMENTS Set weekly, monthly or yearly repeats for birthdays, anniversaries and recurring events. Days Until automatically follows the next occurrence. MORE THAN A COUNTDOWN A built-in focus timer helps you stay productive while you wait for what comes next. FREE TO START Create and personalize up to two moments for free. Premium unlocks unlimited moments while preserving all the ways you already customize and use your postcards. Days Until includes optional auto-renewing subscriptions. Available durations and prices are shown before purchase and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when the purchase is confirmed. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Turn waiting into something worth seeing. Download Days Until and create your first memory postcard.

About

Photo Countdown Widget

Create unlimited, personalized countdown widgets for your most anticipated moments. Beautifully track events with custom photo backgrounds directly on your Home Screen. Enjoy all features for free with a clean, simple design.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event countdowns
  • Custom photo backgrounds
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Clean and simple design
  • Free to use
  • Event arrival messages
Features
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Every widget free — Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. No ads, no account, nothing locked. Your photo, your countdown: count down to a wedding, a trip or a baby, or count the days since you quit, started a streak or saw your last concert. 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 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 and Swedish 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

Days Until & Countdown Widget3 screens
Photo Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photo Countdown Widget at none against Days Until & Countdown Widget's 2. Days Until & Countdown Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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 Until & Countdown Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Photo Countdown Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Days Until & Countdown Widget ships an update fortnightly, Photo Countdown Widget every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Days Until & Countdown Widget versus Photo Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDays Until & Countdown WidgetPhoto Countdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSTAN I. C. ALEXANDRU PERSOANA FIZICA AUTORIZATAShahriar Ahmed

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Days Until & Countdown Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly PRO Mode3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly PRO Mode$19.991 Year
None

Photo Countdown Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Days Until & Countdown Widget free?
Days Until & Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Countdown Widget free?
Photo Countdown Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Days Until & Countdown Widget or Photo Countdown Widget have ads?
Neither Days Until & Countdown Widget nor Photo Countdown Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Days Until & Countdown Widget or Photo Countdown Widget?
Days Until & Countdown Widget ships an update fortnightly, and Photo Countdown Widget every 9 days. Most recently, Days Until & Countdown Widget was updated on October 6, 2026 and Photo Countdown Widget on October 15, 2026.

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