Countdown Widget vs DayCount
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countdown Widget
Easily track important life events with beautiful widgets. Count down to upcoming occasions or count up from past milestones. Personalize your trackers with photos and share them with others.
- Countdown and count up tracking
- Shareable countdowns
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Apple Watch widgets
- Personalized themes with photos
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Count down or count up with Countio — the easiest way to track life’s big moments! Share your countdowns and stay on track with beautiful widgets. Track every moment with Countio! Whether you're counting the days since a special memory or counting down to an upcoming event, Countio makes it easy and beautiful. Key Features: • Countdown & Count Up Track upcoming events or milestones you've already reached. • Share Easily Share your countdown and others will see exactly the same thing — no setup needed. • Widgets for Every Screen Add countdowns to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch for instant updates. • Personalized Themes: Customize your countdown with personal photos for a unique look. Perfect for tracking: • Birthdays & anniversaries • Vacations & holidays • Relationships & love milestones • Retirement & big life goals Start counting today with Countio!
DayCount
Easily track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Display your events on your Home Screen, Apple Watch, and Lock Screen with personalized photos and themes. Get live updates down to the hour, minute, and second for the final 24 hours.
- Unlimited event countdowns
- Home Screen widgets with photos
- Apple Watch app and complications
- Lock Screen widgets and Live Activities
- Live hours, minutes, and seconds
- Calendar date import and iCloud backup
- Customizable themes
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Count down to the big days of your life: holidays, weddings, birthdays, trips, a baby on the way. The day you are waiting for should not hide in a calendar you never open. DayCount keeps it on your Home Screen with your own photo, on your Apple Watch and live on your Lock Screen. FREE - Unlimited countdowns, counting until or since - One Home Screen widget for the day that matters most - Days, weeks, months or years - Templates: Christmas, New Year, Valentine's Day, Ramadan, Eid, Diwali, birthdays, trips, weddings and more - Import dates from your calendar, back up and restore with iCloud - A quiet celebration on the day, and a story card to share DAYCOUNT PRO - Your own photo on the widget, behind your countdown - Apple Watch app and watch face complications - Lock Screen widgets - Step between all your countdowns inside one widget - A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island for the final 24 hours - Live hours, minutes and seconds - Eight extra themes, from Winter Night to Kyoto Bloom Apple Watch and the Live Activity work with iPhone and Apple Watch only, not on iPad. Dates are kept as calendar days, so a countdown stays right when you fly across time zones. No account and no ads. SUBSCRIPTION DayCount Pro is available monthly, or yearly with a 14-day free trial. In the US it costs $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year; the price in your currency is shown before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://thedolceway.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thedolceway.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Countdown Widget at 100% against DayCount's 0%. Countdown Widget also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. DayCount sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Countdown Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Countdown Widget's written reviews are positive against 0% of DayCount's.
Countdown Widget ships an update daily, DayCount every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Widget | DayCount |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Panittha Suwannajang | Dt nova |
Customer experience
Countdown Widget
DayCount
In-app purchases
Countdown Widget
No in-app purchases
DayCount
- DayCount Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- DayCount Pro Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
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