Comparison

Countdown Widget vs DayPilot

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Widget

Easily create and track important dates like birthdays and deadlines. Organize events in a timeline with filters for upcoming, past, and all items. Personalize events with icons and receive optional reminders.

Highlights
  • Create and edit countdown events
  • Personalize events with icons
  • Optional local reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable widget styles and colors
  • Upcoming, Past, and All filters
Features
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Countdown helps you stay focused on the dates that matter most. Create countdowns for birthdays, trips, deadlines, and milestones in seconds, then track everything in one clean timeline. Use Upcoming, Past, and All filters to quickly see what is next, what is done, and what still needs your attention. KEY FEATURES • Create and edit countdown events quickly • Set a date with optional time for precise countdowns • Personalize events with built-in icons • Turn on optional local reminders at event time • See event progress at a glance with clear indicators • Add Home Screen widgets in small and medium sizes • Choose active widget styles: Minimal and Days • Customize widget colors with solid backgrounds and light or dark text • Use a “Next Event” widget or pin a specific event Whether you are planning ahead or counting down to something exciting, Countdown keeps your important moments front and center. For in-app purchases and subscriptions, see https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DayPilot

This app focuses on presenting tasks and events one at a time, guiding users on when to start and finish them based on deadlines and travel times. It visualizes your day as a single timeline, helping you manage commitments and free time effectively.

Highlights
  • One task/event displayed at a time
  • Calculates start times based on deadlines and travel
  • Visualizes day as a single timeline bar
  • Smart alarms with travel time
  • Live Activities and widgets
  • Integrates with Apple Reminders and Calendar
Features
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Every to-do app hands you a list and wishes you luck. DayPilot shows you one thing. One card, at a time. What to do right now, when to start it, and when to leave. Swipe it away and the next one comes up. WORKS BACKWARDS, NOT FORWARDS A deadline is a place you have to be by a certain time. If a meeting is at 3:00 and it's forty minutes away, you don't need a reminder at 3:00 — you need one at 2:05. DayPilot does that maths for every event, using real drive times. The same works for tasks. Something that takes three hours and is due at midnight isn't a midnight problem. It's a 9pm problem. Tell DayPilot how long a task takes and it surfaces at the last moment you could still start and be fine. ONE CARD, FIVE STATES Red — time to leave, with the drive and directions Yellow — a deadline close enough that you need to start now Green — a routine that's due Blue — nothing pressing, pick something Grey — genuinely done for the day THE GLANCE Your whole day as one bar: what's committed, what's free, when you're waking up, when you're winding down. Tap any gap to drop something in. FOR STUDENTS Subscribe to your Canvas calendar and your assignments stop being invisible all-day entries. DayPilot turns them into real deadlines with start times, grouped by course, so a term paper doesn't ambush you at 11:44pm. Set once how long a course's work usually takes and every assignment inherits it. ALSO Live Activities on your lock screen · Home screen widgets · Smart alarms that wake you in time for your first commitment, travel included · Checklists for the things that aren't tasks · Works with Apple Reminders and Calendar, nothing to migrate No account. No sign-up.

Screenshots

Countdown Widget4 screens
DayPilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DayPilot at 5.0 against Countdown Widget's 4.0. DayPilot also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and monetization model 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. Countdown Widget sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. DayPilot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DayPilot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Widget ships an update every 4 weeks, DayPilot every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Widget versus DayPilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown WidgetDayPilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCraig OsborneVeetharaaga Jain Bellur Ajith

Customer experience

Countdown Widget

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DayPilot

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Countdown Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Countdown Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Countdown Pro Yearly7 Days trial$6.991 Year
None

DayPilot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayPilot free?
DayPilot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Widget or DayPilot?
DayPilot is rated higher. Countdown Widget averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while DayPilot averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Countdown Widget or DayPilot have ads?
Countdown Widget shows ads; DayPilot does not.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Widget or DayPilot?
Countdown Widget ships an update every 4 weeks, and DayPilot every 2 weeks. Most recently, Countdown Widget was updated on October 2, 2026 and DayPilot on October 9, 2026.

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