Comparison

Countdown widget vs Waitit

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

Head to head
About

Countdown widget

This app places live countdowns directly on your Home Screen with customizable widgets. It offers playful time analogies and smart event editing to make waiting for upcoming events more engaging.

Highlights
  • Live countdown widgets
  • Over 50 fun analogies
  • Customizable widget design
  • Smart event editor
  • Push notifications
  • VoiceOver accessibility
Features
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Keep your countdowns front and center — right on your Home Screen. Cntdwn lets you track your upcoming events with beautiful, minimal widgets and playful time analogies that make waiting... way more fun. What makes Cntdwn special? • Live countdown widgets – always up-to-date on your Home Screen • Over 50 fun analogies – refreshed multiple times a day • Customizable design – add a picture or keep it clean and minimal • Smart event editor – with real-time widget preview • Push notifications – get notified when the moment is near • VoiceOver ready – full accessibility support Whether you're counting down to a trip, a birthday, for retirement, or a big moment — Cntdwn keeps the wait exciting. Privacy policy : https://cntdwn.web.app/privacy-policy Terms of use : https://cntdwn.web.app/terms-of-use

About

Waitit

Visually appealing widgets for your home and lock screens to count down to important events. Customize themes, backgrounds, fonts, and more. Also supports counting up from past events.

Highlights
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable themes and backgrounds
  • Count up mode for anniversaries
  • Calendar and Reminders sync
  • Countdown sharing
  • Pre-designed templates
  • Custom app icons
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Waitit turns waiting into something beautiful. Count down the days to birthdays, weddings, vacations, exams, and every milestone that matters — right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with gorgeous widgets. STUNNING WIDGET THEMES Choose from a collection of professionally designed themes with 70+ color combinations. Preview any theme with different countdown states before applying it, so your widget always looks exactly the way you want. MAKE IT YOURS - Custom background and font colors, plus curated color palettes for one-tap styling - Your own photos or the built-in Unsplash collection as backgrounds - Different font families, icons, emoji, and personal avatars - Multiple widget sizes for the Home Screen and a growing set of Lock Screen layouts - Percentage progress format - Flexible date formats: pick which time units to display or exclude weekends — perfect for work and school countdowns COUNT UP MODE Not just countdowns — track the time since any important event. Celebrate anniversaries, sobriety milestones, relationship beginnings, and more. COUNTDOWN DETAIL VIEW Tap any countdown for a breathtaking full-screen view with a unique layout for every theme, and quick access to edit, duplicate, delete, and share. COUNTDOWN SHARING Turn any countdown into a stunning, ready-to-post image in different formats and share your excitement with friends and family. INSPIRATION LIBRARY Browse dozens of pre-designed templates organized by category and start any countdown with one tap — your dates, our designs. STAY ORGANIZED - Sort and filter countdowns on the home screen - Powerful search across your events - Smart reminders and notifications for any countdown - Repeating events: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly — perfect for birthdays and anniversaries CALENDAR & REMINDERS SYNC - Import any iOS Calendar event as a beautiful countdown with one tap - Sync your countdowns with the Apple Reminders app and stay on track across Apple's ecosystem - Events refresh automatically every time you open the app CUSTOM APP ICONS Personalize your home screen with 20+ unique app icons that match your style. FREE TO START, PRO TO UNLOCK MORE Free: countdowns with the classic Standard theme, all customization options, Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets, reminders and notifications. Pro (one-time purchase): unlimited countdowns, premium widget themes, calendar and reminders sync, filters and sort, watermark-free sharing, custom app icons. WE LOVE FEEDBACK Your ideas make Waitit better: feature@ueasyserve.com Make every countdown count with Waitit. Download now and start counting the days to what matters.

Screenshots

Countdown widget4 screens
Waitit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countdown widget at none against Waitit's 1. Countdown widget also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Waitit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countdown widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Countdown widget against 5.0 for Waitit. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown widget has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown widget ships an update monthly, Waitit every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown widget versus Waitit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown widgetWaitit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB120 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdrien CensUEasyServe

Customer experience

Countdown widget

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

Waitit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Countdown widget

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Waitit

One-time1
  • Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Countdown widget free?
Countdown widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Waitit free?
Waitit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Countdown widget or Waitit?
Waitit is rated higher. Countdown widget averages 4.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Waitit averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Countdown widget or Waitit have ads?
Neither Countdown widget nor Waitit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown widget or Waitit?
Countdown widget ships an update monthly, and Waitit every 2 months. Most recently, Countdown widget was updated on November 5, 2026 and Waitit on November 5, 2026.

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