Comparison

Photo 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

Photo Countdown Widget

Easily track days until or since important events with customizable widgets. Add your own photos as backgrounds and choose from various themes and fonts. All features are free and private, with no ads or accounts required.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up to any event
  • Customizable widgets for Home, Lock, and StandBy screens
  • Personalize with your own photos and themes
  • Automatic event switching from 'until' to 'since'
  • Repeat events by year, month, or week
  • Optional reminders before events
Features
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Photo Countdown is a free countdown widget with your own photo: the days until a birthday, wedding or trip, or a days-since counter for anything you started or quit. Every widget free — Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. No ads, no account, nothing locked. 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 up to 6 of 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, Swedish and Japanese 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.

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

Photo Countdown Widget4 screens
Waitit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Photo Countdown Widget at free against Waitit's freemium. Photo Countdown Widget also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4 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. Photo Countdown Widget sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Waitit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Photo Countdown Widget against 5.0 for Waitit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Countdown Widget ships an update every 3 weeks, Waitit every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Photo Countdown Widget versus Waitit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Countdown WidgetWaitit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB120 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShahriar AhmedUEasyServe

Customer experience

Photo Countdown Widget

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 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

3 purchases

Photo Countdown Widget

One-time3
  • Nice Tip$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Amazing Tip$9.99
1 purchases

Waitit

One-time1
  • Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Photo Countdown Widget free?
Photo Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Waitit free?
Waitit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Countdown Widget or Waitit?
Photo Countdown Widget and Waitit are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Photo Countdown Widget or Waitit have ads?
Neither Photo Countdown Widget nor Waitit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Countdown Widget or Waitit?
Photo Countdown Widget ships an update every 3 weeks, and Waitit every 2 months. Most recently, Photo Countdown Widget was updated on October 30, 2026 and Waitit on November 5, 2026.

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