Photo Countdown Widget vs Daze
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Unlimited event countdowns
- Custom photo backgrounds
- Home Screen widgets
- Clean and simple design
- Free to use
- Event arrival messages
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Photo Countdown Widget puts beautiful, photo-backed countdowns right on your Home Screen. Whether you're counting down to a vacation, tracking days since you quit, or watching a milestone grow — see it every time you pick up your phone. COUNTDOWN & COUNT SINCE • Count down the days to any future event • Count up from any date — perfect for sobriety, streaks, and milestones • Automatic mode switches based on whether your date is in the future or past • Or set it manually to always count down or always count since BEAUTIFUL HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Small, medium, or large widgets • Your photo as the widget background • Choose from Classic, Rounded, Serif, or Monospaced fonts • White, Black, Accent, or Adaptive text colors • Show or hide the event title for a cleaner look • Each widget is customized independently SIMPLE & FAST • Add an event in seconds — title, date, photo, done • No account required. No signup. No ads. • Your events stay on your device, always private. Perfect for: • Vacations, birthdays, weddings, holidays • Sobriety tracking & addiction recovery • Fitness goals & streaks • Anniversaries & milestones • Baby due dates & retirement countdowns
Daze
Visually stunning countdowns for special events like birthdays and vacations. Offers customizable designs, widgets for various devices, and smart notifications. Prioritizes user privacy with local data storage and encryption.
- Customizable gradient cards
- Event background photos
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Dynamic Island support
- Smart, personalized reminders
- Shareable countdown cards
- Apple Watch app
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Daze is the most beautiful way to count down to your special moments. Whether it's a birthday, vacation, wedding, or any event you're excited about - Daze makes the wait feel magical. BEAUTIFUL COUNTDOWNS - Stunning gradient cards with custom colors - Add photos as event backgrounds - Choose from 30+ emojis to personalize each event - Organize with categories: Birthday, Travel, Wedding, Holiday and more WIDGETS EVERYWHERE - Home screen widgets (small, medium, large) - Lock screen widgets for quick glances - Dynamic Island support on iPhone 14 Pro and later - Apple Watch app with complications SMART NOTIFICATIONS - Exciting, personalized reminders based on event type - Milestone celebrations at 100 days, 30 days, 1 week, and more - Control notification frequency and privacy PRIVACY FIRST - All data stored locally on your device - Optional Face ID/Touch ID protection - Photo encryption with AES-256 - No accounts, no tracking, no ads SHARE THE EXCITEMENT - Create beautiful shareable countdown cards - Story-format images for social media - Share via Messages, Instagram, and more APPLE WATCH - See all your countdowns on your wrist - Complications for watch faces - Syncs automatically with your iPhone Download Daze and start counting down to your next adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Daze at every 5 days against Photo Countdown Widget's every 3 months. Photo Countdown Widget's advantage is 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Photo Countdown Widget against 5.0 for Daze. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Photo Countdown Widget ships an update every 3 months, Daze every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Countdown Widget | Daze |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shahriar Ahmed | Abiodun Olorode |
Customer experience
Photo Countdown Widget
Daze
In-app purchases
Photo Countdown Widget
No in-app purchases
Daze
No in-app purchases
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