Comparison

Photo Countdown Widget vs Cute Countdown

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

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.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event countdowns
  • Custom photo backgrounds
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Clean and simple design
  • Free to use
  • Event arrival messages
Features
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Every widget free — Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. No ads, no account, nothing locked. Your photo, your countdown: count down to a wedding, a trip or a baby, or count the days since you quit, started a streak or saw your last concert. 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 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 and Swedish 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

Cute Countdown

Easily track important dates with visually appealing countdowns. Customize your widgets with personal photos or curated artwork and receive timely reminders. Share your countdowns or save them as wallpapers.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown widgets
  • Import birthdays from contacts
  • Personal photo backgrounds
  • Timely reminders
  • Automatic repeat events
  • Count up functionality
  • Shareable countdown cards
Features
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Some days are worth waiting for. Cute Countdown makes the waiting part fun. Add the birthday, trip, wedding or exam you're excited about, and a little bear counts the days with you. Put it on your Home Screen or Lock Screen and you'll see it every time you pick up your phone. As the day gets close, you can watch the hours and then the seconds go by. Someone on the other side of the world might record a short voice message for your big day, to wish you luck or say congratulations. It arrives wrapped, like a small gift to open, and you can send a smile or a reply back. You can record one for a stranger's big day too. When the day finally comes, a postcard is waiting for you. Birthdays and anniversaries come back every year on their own, lunar dates included. You can count up as well: days together, days since you started, days since you quit. Share a countdown as a card or save it as a wallpaper. CUTE COUNTDOWN PRO Free accounts get one voice message. Pro brings more voice messages from around the world, unlimited countdowns, your own photos as backgrounds, every widget style including the moving ones, all reminder times, live countdowns on the Lock Screen, and the full artwork and icon libraries. Choose a yearly plan, with a free week first if you haven't tried Pro before, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your account settings. Privacy Policy: https://cutecountdown.supermintlabs.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://cutecountdown.supermintlabs.com/terms

Screenshots

Photo Countdown Widget4 screens
Cute Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photo Countdown Widget at none against Cute Countdown's 3. Photo Countdown Widget also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Cute Countdown's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Cute Countdown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Photo 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 — 5.0 for Photo Countdown Widget against 5.0 for Cute Countdown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Countdown Widget ships an update every 9 days, Cute Countdown weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Photo Countdown Widget versus Cute Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Countdown WidgetCute Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShahriar AhmedSieu Thai

Customer experience

Photo Countdown Widget

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cute Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Photo Countdown Widget

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Cute Countdown

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$4.991 Month
  • Annual Pro7 Days trial$23.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited$41.99

Questions

Is Photo Countdown Widget free?
Photo Countdown Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cute Countdown free?
Cute Countdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Countdown Widget or Cute Countdown?
Photo Countdown Widget and Cute Countdown are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Photo Countdown Widget or Cute Countdown have ads?
Neither Photo Countdown Widget nor Cute Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Countdown Widget or Cute Countdown?
Photo Countdown Widget ships an update every 9 days, and Cute Countdown weekly. Most recently, Photo Countdown Widget was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cute Countdown on October 25, 2026.

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