Comparison

Photo Countdown Widget vs Countdown Widget

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

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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

Countdown Widget

Easily track important dates with customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. Count down to events or count up from a starting point, with options for seconds, days, or even working days. All features are available for free, with an optional one-time purchase for advanced syncing and customization.

Highlights
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Countdown and count-up timers
  • Live countdowns to the second
  • Customizable counter styles and colors
  • Import from Calendar and Reminders
  • Offline functionality
  • One-time purchase for Pro features
Features
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Count down to what matters, right where you look: your Home Screen and Lock Screen. NanoCount is a complete countdown app with no account and no subscription. A holiday, a birthday, a wedding, a deadline, a due date or a passport that expires: put a countdown on it and see how many days are left at a glance. Or count up since a date to keep a streak going: smoke-free, together, working out. In the final hours it counts down live, to the second. THE FREE MULTI-EVENT WIDGET All your countdowns side by side in one widget on your Home Screen. Most apps hide this behind a subscription. In NanoCount it is free, along with single-event widgets and widgets on your Lock Screen. DAYS SINCE, NOT JUST DAYS UNTIL Count up from a date and watch the number grow: smoke-free, sober, together, back at the gym, since the operation. Day 1 starts on the day you pick. Give a streak its own widget on your Home Screen, or line all of them up side by side. FREE, AND ACTUALLY COMPLETE • Unlimited countdowns and count-up streaks • Multi-event AND single-event widgets, on the Home and Lock Screen • Live on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island on the final day • Your soonest countdowns on your Apple Watch • A reminder on the day, plus milestone alerts (halfway, one week to go) • Counter styles: a ring, dots, a bar, a real draining hourglass, or a big number • Every color, a color picker, and a searchable library of hundreds of icons • Count in days, sleeps, weekends, or working days • Import in one tap from your Calendar or Reminders (Google, Outlook and iCloud come along), plus birthdays from your contacts • Share a countdown as a card, or live: anyone with the link follows along, even in their own widget • Look Back: everything that's passed, month by month, plus your year in review to share around New Year • Confetti and a celebration card on the big day and at milestones like Day 100 • Start a streak over without losing your longest one • Controls for Control Center, the Lock Screen and the Action button • Search, pin favorites, recurrence (weekly, monthly, yearly), and notes • Full backup: export and import all your countdowns NANOCOUNT PRO (one-time purchase, never a subscription) • iCloud sync: all your countdowns automatically in step across iPhone, iPad and Mac • Your own photo behind an event and in the widget, slowly sharpening or revealing like an advent calendar • Premium counter styles: retro flip, analog dial, particles, tear-off calendar, moon and wave • Shareable video: turn a countdown into a short video for your stories and socials • Gift mode: hide a surprise behind a code name • Advance reminders: 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month before • Alternate app icons • Subtract public holidays from working-day counts • Siri and Shortcuts: ask how many days, or add a countdown by voice • Watch complication of your choice: pick which countdown or count-up sits on your watch face PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-in, no tracking, no data collection. Everything stays on your device and works offline. Nothing goes through iCloud unless you turn on iCloud sync or live sharing yourself. Free to use. Pro is a one-time purchase. Forever, never a subscription.

Screenshots

Photo Countdown Widget4 screens
Countdown Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Photo Countdown Widget at 5.0 against Countdown Widget's 4.5. Photo Countdown Widget also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Countdown Widget's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 4) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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. Photo Countdown Widget sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Countdown Widget 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

Photo Countdown Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Widget has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Countdown Widget ships an update every 3 weeks, Countdown Widget fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Photo Countdown Widget versus Countdown Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Countdown WidgetCountdown Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.5 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings420 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShahriar AhmedDigital Sandbox B.V.

Customer experience

Photo Countdown Widget

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

Countdown Widget

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.0%
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

Countdown Widget

One-time1
  • NanoCount Pro$5.99

Questions

Is Photo Countdown Widget free?
Photo Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Countdown Widget free?
Countdown Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Countdown Widget or Countdown Widget?
Photo Countdown Widget is rated higher. Photo Countdown Widget averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Countdown Widget averages 4.5 from 20 ratings.
Do Photo Countdown Widget or Countdown Widget have ads?
Neither Photo Countdown Widget nor Countdown Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Countdown Widget or Countdown Widget?
Photo Countdown Widget ships an update every 3 weeks, and Countdown Widget fortnightly. Most recently, Photo Countdown Widget was updated on October 30, 2026 and Countdown Widget on November 13, 2026.

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